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Clients’ Goals

Every FINCA microfinance client has her own personal aspirations, but the unifying theme is often poverty alleviation. One may be intent on growing her existing business, while another is starting a new venture. In certain areas, especially rural communities, clients are often focused on improving their homes and saving up for assets to improve their quality of life. At their best, financial services help people achieve success on their own terms. That's the power of financial inclusion.

We regularly survey our clients to find out what their goals are when they took-out a FINCA loan. More importantly, we also ask whether FINCA's services were (or will be) instrumental in helping them fulfill those goals. The data below summarizes our clients' aspirations. Full results on the achievement of goals may be found in the regional and country-level sections of this site.

Clients’ Goals Data

Global
Global Africa Eurasia Latin America MESA
Africa
All Africa DRC Malawi Nigeria Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Eurasia
All Eurasia Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan
Latin America
All Latin America Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Nicaragua
MESA
All MESA Afghanistan Jordan Pakistan

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Afghanistan.

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8,765 10% Start a business % #
50,717 55% Expand a business This is the most commonly-cited goal among our borrowers. % #
3,437 4% Invest in education % #
17,989 20% Improve their home Home improvement is the second highest goal for this region. % #
4,870 5% Buy an asset % #
5,725 6% Pay down debts % #
1,569 4% Start a business % #
11,310 31% Expand a business % #
766 2% Invest in education % #
8,318 23% Improve their home % #
4,086 11% Buy an asset % #
4,779 13% Pay down debts % #
172 2% Start a business % #
4,534 53% Expand a business % #
95 1% Invest in education % #
2,327 27% Improve their home % #
707 8% Buy an asset % #
405 5% Pay down debts % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in DRC.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Ecuador.

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7,922 5% Start a business % #
64,173 39% Expand a business % #
2,075 1% Invest in education % #
41,098 25% Improve their home The second most important goal is to improve their homes. % #
14,530 9% Buy an asset % #
10,257 6% Pay down debts % #
37,305 7% Start a business % #
309,123 55% Expand a business % #
7,935 1% Invest in education % #
81,720 15% Improve their home % #
31,707 6% Buy an asset % #
27,813 5% Pay down debts % #
3,786 9% Start a business % #
15,603 38% Expand a business This is the most commonly-cited goal. % #
416 1% Invest in education % #
4,910 12% Improve their home The second highest priority for FINCA borrowers in Georgia is to improve their homes (12%). % #
957 2% Buy an asset % #
1,082 3% Pay down debts % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Guatemala.

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2,899 6% Start a business % #
32,483 71% Expand a business % #
414 1% Invest in education % #
2,531 6% Improve their home % #
92 0% Buy an asset % #
2,070 5% Pay down debts % #
3,669 14% Start a business % #
8,649 33% Expand a business % #
423 2% Invest in education % #
6,693 26% Improve their home % #
3,508 14% Buy an asset % #
1,653 6% Pay down debts % #
3,979 13% Start a business % #
12,507 42% Expand a business % #
598 2% Invest in education % #
7,091 24% Improve their home % #
4,757 16% Buy an asset % #
209 1% Pay down debts % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Kosovo.

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2,395 3% Start a business % #
32,727 41% Expand a business % #
798 1% Invest in education % #
25,543 32% Improve their home % #
8,780 11% Buy an asset % #
3,991 5% Pay down debts % #
6,568 9% Start a business % #
41,132 57% Expand a business % #
837 1% Invest in education % #
9,224 13% Improve their home % #
3,600 5% Buy an asset % #
3,724 5% Pay down debts % #
3,874 10% Start a business % #
15,276 41% Expand a business % #
2,057 6% Invest in education % #
11,862 32% Improve their home % #
3,395 9% Buy an asset % #
443 1% Pay down debts % #
14,050 6% Start a business All goals are reported for Pakistan and Jordan only. % #
153,102 67% Expand a business % #
1,586 1% Invest in education % #
13,410 6% Improve their home % #
8,707 4% Buy an asset % #
8,108 4% Pay down debts % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Nicaragua.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Nigeria.

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10,071 5% Start a business Most of FINCA's borrowers in Pakistan already own a business and are focused on expanding it. % #
140,595 71% Expand a business This is the highest rate within the FINCA Network, alongside Haiti % #
987 1% Invest in education % #
6,319 3% Improve their home % #
3,949 2% Buy an asset % #
7,899 4% Pay down debts % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Tajikistan.

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4,342 10% Start a business % #
30,258 68% Expand a business % #
895 2% Invest in education % #
3,357 8% Improve their home % #
492 1% Buy an asset % #
5,147 12% Pay down debts Tanzania is the only country where paying down debts outranks home improvement. % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Uganda.

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549 5% Start a business % #
5,182 51% Expand a business % #
485 5% Invest in education % #
2,770 27% Improve their home % #
983 10% Buy an asset % #
134 1% Pay down debts % #

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