2004 Institutional Action Plan for Practitioners in Developing Countries, page 2 of 3

Name of Institution (please print): ASA                                                                                                                        Country: BANGLADESH

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	Strategic Objective	As of 31 December 2002 (actual)	By 31 December 2003 (actual)	By 31 December 2004 (proposed)	By December 2005 (proposed)
1	Total number of active clients (clients who currently have a loan)	1.98 million	2.13 million	3.2 million	4.00 million
2a	Total number of active clients who were among the poorest[1] when they received their first loan	1.87 million	2.02 million	3.18 million	3.60 million
2b	What poverty measurement tool was used to determine Number 2a (e.g., estimate, CASHPOR House Index, Participatory Wealth Ranking, CGAP/IFPRI Poverty Assessment Tool, other)[2]	Monthly income	Monthly income	Monthly income	Monthly income
2c	Percent of Number 2a, above, who are female	96%	96%	96%	97%
3	Average first loan per borrower (in US$)	US$ 95	US$ 95                               US$100 100	US$ 100                               US$100 100	US$ 110
4	Total number of active savers	2.14 million	2.34 million	3.35 million	4.2 million
5	Average savings per saver (in US$)	US$ 20	US$ 21	US$ 25	US$ 30
6a	Percentage of clients who were among the poorest when they took their first loan and have now crossed the poverty line.	44%	46%	47%	50%
6b	What impact measurement tool was used to measure Number 6a (e.g. AIMS, estimate, other)	Random Sampling Survey	Random Sampling Survey	Random Sampling Survey	Random Sampling Survey

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[1] “Poorest” in developing countries refers to families whose income is in the bottom 50 percent of the population living below their country’s poverty line, or those families living on less than $1 a day per capita, purchasing power parity.

[2] For more information on Participatory Wealth Ranking and the CASHPOR House Index visit our website at http://www.microcreditsummit.org/newsletter/best6.htm