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microTracker provides data tools and services that allow microenteprise development organizations to self-assess and improve.
BOI
’s MicroTracker program provides data and tools that enable microenterprise development organizations (MDOs) and their funders to track and assess performance. MicroTracker also provides stakeholders with data about the size, scale, and value of the US microenterprise industry.
MicroTracker includes:
Data collection and analysis services that enable MDOs to collect and use high-quality data.
Standardized metrics that describe program activities and client outcomes and can be used to compare performance over time and relative to industry peers.
The only annually-updated data set that compiles information from MDOs across the US and provides an overview of their activities, scale, effectiveness, and outcomes.
Through MicroTracker, BOI conducts two annual data collection efforts — the US Microenterprise Census and the EntrepreneurTracker client outcomes survey. Data from these initiatives are housed on BOI’s MicroTracker.org website, which includes analytic tools that allow users to benchmark and compare data across organizations and years.
BOI’s EntrepreneurTracker provides tools and expertise that enable microenterprise and small business development organizations to collect high-quality data on the outcomes of the entrepreneurs they serve. Supported by BOI’s research and analytic capacity, participating organizations use a standardized survey tool and method to survey past clients about the status of their business and household after receiving a business loan or support.
The US Microenterprise Census is BOI’s annual process to collect program data on US microenterprise development organizations. MDOs across the US are invited to use our online survey to submit data on their products, services, client demographics, volume of loans or people served, portfolio performance, and program costs. These data are cleaned by BOI and made available via our microTracker.org website.
