BOI – Microenterprise Industry in the US

Providing Capital, Building Communities, Creating Impact: FY2002 

This report, a product of the CDFI Data Project (CDP), presents fiscal year 2002 data collected from 442 CDFIs.

July 1, 2004

Research Report No. 3 – Microenterprise as a Welfare to Work Strategy: Two-Year Findings

This third and final report on FIELD’s Welfare to Work Learning Assessment describes outcomes experienced two years after TANF clients enrolled in microenterprise programs.

November 1, 2003

Community Development Financial Institutions

This report is a product of the CDFI Data Project (CDP)—a collaborative initiative that produces high-quality, comprehensive data about CDFIs on an annual basis.

June 1, 2003

A Measure of the Microenterprise Industry: A Report from MicroTest

This report from MicroTest draws on three years of performance data to offer a succinct description of trends in the microenterprise industry.

March 1, 2003

Microenterprise Support within Community Development Financial Institutions

This free report describes the scale and significance of microenterprise lending within the CDFI industry.

January 1, 2003

Research Report No. 2 – Microenterprise as a Welfare to Work Strategy: One-Year Findings

This paper presents the findings at the mid-point of FIELD’s Welfare to Work Learning Assessment one year after TANF clients enrolled in microenterprise programs.

October 1, 2002

2002 FIELD MIS Software Review

Detailed reviews and comparisons of 11 major commercial software products designed for use in the microenterprise field.

September 1, 2002

MIS for Microenterprise: A Practical Approach to Managing Information Successfully

This 190-page manual is a step-by-step guide to help microenterprise development practitioners develop an effective management information system.

September 1, 2002

For Good Measure: Performance of the U.S. Microenterprise Industry

This report provides: an in-depth look at the performance of the microenterprise development field; insight into what “best” performance looks like; a sense of trends in the field drawing on multi-year MicroTest program data; and data programs can use to compare their microenterprise program’s performance to their peers.

August 1, 2002

Research Brief No. 2 – Improving the Climate for Self-Employment: Recommendations for TANF Reauthorization

This research brief presents the findings from one-year outcomes experienced by TANF recipients who pursued self-employment and highlights the policy context and issues they confronted when preparing for and engaging in self-employment.

April 1, 2002