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Table 4.

Positive impact findings of microfinance interventions: a quantitative summary

Programme, country, reference	Household socio-economic position		Food security/household food consumption patterns
Programme, country, reference	Income/expenditure	Poverty level	Food security	Food expenditure	Food quantity	Food quality	Health care seeking
IMAGE, South Africa ⁴¹,⁴²	65% of IMAGE households able to spend >200 South African Rand on food and clothing vs. 54% of the control group^†						IMAGE clients: OR = 1.6, 95%CI 1.1–2.6 for HIV testing^*^†
CFRP/TUP, Bangladesh⁴³-⁴⁵		30% reduction^*	20% of households living in chronic food deficiency compared to 60% at baseline 14.9% of households couldn’t eat whole day vs. 62.1% at baseline	+13.5 Taka/person/day vs. 8.7 at baseline^*	85 g/person/day animal food vs. 22 at baseline^* 1019 g/person/day vs. 706 at baseline^* 2138 Kcal/person/day vs. 1750^* at baseline 3.2% of energy from animal source vs. 1.3% at baseline^*	5.6 different food items/day vs. 3.7^*	−7.2% self-care visits^*^† +9.2% formal care visits^†
RDP, Bangladesh⁴⁶		25% of RDP house- holds moved out of extreme poverty^* 8% of RDP households moved into extreme poverty compared to 30% of the control group^*
IGVGD, Bangladesh⁴⁷	% of households earning >300 Taka rose from 7 (1994) to 64 (1996) Household monthly income rose from 75 Taka (1994) to 717 Taka (1996)
GRAMEEN BANK, Bangladesh¹⁶				+8% compared to non-clients in Grameen Villages +35% compared to non-clients in non Grameen Village
SHG, India⁴⁸							Exclusion from health care among SHG clients OR = 0.6 (0.4–0.9)^*^†
Cambodia Health Committee¹⁷							13% of extra-pulmonary cases detected through home-DOTS vs. 4% through hospital/health care package^* 6 months diagnostic delay with home-DOTS vs. 30 months HHC^*
KAFO JIGINEW, Mali¹⁶			12% of clients in food insecurity vs. 30% of incoming clients^* 0.25 months in food insecurity (clients) vs. 1.2 (incoming clients)

Statistically significant result.

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Result adjusted for confounding factors.

IMAGE = Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; CFRP/TUP = Challenge the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor; RDP = Rural Development Programme; IGVGD= Income Generation for Vulnerable Group Development; SHG = Group.