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Microfinance as a Tool to Support Europe’s Missing Entrepreneurs
The ex post evaluation of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) including the final evaluation of the European Progress Microfinance Facility (EPMF)
This Staff Working Document evaluates the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) Programme and the European Progress Microfinance Facility (EPMF), assessing their impact…
Report from the Commission on the mid-term evaluation of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI)
This European Commission staff working document (SWD) reports on the mid-term evaluation of the Employment and Social Innovation programme for 2014-2020 (EaSI)…
Guaranteeing Social Enterprises The EaSI way
This report summarises the current state of the external financing markets of the Social Enterprises targeted by the Employment and Social Innovation…
Evaluating the impact of European microfinance, The foundations
The aim of the report is to contribute to this debate by developing an impact self-assessment tool for microfinance services providers and…
EIF SME Window EaSI Guarantee Enhancement
Each transaction under the SME Window of the EU Guarantee implemented by the European Investment Fund (“EIF”) is subject to EIF’s governing…