Amelia Greenberg

Amelia Greenberg
Social Performance Task Force

Amelia Greenberg is the deputy director of the Social Performance Task Force. Prior to joining SPTF she spent two years working in strategic consulting for nonprofit organizations, and before that worked for six years as an economic consultant, primarily in the areas of international trade, wrongful termination and finance. She earned a master’s degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins with specializations in international economics and international development, and a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a double major in economics and French literature.

Articles by Amelia Greenberg

Tuesday
February 21
2017

Amelia Greenberg

Client Outcomes Data in Microfinance: Few Have It But Everybody Needs It

Many recent studies have found that microfinance has no impact, or minimal positive impact, on clients’ lives. To find out why and to fix the problem, financial service providers need client outcomes data, but few FSPs collect it because they think it would be too expensive and time-consuming. Turns out, according to the SPTF Outcomes Working Group, it's not.

Categories
Uncategorized

Tags
business development, data, financial inclusion, microfinance, poverty alleviation
Guest Articles

Tuesday
January 24
2017

Amelia Greenberg

Microfinance for Refugee Populations: What We’ve Learned and Where to Go Next

Currently, 21.3 million people are registered with United Nations agencies as refugees, and their financial inclusion has become a matter of importance and urgency. The Social Performance Task Force has been working to identify the refugees' needs and recently compiled some guidelines, “Serving Refugee Populations: The Next Financial Inclusion Frontier,” for financial service providers.

Categories
Finance

Tags
business development, financial inclusion, microfinance, refugees

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