Anton Simanowitz

Anton Simanowitz
Director of Social Performance Solutions

Anton Simanowitz is Director of Social Performance Solutions, a consultancy company working to improve the effectiveness of organisations that seek to have a positive impact in the world.

Anton has more than 20 years’ experience in poverty-focused microfinance and economic inclusion. This includes roles as Director for Learning for Impact for BRAC’s Ultra-poor Graduation Initiative, Impact Director for a South African microfinance institution, SEF, and social performance specialist with social investor Oikocredit. He provides consultancy support to a range of impact-driven organisations including many in the Graduation/Economic Inclusion space, including Village Enterprise, Trickle-up, the Government of Ethiopia’s Productive Social Net Program, Islamic Relief Worldwide, and Fonkoze (Haiti).

Anton is author of The Business of Doing Good and holds a Masters Degree in Development Economics from the University of East Anglia, UK.

Articles by Anton Simanowitz

Guest Articles

Monday
December 11
2023

Anton Simanowitz

The Graduation Approach isn’t Just for Extreme Poverty: An Innovative Project Leverages it to Rebuild Livelihoods After Forced Relocation

The Graduation Approach is a proven way to sustainably build the livelihoods of people living in extreme poverty. But as Anton Simanowitz at Social Performance Solutions explains, it is also being leveraged in contexts that go beyond poverty alleviation. He discusses one such application, exploring a pilot program that used the Graduation Approach to rebuild livelihoods in a community that experienced forced relocation due to mining activities.

Categories
Energy, Environment

Tags
climate change, employment, graduation approach, infrastructure, innovation, migrants, mining, poverty alleviation, refugees
Tuesday
March 15
2016

Anton Simanowitz

Graduating Out of Extreme Poverty in Haiti … Permanently

Six years ago, microlending firm Fonkoze launched Chemin Lavi Mio, or the "pathway to a better life," pilot program. CLM is designed to move women and their families out of extreme poverty – permanently. It provides support over the course of 18 months through a carefully tailored package of asset transfers, improved housing and sanitation, water filters and, importantly, weekly visits that provide mentoring and guidance. Anton Simanowitz returns to Haiti to check on the poverty "graduation" effort as it looks to scale.

Categories
Impact Assessment

Tags
poverty alleviation

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