Scott Caple

Scott Caple currently serves as a Senior Analyst in Impact Monitoring at Root Capital, where he engages in the development of monitoring frameworks and insightful analysis that help to understand how agricultural finance can strengthen livelihoods and resilience for rural communities. His work focuses on pragmatic monitoring systems that yield actionable information to support program design and decision making. His experience started in donor engagement with an emphasis on donor reporting and has since evolved into monitoring.

Scott is finishing his Master’s degree in Geoinformation Sciences from Salem State University to deepen his undergraduate degree in Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Articles by Scott Caple

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Tuesday
April 21
2026

Juan Taborda Burgos / Scott Caple / Jorge Bouchot

Getting the Most out of Monitoring Data: An Impact Investor Explores the Value of a Unified Approach

Monitoring data is a source of frustration for many impact-focused organizations, as many see it as another line item in their budgets, a task required for funder compliance, or a backward-looking tool that isn’t necessarily relevant to future programming. But as Juan Taborda Burgos, Scott Caple and Jorge Bouchot at Root Capital argue, this paradigm fails to recognize the power of monitoring data to inform strategy and insights. They explore how Root Capital has standardized its monitoring system across its global programs, and highlight the value of taking a unified approach to collecting and utilizing this data.

Categories
Agriculture, Investing

Tags
data, impact investing, impact measurement, MSMEs

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Getting the Most out of Monitoring Data: An Impact Investor Explores the Value of a Unified Approach