Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi

Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi
William Davidson Institute

Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi is a program manager for the Performance Measurement Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan. She develops measurement solutions to enable continuous improvement, evidence-based decision-making, and strategic learning for purpose-driven organizations. With over a decade of experience, Fatehi has worked in varied sectors such as gender lens investing, education, healthcare, nutrition, clean cooking, and microfinance, and across countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Fatehi holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University. She tweets from @ysk2115.

Articles by Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi

Guest Articles

Wednesday
September 14
2022

Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi / Lisa Willems / Ladé Araba

Bringing a Gender Lens to Technical Assistance: New Research Reveals the Benefits and Costs of Gender-Smart TA to SMEs and Investors

There’s growing momentum behind gender lens strategies in impact investing. But according to Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi at the William Davidson Institute and Lisa Willems and Ladé Araba at the AlphaMundi Foundation, investors tend to apply a gender lens to their investing and pipeline development activities – but not to technical assistance and other types of post-investment support. They share findings from a recent study from the Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) consortium, which explores the business case for gender-smart technical assistance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Categories
Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment, Investing

Tags
gender equality, gender lens, Impact Assessment, impact investing, investors, measurement, small business, SMEs, social impact, technical assistance
Guest Articles

Monday
July 26
2021

Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi / Salma Elbeblawi

Monitoring and Evaluation in E-Learning: Five M&E Practices to Measure and Boost the Impact of Online Education Programs

Educational institutions, businesses, nonprofits and other organizations have turned to e-learning during the COVID-19 crisis, and these approaches are likely to remain prevalent in a post-pandemic world. According to Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi of the William Davidson Institute and Salma Elbeblawi of Soliya, virtual exchange is an area of particular interest and innovation within the broader online education space. They share five key monitoring and evaluation insights that can strengthen these programs in real time – and that can be applied to a variety of e-learning programs.

Categories
Education, Impact Assessment, Technology

Tags
business education, EdTech, education, Impact Assessment, LMICs, social innovation, technology, William Davidson Institute
Guest Articles

Friday
November 8
2019

Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi / Dana Gorodetsky

Five Ways the Private Sector Can Align with the Sustainable Development Goals

How can the private sector advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and what’s the best way to measure the success of these efforts? Those questions were among the topics explored at the recent Sustainability and Development Conference at the University of Michigan. Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi and Dana Gorodetsky at the William Davidson Institute attended the event, and they share some essential insights on the private sector’s role in supporting the SDGs.

Categories
Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Impact Assessment

Tags
academia, conferences, global development, SDGs, social business, social impact, sustainability, Sustainable Development, William Davidson Institute
Tuesday
April 3
2018

Rebecca Baylor / Heather Esper / Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi

Here’s How to Play Matchmaker to Social + Business Metrics ‘Power Couples’

For many businesses and organizations, the idea of measuring their impact can be scary, elusive or just plain boring. But pairing social and business metrics "power couples" can give organizations unique insights to solve key business challenges. In a new report, the William Davidson Institute shares the results of its work with three organizations to demystify data collection of their social impacts. Rebecca Baylor of WDI writes that the team's work proves impact measurement doesn't have to be as hard as it may seem.

Categories
Impact Assessment

Tags
corporate social responsibility, Impact Assessment, impact investing, impact investment, social business, social enterprise, social impact, William Davidson Institute
Friday
January 1
2016

Heather Esper / Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi

The State of Assessment: Why the ‘assess or not’ debate continues and how we can move beyond it (Part 1 of 2)

Recent debate has focused on whether businesses should assess social, economic and/or environmental impact. How did we get stuck here? In this two-part series, Heather Esper and Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi of the William Davidson Institute explore the evolution of assessment and how to move beyond the paralysis.

Categories
Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment

Tags
Impact Assessment, measurement, metrics, scale
Thursday
October 22
2015

Heather Esper / Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi

The State of Assessment: Moving the conversation forward to accelerate value creation (Part 2 of 2)

Heather Esper and Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi of the William Davidson Institute say it's time to stop debating whether businesses should assess social, economic and/or environmental impact, and move on to a conversation about how to extract the most value. They even offer five core activities to accelerate that value.

Categories
Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment

Tags
Impact Assessment, measurement, metrics, scale

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