The Department conducts authentic socio economic market research in microfinance on behalf of Micro finance investment vehicles, MFIs, donor agencies, governments and other parties. In addition, the department conducts social impact research, to measure the success of different products and strategies, as well as to determine levels of social performance:

• Progressively build micro housing finance;
• Development of micro insurance;
• Entrepreneurship development for Youth;
• Improvements in technology to mobilize and manage savings;
• Delinquency turnaround for MFIs in crisis.

FIAC is committed to actively translating research findings and our field experience into innovative practical training and consulting tools for MFIs in the Sub-Saharan Africa. FIAC training materials are based on international-best practice benchmarks and are developed by both local and international experts in training material development.