Covid-19: Evolution of the crisis in some of our countries of intervention

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has been monitoring the evolution of the health crisis in its countries of intervention in order to better understand its effects on the microfinance institutions it supports and their clients. After Covid-19: the impact of the crisis on microfinance, this new publication compiles data and analyses from certain countries where the Foundation operates.

The Foundation has chosen to analyze accessible, quantitative and qualitative measurement tools. Quantitative indicators focus in particular on the number of Covid cases and the number of deaths, which are analyzed as an average over 7 days and as a proportion per 1 million inhabitants in order to obtain comparative data. The percentage of fully vaccinated inhabitants is also taken into account to assess the effectiveness of the vaccination campaign in the country. Qualitative measurement tools are based on the government's actions in response to the crisis, the impact of the pandemic on the economy, and the health mapping (red, orange, or green countries) developed by France.

The sources come exclusively from competent entities such as the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the International Monetary Fund, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Health, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

With this publication, intended for public decision-makers, financiers, operators and microfinance institutions, we hope to contribute to the understanding of the effects of Covid-19 on the microfinance sector in order to better prepare, innovate and respond to the crisis.

Download the publication here (in English).