There is a role that DV program can play. By applying technology to achieve the last two.

Themix - http://www.themix.org/en/index.html - is already offering some standardized reporting. I cannot comment how much of no. 11 it achieves. The difficult part is when interpreting the reports in the local context. Indicators vary from country to country, as they vary from one MFI to another. One way this can be achieved is by developing a framework that will enable local users to define their own key reporting indicators as to performance besides the standardized global reporting that I think is often off the mark.

One way that of achieving capacity building is by using technology to train the institutional managers. This can be easily achieved by using web streaming technology as it happens for the several courses that are available online at Stanford. Having a service that delivers training in different areas such as HR, finance, business management, innovation and technology, entrepreneurship to mention but a few will be a good way to enhance various capacity building efforts. The efforts can be more broader in reach if the courses are are delivered in several languages and on several platforms.

As a side note, given private equity investors and donors as providers of capacity building, I will choose private equity investors any day.