Mr Chifi Mhango conducting training in Research Methodology
and Report Writing for Association of African Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) members' staff
in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
DFIs are created to mainly address a market financing gap that exists, and mainly to support a development mandate agenda. The importance of Research in the DFIs, therefore, becomes imperative in directing the vision, mission and objectives.
The development of strategy and its implementation in DFIs requires Research input. This can come in the form of identification of the key economic sectors to be targeted for lending activities, benching marking exercise, product development, impact analysis studies among others.
In order to communicate the Research findings, a report becomes the requirement. Most DFIs have processes in which several committees exist where decisions are made. These can be at Board, Exco level or Manco. Such requires the ability of a DFI to have employees that are capable at writing a report.
In an organisation, a report is a document that brings significant and reliable information to the limelight of management. Therefore, report writing is an essential skill. A report must be clear and easy to understand.