Invitation to Bid – Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanstan

ITB	Reference No.	Description	Announcement Date	Closing Date
REOI	MISFA/CS-08/2026	Socioeconomic Research on Relationship between Access to Islamic Finance and Client Well-being	May 21, 2026	June 10, 2026

The Microfinance Investment and Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) is an apex institution of the microfinance sector which provides both technical and financial support to the financial institutions including microfinance institutions (MFIs) and commercial banks. Since its inception in 2003, MISFA has been a wholesale financier of the MFIs.
MISFA is seeking to assess the socioeconomic changes experienced by a representative sample of clients and their businesses as a result of access to financing received from its partner institutions. MISFA envisages that this longitudinal research will involve repeated observations of the same variables over an extended period of time. MISFA is seeking to commission a qualified team of experts, based in Afghanistan, to propose a suitable research methodology, design questionnaires, select and train data collectors, process and analyze the data, and present the results in the form of a written report (s) in English.
MISFA is looking for a qualified and experienced academic institution/consulting firm that can carry out this assignment.
MISFA now invites eligible Academic Institutions/Consulting Firms to submit their Expression of Interests (EOIs) for the Socioeconomic Research on Relationship between Access to Islamic Finance and Client Well-being. Click here to access the full REOI.