1997 MICROFINANCE SPECIALIST and TRAINER – LAO PDR. World Bank/Finnida “Forest Management and Conservation Project”
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Development of microfinance schemes for use by villagers participating in the Forest Management and Conservation Project. These schemes are assisting the development of off-farm enterprise and are reducing village dependence upon the harvesting of timber and non-timber forest products. Undertook a training needs assessment of the APB and the Lao Women’s Union; prepared and delivered training in microfinance for these staff. This microfinance programme is noteworthy for its decentralised approach, which involves the encouragement of autonomous village level financial institutions, which operate as commercially sustainable enterprises run by village women.
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