Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

Rural development

Credit for rural women

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The Kredifanm methodology will be used, which is similar to the funding mechanism developed in Bangladesh by the Bank for the Poor.

Haiti, December 17, 2014 (IICA). The project will assist women by creating a credit mechanism to enable them to carry out certain income-generating activities. The process of training over 30 women is already under way in the community of Arreguy.

The Kredifam methodology, which has been available in Haiti for several years, will be used. This methodology is similar to the credit mechanism developed in Bangladesh through the Bank for the Poor.

More information:
alfredo.mena@iica.int

 

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