Micro finance programmes

Micro finance programmes targeting women empowerment have been a welcome initiative. It is recognized and accepted as one of the new development paradigms for alleviating poverty through social and economic empowerment of poor, with special emphasis on empowering women.

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Motivated by the adverse effects of the financial crisis, in 2010 the Commission Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and the EIB made each available EUR 100m to the benefit of micro-enterprises and self-employment, with a particular emphasis on social inclusion and groups with limited access to the traditional banking system.

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A component of this programme is to help capitalise locally-based enterprise development initiatives by stimulating the provision of and access to micro-finance in rural areas. Three sites were selected to pilot the introduction of this and other IRDP activities. These are: Chimanimani (Zimbabwe), Chimoio (Mozambique) and Nyandeni (South Africa). As part of this initiative, the HSRC conducted an evaluation in the three key sites of the IRDP, to evaluate the implications of implementing a micro-finance scheme in these areas....

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