Economic Development Unit

Brief Overview of the Signature Program - Universal Access to Financial Services

Powerpoint includes project objectives, partners, components, achievements, and challenges.

Study examines the performance of VSLA groups in Zanzibar after several years of independent operations.

Guía de instrucción para formar un grupo caja de ahorro

Two success stories from CARE's I-LIFE project in Malawi.

Offers examples of women who have benefited from MMD projects in Niger.  March 2001.

Resultats attendus par ce volet, activites, realisation par rapport aux resultats entendus, difficultes, et lecons apprises

Best Practices publication from the SIMBA project in Zimbabwe, an initiative supporting the basic income and needs of HIV/AIDS-affected households and individuals.

Story of women standing up for rights in Habsipur, India. (Nov. 2005)

Response to: Why is this business or entrepreneur an ideal candidate to win funds from UN micro-credit contest?

Provides overview of CARE Mali's VS&L work.

Estabelecimento do centro de VSL ao CARE o Malavi

Study evaluates effect of a structural intervention that combined a microfinance program with a gender and HIV training curriculum for the prevention of intimate partner violence and HIV in rural South AFrica.

Ce guide est destiné aux agents du programme en tant que support de  formation des agents villageois. Il peut  aussi servir de mémento à tous les intervenants de terrain.

This presentation evaluates the Kupfuma Ishungu Rural Micro Finance Programme.  It was presented July 5-7, 2006 at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

A guide to train village agents in MMD methodology so that they can form and train new MMD groups.

Includes: Revised Budget Breakdown Burundi; PACTDEV Programme des Activites de l'Annee 2007; Document Descriptif de la Mise en Oeuvre du Plan de Suivi Evaluation de PACTDEV; Annual Plan TMF 2007, Burundi & DRC

First draft of proposal to DFID and Uganda for a National Support Mechanism for the promotion of Village Savings and Loans (VSL) mechanisms in Uganda

Evaluation of project to promote economic development among the HIV affected households to be able to reduce their economic vulnerability

First person account of child helped by VS&L.

Response to: Why is this business or entrepreneur an ideal candidate to win funds from UN micro-credit contest?

This brief pushes policy makers and practitioners to look beyond mere numbers and money by outlining why and how microfinance should become a tool for women's empowerment and poverty reduction.

Systeme d'information de gestion AVE&C pour releves de comptes.  A utiliser avec les programmes bases sur la methodologie de l'association villageoise d'epargne et de credit (AVE&C).  (ATTENTION: les macros doivent etre au niveau moyen)

CARE Rwanda realized that the majority of members of CLASSE-Intambwe SLAs wanted larger loans than their internal loan funds could provide, and decided to make available CARE Credit Funds at the Banques Populaires of CLASSE-Intambwe target districts.

Schematic showing comparison of solidarity group methodologies and potential evolution.

Article in The Nation examining role of microcredit in poverty reduction.

This Rules and Responsibilities document is intended for the BELO Community of Practice.  This document can be used as template for any other project wishing to create a Rules and Responsibilities for its practitioners.

The aim of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) study was to assess a structural intervention that combined a MF program with a gender and HIV training curriculum.

Article examining whether microfinance be effective in the context of sudden natural disasters or other emergencies. 

Summary of the SEAD chat discussion on linkage of VS&L groups to financial institutions (especially for additional loan fund).  Took place from May 13 to June 15, 2006.

VSLA Program Guide: Field operations manual (v. 2.9).

This document presents the moderator’s report of CARE’s First Regional Conference on Private Sector Partnerships (PSPs) in Latin America and the Caribbean that gathered 36 CARE executives from 10 countries and 6 special guests, 2 from international cooperation agencies and 4 from the private sector, in Quito, Ecuador from 22 to 26 May, 2006. The Conference theme was CARE’s relatively new strategy, that is being put into practice in several countries around the world, of establishing partnerships with the private sector in order to accomplish CARE’s strategic objectives by means of: (i) resource mobilization for projects, (ii) reduce the negative impact of corporate activities, (iii) provide market access to poor producers or service providers for their products or services, and obtain access to goods and services markets for poor people as consumers or service users (iv) advocacy for more just international rules and (v) changing attitudes in the world of development and private sector, by obtaining, for instance, private sector support to achieve other goals like fight to HIV&AIDS.

Includes project description, aims and objectives, project goals, expected results, progress, and results.  Goal of project is to generate a culture of quality in production and consumption by linking local prickly pear producers with international import companies, which will allow producers to obtain a fair price for a quality product.

Describes an El Salvador project focusing on market access for a sustainable milk cattle raising. The aim of the project is to improve the incomes of at least 500 small milk producer families in El Salvador through a multi sector partnership to improve their community organization, production process and provide better market access for their product.

Describes the PROMESA project in Ecuador, which focuses on Supporting Equitable and Sustainable Markets.  Document includes aims and objectives, progress, and results.

Document describes the social carbon fund project in Brazil.  This project involves the establishment of an investment fund for climate change projects in Brazil.  Document includes aims and objectives, progress, and results to date.

Document describes the mining value chain project in Peru.  This project involves a multi-sector alliance for equitable local economic development in “Las Bambas” mining operations area in the Apurímac Region.  Document includes aims and objectives, progress, and results to date.

Describes the market access project in Honduras which focuses on primary production rehabilitation and banana market access.  Document includes aims and objectives, progress, and results to date.

The PRI guidelines are intended to provide a directive and framework for developing and managing CARE program related investments

Lessons and insight to 3 of CARE USA's Transformed Programs (Philippines, Peru and India)/

2001 and 2002 Quick Statistics of EDYFICAR in Peru

Annual Report of CARE Canada's Enterprise Partnerships.

Discusses the phases of creating a financial grid connecting Africa's microfinance institutions.

Framework, guide, and findings pulled together by SEEP regarding using Microfinance Institutions for energy lending. Spotlights on energy lending in Asia, Africa, and latin America and the Caribbean.

Report highlights the links between Value Chain Development and the Poor.

Microfinance Consumer Code of Conduct

Codigo de conduta para a proteccao do consumidor das micro-financas da CARE