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Country
Nepal
Start date
2008-08-01
End date
2011-09-30
Grant amount
USD 98.000
Local partners
CARE Nepal, and ASK
Grant recipient
CARE Denmark
Grant manager
Jesper Kähler

Context

FAHU funded assessment to find the best suitable concept of saving and credit locally and for the country.

Objectives

The overall objective is to create 150 VSLAs in Nepal and to include the most vulnerable (dalits and woman) in these groups.

Project Outcome

Recommendations from assessment funded by FAHU include research into the functioning of homogeneous versus heterogeneous groups and into whether savings should be accumulated in a loan fund or disbursed to the participants on a yearly basis.

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