Gambia Women's Finance Association
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Office of the Special Adviser on Africa |
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Purpose: | To enhance the entrepreneurship development of low income women and youth through the provision of micro-finance, training and policy advocacy. |
Illustrative Project: | From 1991 to 1997 the Gambia Women's Finance Association has disbursed more than 2 million dalasis as micro-enterprise loans to finance more than 3,500 micro-enterprises operations in different economic sectors. From 1994 to 1997 GAWFA collected more than 850,000 dalasis as savings from over 8,000 clients. |