Microfinance Following Conflict: Introduction to Technical Briefs
USAID
Publication Date: 2004
Published by: USAID - Microenterprise Best Practices (MBP) Project
Document Type: Paper
This is the first of a series of seven technical briefs discussing microfinance in postconflict environments.
The series of technical briefs attemps to achieve the following tasks:
- Describe post-conflict microfinance experiences, both in terms of development of a
microfinance institution and of an entire microfinance industry
- Provide guidelines of when microfinance should and should not be attempted in a
post-conflict environment.
- Encourage pragmatism in strategy and expectations: describe the ?unique? features and outcomes of microfinance that may appear in post-conflict environments
- Examine a specific technical challenge: ensuring the physical security of staff, clients,
and assets.
- Explore the challenges of serving different types of post-conflict population groups:
refugees, demobilized soldiers, internally displaced persons and resettled populations
- Provide special guidance for institutions considering microfinance for the first time
The series of the seven briefs are as follows:
Brief 2 -? Developing
a Post-Conflict Microfinance Industry
Brief 3 -? Developing
Post-Conflict Microfinance Institutions: The Experiences of Liberia and Kosovo
Brief 4 -? Environmental
Preconditions for Successful Post-Conflict Microfinance
Brief 5 -? Searching
for Differences: Microfinance Following Conflict vs. Other Environments
Brief 6 - ?
Security
Issues for Microfinance Following Conflict
Brief 7 - Microfinance
for Special Groups: Refugees, Demobilized Soldiers, and Other Populations
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