Report on the Afghanaid (AAD) Micro-financing programme in Badakhshan province : wheat bank scheme and women’s resource centre / by Raja Ehsan Aziz.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: [Place of publication not identified] : [Afghanaid (AAD)], 2000.Description: 52, ix pages ; 30 cmSubject(s): - Economic assistance – Afghanistan
- Economic development – Afghanistan – Badakhshan (Province)
- Community development – Afghanistan – Badakhshan (Province)
- Community development – Afghanistan – Badakhshan (Province)
- Microfinance – Afghanistan – Badakhshan (Province)
- Rural development – Afghanistan – Badakhshan (Province)
- Humanitarian assistance – Afghanistan
- Pamphlet HC417. A959 2000
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | Pamphlet HC417.A959 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000090315 |
Cover title.
“July 2000”—cover page.
“This report is prepared for the Afghanaid (AAD) head office”—cover page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: 1. Executive summary—2. Scope and objectives of the consultancy—3. Methodology/working strategy—4. First field visit to Badakhshan—5. Afghanaid (AAD) micro-financing programme—6. Alternate possibilities in micro-financing—7. Women’s Resource Centre (WRC)—8. Islamic principles : existing programme—9. Micro-financing : Islamic options—10. Accounting procedures and financial management—11. Training—12. Conclusions and recommendations.
Summary: “The Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) and the Wheat Bank (WB) scheme of the Afghanaid (AAD) became operational in fall 1996. The WB scheme actually constituted community-based village ‘seed’ banks, launched with improved wheat ‘seed’ grants from the AAD. The WB operated a system of revolving wheat ‘seed’ accumulated through individual loans and savings (20%) for cultivation only (not consumption), in order to help increase food production in wheat-starved Badakhshan…”—(page 1).
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