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ADB Review [ January - February 2004 ]

Uzbek Women Access Training, Jobs

Two nongovernment organizations (NGOs) in Uzbekistan—the Bukhara Oblast Business Women Association and Tashkent Oblast Business Women Association—have trained 800 women on legal rights, microfinance, tax, and credit regulations. They have also advised more than 2,500 women on how to establish small-scale enterprises on agriculture, trade, garment manufacturing, and bakery goods. These initiatives have created nearly 700 jobs. The NGOs’ efforts were supported by an ADB regional technical assistance on Gender and Development Initiatives. For more information, contact Shireen Lateef at slateef@adb.org .

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Small Loans Produce
Big Impact in Nepal

Through the Microcredit for Women Project, ADB has helped improve the socioeconomic status of more than 40,000 women in 12 districts and 5 municipalities of Nepal. The project, completed in 2002, provided small-scale loans to enable women to buy livestock, grow vegetables, and make other investments for profit. NGOs were engaged to reach targeted beneficiaries and to help form self-help groups. Many of these groups later evolved into savings and credit cooperatives. For more information, contact Kavita Sherchan at ksherchan@adb.org.

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Female-Headed Micro-finance NGOs Get Boost

The Credit and Development Forum (CDF), an umbrella NGO representing more than 900 microfinance organizations, partnered with ADB to strengthen the capacity of female-headed microfinance NGOs. ADB provided grant funds to develop and train these organizations to expand their outreach, track program performance, maintain accounts and related records, and provide dynamic leadership that will deliver quality financial services to women clients. For more information, contact Shireen Lateef at slateef@adb.org.

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