Micro finance workshop, Dakar

Information and useful documents on the regional workshop on micro finance, which has taken place in Dakar from 12 till 14 December 2005.

Micro finance workshop Dakar report

Historically, micro finance has not been available for financing water supply and sanitation activities, because these have not usually been seen to be sufficiently attractive to lenders. A long term repayment period is normally required and in some cases there is no direct link with income generation. However, some micro finance institutions in the 2005 micro finance workshop in Dakar argued that the core blockage to increased micro finance in the sector is lack of awareness of the business case for water supply projects. Read much more in the report.

Microfinance workshop final.pdf (1.4 MB)

Presentations

This folder contains the Power Point Presentations of all papers that have been presented during the Regional Workshop on Micro Finance and Innovative Mechanisms to Achieve the MDGs for Water and Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa.