Dr. Azeta Cungu, Rural Finance Officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nation, Rome participated in the APRACA-SAFIN-OECD learning event on the “Use of blended finance to mobilise private capital towards agri-SMEs: Learning from experiences in Asia and the Pacific” held during 14-16 October in Bangkok, Thailand0

• APRACA News
• 10/12/2019

Dr. Azeta Cungu noted the speaking to APRACA colleagues in Bangkok:   I wanted to thank the organisers, once again, for the opportunity to participate and contribute to this event, rich in technical content and practical examples.  As you know, there is growing interest on blended finance as an instrument for catalysing private investments in agri-SMEs

Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women0

• APRACA News
• 25/11/2019

Believing in the inner power of women, Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women has been working in the field of NGOs of Bangladesh since 27 years. Shakti’s main niche is to empower disadvantaged women by providing them microcredit loans, health loans, agricultural loans, and so on. Shakti solely believes that socio-economic empowerment can bring the real

Clean Water supply & Rural Sanitation in Vietnam0

• APRACA News
• 03/07/2019

CLEAN WATER FOR A BETTER FUTURE Vietnam Bank for Social Policies Address: 169 Linh Duong, Hoang Liet, Hoang Mai, Ha Noi, Vietnam Tel: 84-24 36417203; Fax: 84-24 36417194; Email: icd@vbsp.vn  

No poor left behind case study from VBSP0

• APRACA News
• 25/06/2019

Towards suitable financial services for small-scale fishers in Asia0

• APRACA News
• 24/05/2019

Rural finance and fisheries experts from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, UK. Canada and the USA met during 7-9 May in Bangkok, Thailand and discussed the ways to improve the access to financial services for small-scale fishers in Asia. It is estimated that there are more than 30 million small-scale fishers in Asia.

Nirdhan Utthan laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd.0

• APRACA News
• 10/05/2019

NULBSL’s mission is to extend financial services and social awareness to the poor in underserved and unserved areas of Nepal in a sustainable manner. Nirdhan was founded on March 31, 1991 by Late Dr. Harihar Dev Pant (the pioneer of microcredit movement in Nepal), who served as the institute’s Chief Executive until August, 2015. Microfinance