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| Title | Strategic Planning Guidelines - Credit with Education and Credit Unions |
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| Author | Biety, M.; Hirschland, M.; Stack, K.E. |
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| Content Language | English (en) |
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| Document Type | Guideline |
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| Date Of Publication | 1999 |
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| Description | Freedom from Hunger have pioneered a methodology for credit unions to implement a "credit with education" strategy for rural women. Since credit unions are already community-based, member-owned institutions with concerns for achieving social as well as financial goals, the approach is not a radical departure from their normal operations.
The core of the system is a credit association of 16-36 women who agree to come together to borrow money, deposit savings and participate in an education programme. The education programme consists of 3-8 highly interactive and participatory learning sessions covering health, nutrition and business development topics.
These guidelines are designed to:
- enable credit unions to assess their capacity and interest in developing a "credit with education" service;
- provide step-by-step instructions for developing the service.
There is a companion volume which is a Technical Assistance Guide for development agencies to use when assisting credit unions to introduce the service. |
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| Publisher | Freedom from Hunger |
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| Number of Pages | 81 pp. |
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| Price | 32940 |
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| Keywords | CREDIT UNION, CREDIT, EDUCATION, STRATEGIC PLANNING |
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freedom from hunger - technical resources and services (EN)
strategic planning guidelines - credit with education and credit unions (EN)
