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Microfinance Role in Post Conflict and Crisis Situations
8 Feb 2005, Ahmmed, M.

Can microcredit and group formation lead to the financial and social empowerment of conflict-affected populations?

This paper discusses the role that microfinance can play in post-conflict and crisis situations.

It begins by explaining the following aspects of microfinance:

Role as a poverty alleviation tool;
Advantages over formal financial institutions (FFIs);
Target population;
Goals, principles, products and services;
Microcredit as a core product.

The paper then discusses:

Main characteristics of post-crisis areas;
Ability of microfinance to bring about effective solutions because of its flexibility and adaptation to people’s needs;
Microcredit’s potential as a development tool;
The role of group meeting and social mobilization in providing:
- Technical support;
- Support in moral and social reconstruction;
- Informal training and therapy.

The paper identifies the following concrete benefits of microfinance in post-conflict situations:

Change of social pattern;
Empowerment;
Sectoral development.

The paper recommends multilateral partnerships between the donor community and operating MFIs to make an effective contribution in the post-conflict scenario. It concludes by presenting two case studies of MFIs that have provided effective solutions to conflict-affected populations through microfinance.

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