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Micro Finance Team

Lao-German Cooperation (Technical Cooperation) Microfinance in Rural Areas-Access to Finance for the Poor (AFP). Micro Finance Team. “Savings and Credit System” Managed and Owned by the Community for Sustainable Development. Bounravong PHOMMAVIXAY Microfinance Sr. Advisor.

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Micro Finance Team

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  1. Lao-German Cooperation (Technical Cooperation) Microfinance in Rural Areas-Access to Finance for the Poor (AFP) Micro Finance Team “Savings and Credit System” Managed and Owned by the Community for Sustainable Development Bounravong PHOMMAVIXAY Microfinance Sr. Advisor Soukdethphone SOUKXAYPHANH Microfinance Jr. Advisor Focus in Phouvong Distr. Seansamphanh PHIMMASY Microfinance field staff Focus in Xanexay Distr. Phetmany LATHDAVANH Microfinance field staff Focus in Xaysettha Distr.

  2. Micro Finance Objectives: • Access to financial services for poor households and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in rural areas has improved. • Programme Level intervention • 1. Macro level(Component 1), advice to the Bank of Laos to develop MF sector with focusing on sectoral policy and strategies as well as regulation and supervision. • 2. Meso level(Component 2), the capacities of existing village bank associations will be strengthened, new associations will be founded, and support will be given to other service providers. • 3. Micro level (Component 3), the aim is to achieve qualitative improvements in the capacities of existing and new village banks.

  3. Micro Finance Approach • “One village, one Village Bank” Developing community based financial services • Ownership All capital owned individually by saver-members, Members‘ Assembly takes final participatory decisions making with Flexibility • Management of Village Bank(VB) VB Assembly – VB Committees on the job training – VB Auditing Mission - supported by AFP Service Team • Promoting and linking provincial second tier organisation Developing financially self-sustainable micro-finance institution to be able to support the Village Banks in becoming sustainable institutions • Supporting the development of SMEs and fostering income generating activities • Demand-driven product designMonthly meeting for in- and out-payments and some decision making • Products Monthly savings and credit service with Purpose-unrestricted credits and flexible terms (investment: production & business, social and emergency).

  4. Micro Finance Activities

  5. Micro Finance Problems/encounters • Low density of populations in some consolidate villages. • Some borrower defaults (deliberately) • Low level of economic activities/limit of IGAs at village level. • Fails for problem solving due to the cultures (ethnics) while facing the conflicts. • Committee is not committed (several villages). • Unfair competition from governmental ’poverty alleviation’ schemes & Nayoby Bank. There are cases where these conflicts could be resolved with external support.

  6. Micro Finance Solutions • Provide appropriate services by MF technical staff (expertise on the field of microfinance) regularly. • Provide stationery and equipment for their operational (secure savings facilities). • Standardized and decentralized procedures; motivate clients to repay loans and charge full-cost interest rate. • Propose to authority at district level & DPCU management team to support and follow-up VBs’ committees/members. • Extension officers advide the VB borrowers for improving their skills to use in their IGAs.

  7. Micro FinanceOutlook Expand strategy: • Consolidate VBs to set up 2nd tier organization. • Continue for establishment of new VBs. Issues to be considered before transforming: • Introduction of innovative products • Intensification of members’ training • Review of members’ criteria in joining the program Further focus on: • Independent service unit with financial self-sufficiency. • Wholesales lending to VBs and Mediator for cross-financing of VBs. • Establish networks with formal financial institutions which are able to provide financial services or banking services by themselves. • Page

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