About the Aga Khan Development Network
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) focuses on health, education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development. It is dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin or gender.
Organisational
Information
The AKDN works in over 25 countries around the world. It employs approximately
60,000 people, the majority of whom are based in developing countries. The
AKDN’s annual budget for non-profit development activities in 2008
was approximately US$ 450 million. The project companies of the Aga Khan
Fund for Economic Development generate annual revenues of US$ 1.5 billion
(all surpluses are reinvested in further development activities). For more
information, please see the Organisational
Chart.
AKDN’s
Approach to Development
Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the Aga Khan Development
Network (AKDN) brings together a number of development agencies, institutions,
and programmes that work primarily in the poorest parts of Asia and Africa.
While each institution pursues its own mandate, all work together within
the overarching framework of the Network so that their different pursuits
interact and reinforce one another. More
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About
His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network
His Highness the Aga Khan, the founder and chairman of the AKDN, is the
49th hereditary Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. In
Islam’s ethical tradition, religious leaders not only interpret the
faith but also have a responsibility to help improve the quality of life
in their community and in the societies amongst which they live. For His
Highness the Aga Khan, this has meant a deep engagement with development
for over 50 years through the agencies of the AKDN.
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About the agencies of the Aga Khan Development
Network
Aga Khan
Agency for Microfinance (AKAM)
Aga Khan Education
Services (AKES)
Aga Khan Foundation
(AKF)
Aga
Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED)
Aga Khan Health
Services (AKHS)
Aga
Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS)
Aga Khan Trust
for Culture (AKTC)
Aga Khan University
(AKU)
Focus
Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS)
The University
of Central Asia (UCA)
About the Ismaili Imamat
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Islam: Historical Origin
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of Communities of Interpretation
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of Shiism
Intellect
and Faith
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- AKPBSAga Khan Planning and Building Services
- AKTCAga Khan Trust for Culture
- AKUAga Khan University
- FOCUSFocus Humanitarian Assistance
- UCAUniversity of Central Asia
Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance
Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan
Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the AKDN. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion. more
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