Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance
Introduction
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 Aga Khan Development Network. This amounts to a portfolio at the end of June 2006 of over US$ 52 million in outstanding microloans to over 97,000 beneficiaries in 12 countries. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion.
AKAM is a not-for-profit, non-denominational, international development agency created under Swiss law. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. It is governed by an independent Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board is His Highness the Aga Khan.
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Case Study: Promoting Entrepreneurship in Cairo (132KB, PDF)
Case Study: Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan (74KB, PDF)
2006 AKAM Brief (1.81MB, PDF)
2006 AKAM Annual Report (3.29MB, PDF)
2005 AKAM Annual Report (3MB, PDF)
2004 AKAM Annual Report (1.21MB, PDF)
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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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