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Country Reviews

AKAM’s microfinance initiatives range from village lending to regulated microfinance institutions to full-fledged microfinance banks in the following places:

Asia
	Afghanistan (2011, 1.0 m, PDF)
	Kyrgyz Republic (2011, 1.2 m, PDF)
	Pakistan (2011, 0.7 m, PDF)
	Tajikistan (2011, 0.9 m, PDF)
Middle East
	Egypt (2011, 3.0 m, PDF)
	Syria (2011, 1.1 m, PDF)
Africa
	Burkina Faso (2011, 1.1 m, PDF)
	Côte d'Ivoire (2011, 0.8 m, PDF)
	Mali (2011, 1.2 m, PDF)
	Madagascar(2011, 0.7 m, PDF)
	Mozambique (2011, 3.3 m, PDF)

Often these activities are part of a wider development strategy being implemented by the AKDN. In addition to providing financial services, they may include business or technical advisory services and business development programmes that work directly with local entrepreneurs.