http://www.nextbillion.net/micro-finance-pakistan-ppaf Comments for "Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan" en http://www.nextbillion.net/micro-finance-pakistan-ppaf <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-image-32"><br /> <img alt="Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan" src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/ppaf.jpg" /><br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.ppaf.org.pk" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ppaf.org.pk</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> The non-profit Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) works with 56 partner organizations in 96 districts of Pakistan, as it seeks to alleviate poverty and empower the rural and urban poor, by providing them with access to resources and services. <BR> <BR>PPAF's Credit and Enterprise Unit provides loans to partner microfinance organizations (POs) who in turn offer microcredit lending services to individual or group customers. POs must meet satisfactory performance and compliance standards, set by PPAF, in order to receive the 6-10% interest rate loans from PPAF. A PO's microcredit customers must also meet criteria established by PPAF to receive services. <br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/micro-finance-pakistan-ppaf">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/micro-finance-pakistan-ppaf#comment Financial Services Activity General Banking Activity Microfinance Activity Active Consumer Government Funded International Agency Funded Non-profit Activity Pakistan South Asia Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:51:39 -0500 Courtland Walker 1771 at http://www.nextbillion.net