Microfinance in Uganda - OECD

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Commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for Development Cooperation Not for distribution Wien, 17. Dezember 2001 Lechner, Reiter und Riesenfelder Sozialforschung OEG A-1060 Wien, Liniengasse 2A/1 Tel: +43 (1) 595 40 40 - 0 Fax: +43 (1) 595 40 40 - 9 E-mail: Andy Carlton, Hannes Manndorff, Andrew Obara, Walter Rei-ter, Elisabeth Rhyne Microfinance in Uganda L&R SOCIALRESEARCH 2 Table of Contents Abbreviations 4 Part I: Microfinance in Uganda Sector Overview 7 1 Introduction 8 Background to the Study 8 Microfinance and its context 8 2 Microfinance Context in Uganda 10 Overall Context 10 The Private Sector 12 The Financial Sector 12 3 History and Current Status of the Microfinance Industry 16 4 Clients and Impact of Microfinance Services 19 Clients of Microfinance Institutions 19 Client Impact of Microfinance Services 21 Gender and Empowerm

2 Table of Contents Abbreviations 4 Part I: Microfinance in Uganda Sector Overview 7 1 Introduction 8 1.1 Background to the Study 8 1.2 Microfinance and its context 8

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