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Designing Apex Organizations in Conflict-affected Environments: An Analysis of Recent Experiences in Bosnia-Hezegovina and in Afghanistan

In: Promoting Microfinance

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  • Stephanie Charitonenko
  • Dale Lampe

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Microfinance is increasingly being used as a tool for stabilization and development in areas affected by conflict. Where donors or governments are committed to transitioning relief efforts to long-term development, the creation of microfinance apex organisations1 is becoming a popular intervention to wholesale large amounts of donor funds to local financial institutions for small-scale on-lending to private microenterprises, coordinate aid and provide a sustainable institutional base to develop the micro-finance sector. Recent examples include the Local Initiatives Departments (LIDs) apex organizations in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) (1997–2005), the Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA, 2003-present), the Southern Sudan Microfinance Development Facility (2007-present) and the (northern) Sudan Microfinance Development Facility (2008-present), amongst others.

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  • Stephanie Charitonenko & Dale Lampe, 2013. "Designing Apex Organizations in Conflict-affected Environments: An Analysis of Recent Experiences in Bosnia-Hezegovina and in Afghanistan," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ronny Manos & Jean-Pierre Gueyié & Jacob Yaron (ed.), Promoting Microfinance, chapter 9, pages 173-196, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-03491-5_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137034915_9
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