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Credit with Education Program in the TIAVO Savings and Loan Associations Network
By Herminia Martinez
Summarized from: Scaling up Poverty Reduction Case Studies in Microfinance
(pages 65-77)
The network of Savings and Loan Associations (SLA), known as the TIAVO network, began as a pilot program in rural microfinance in 1996, serving Fianarantsoa, the poorest province in Madagascar. The TIAVO network has impressively expanded its services to the poor, especially to the very poor, by integrating the SLA and Credit with Education programs. The expansion of the TIAVO network is part of a nation-wide program supported by the government of Madagascar with donor financing. It aims to assist local groups to develop self-sustaining financial institutions, in four of Madagascar’s six provinces (initially), to address the virtual lack of financial services for the poorest of the population.
See also:
The Role of a Professional Association in Mutual Microfinance: The case of Madagascar, 2003, De Gobbi, M.S.
CECAM: A Cooperative Agricultural Financial Institution Providing Credit Adapted to Farmers' Demand in Madagascar, 2004, Fraslin, J. H.,>