Micro Credit Action Research
Project - UPBSN
A Micro Credit Action Research Project
was launched covering a period of five years commencing from January
2001 ton asses the sustainability of Institutional arrangement for
SHG-bank linkage in two districts of Uttar Pradesh Bhumi Sudhar
Nigam (UPBSN) funded by World Bank. BIRD has been involved in the
project with the objective to evaluate -
1. The sustainability of SHGs in areas
where UPBSN has withdrawn
2. Demonstrative effect of sodic area SHGs in non-sodic areas
3. Proactive role of banks in delivery of credit to SHGs
4. The factors ensuring cohesiveness of self help groups.
The project is being implemented in Hathras and Raebareli districts
of Uttar Pradesh through five branches of respective RRBs in each
district. Reports indicating status and recommendations for the
future have been presented to the external monitoring team from
World Bank in April 2002 and November 2002.
| Year - 2004 - 2005 |
The Micro Credit
Action Research (MCAR) project is a study of various dimensions
of SHG Bank Linkage in two districts of Uttar Pradesh namely
Hathras and Raebareli in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh
Land Development Corporation (UPLDC) under World Bank aided
Sodic Land Reclamation Project in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The project is an ongoing exercise looking at formation, nurturing
and sustainability of SHG Bank Linkage activities involving
Banks (RRBs) and NGOs in the two districts. The Project has
been under implementation for four years and will be coming
to a close by March 2005. The involvement of BIRD is that
of an external agency providing monitoring and evaluation
support to the project. |
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Information Technology &
Banking . |
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Microfinance
& Gender Development. |
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Small
& Micro-Enterprise Development & Financing.
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Financial
& Investment Management. |
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Agricultural
Project Finance. |
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Turnaround
Strategies - RFIs. |
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Rural
Branch Management. |
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Trainers' Training. |
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BIRD
has functional
collaboration with a few national and international institutions
of repute for Training. |
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Seminars
/ Conferences / Workshops |
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BIRD has a mandate to
play the
role of facilitating policy debate
in the area of Rural Credit and
microfinance. |
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