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Colombo<br />

<strong>Micr<strong>of</strong>inance</strong> Overview<br />

Table 54 Colombo District <strong>Micr<strong>of</strong>inance</strong> Activity<br />

Type <strong>of</strong><br />

Organisation<br />

No <strong>of</strong><br />

Units<br />

No. <strong>of</strong><br />

Savings<br />

A/Cs<br />

Total<br />

Savings<br />

(SLR)<br />

No. <strong>of</strong><br />

Loans<br />

Loans<br />

in 2000<br />

(SLR)<br />

CRBs 118 390,202 1,552,526,000 59,040 640,231,000<br />

FORUT 14 3,786 2,579,668 169 953,000<br />

Samurdhi 42 129,733,850 9,848 49,766,000<br />

SAP 240 40,320<br />

SEEDS 145 73,181 106,508,190 45,680 147,692,525<br />

TCCSs 106 581,398,838 20,318 267,995,650<br />

Total 46,7409 2,372,786,866 135,055 1,106,638,175<br />

According to the 2001 Census, the total population <strong>of</strong> Colombo is 2,234,146.<br />

Loans<br />

According to the survey, there were 135,055 loans taken in the district during the<br />

year 2000. The total value <strong>of</strong> loans disbursed for the same period is SLR<br />

1,106,638,175. This equates to an average sum <strong>of</strong> SLR 8,193.98 per loan.<br />

In terms <strong>of</strong> population, the total number <strong>and</strong> volume <strong>of</strong> loans referred to in the<br />

table above is the equivalent <strong>of</strong> one loan per 16.54 people or SLR 495.33 per<br />

person in the district for the year 2000.<br />

Savings<br />

Total savings in 2000 amount to SLR 2,372,786,866. A total number <strong>of</strong> 467,409<br />

savings accounts were identified. Excluding Samurdhi <strong>and</strong> TCCSs (for whom<br />

individual savings figures are not available), 467,409 savings accounts totalling<br />

SLR 1,661,654,178 give an average <strong>of</strong> SLR 3,555.03 per individual savings<br />

account.<br />

In terms <strong>of</strong> population, the total amount <strong>of</strong> savings as <strong>of</strong> the close <strong>of</strong> the year<br />

2000 is the equivalent <strong>of</strong> 1,062.06 per person in the district or one savings<br />

account per 4.78 people

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