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Staring in 1998 each DS received SLR 500,000 as an RLF that was disbursed to<br />

beneficiaries chosen by divisional committee in one-time loans at a fixed amount<br />

<strong>of</strong> SLR 10,000 per loan bearing an interest rate <strong>of</strong> 6% per annum <strong>and</strong> monitored<br />

by a team located in the GAs <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />

Detailed financial information on UNHCR’s micr<strong>of</strong>inance activities was not<br />

forthcoming. However, is known that UNHCR provided a total <strong>of</strong> approx. SLR<br />

40,000,000 during the during a three year period from 1997 to 2000 when they<br />

ceased funding micr<strong>of</strong>inance projects.

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