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National Microfinance Study of Sri Lanka: Survey of Practices and ...

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World Vision <strong>Lanka</strong> works in 5 districts in the country. In the year 2000 WVL a<br />

total number <strong>of</strong> 5,138 savings accounts at a value <strong>of</strong> SLR 14,568,535 <strong>and</strong><br />

disbursed 5,245 loans at a value <strong>of</strong> SLR 37,663,074. WVL believes that the<br />

primary purpose <strong>of</strong> micr<strong>of</strong>inance is to enable the entrepreneurial poor to access<br />

financial services <strong>and</strong> more broadly include the provision enterprise development<br />

services as a means <strong>of</strong> creating sustainable income generation for the<br />

communities that it works with.<br />

Zoa Refugee Care work in Trincomalee <strong>and</strong> Mannar <strong>and</strong> partner on behalf<br />

UNICEF, UNICEF <strong>and</strong> WFP. In the year 2000 a total <strong>of</strong> 244 loans were disbursed<br />

at a value <strong>of</strong> SLR 2,234,100. <strong>Micr<strong>of</strong>inance</strong> represents approx. 30% <strong>of</strong> their<br />

activity with the process being integrated with broader social <strong>and</strong> community<br />

development.

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