Widening Harmonized Access to Microfinance
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Widening Harmonized Access to Microfinance: The United States Agency for International Development Mission to Pakistan (USAID/Pakistan) will issue by December 17 an RFA inviting applications from qualified U.S. and Pakistani non-governmental concerns (including non-profit organizations, profit making concerns, etc.) interested in implementing a three year activity, ?Widening Harmonized Access to Microfinance (WHAM)?. Through this RFA, USAID/Pakistan seeks to identify and fund one, and possibly more than one, innovative program to expand outreach of credit services and improve the capacity of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to support Pakistan?s entrepreneurs and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). USAID will contribute funding in the amount of US$5 million for things such as staff hiring, training, capacity building, marketing, organizational branding, but not capital for lending purposes. There is a minimum cost share requirement of US$10 million in the form of capital for lending operations.
Federal Grant Title: | Widening Harmonized Access to Microfinance |
Federal Agency Name: | Pakistan USAID Islamabad |
Grant Categories: | Business and Commerce |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | 391-05-02 |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
CFDA Numbers: | 98.001 |
CFDA Descriptions: | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
Current Application Deadline: | No deadline provided |
Original Application Deadline: | Feb 07, 2005 |
Posted Date: | Dec 14, 2004 |
Creation Date: | Dec 14, 2004 |
Archive Date: | Mar 09, 2005 |
Total Program Funding: | $5,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | |
Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Eligible applicants are non-governmental concerns (including non-profit organizations, profit-making concerns, etc) of U.S. or Pakistan nationality.
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Yusuf, Nadeem, Grantor, Phone (92)(051) 2080-2098, Fax (92)(051)287-0310, Email [email protected] [email protected] Yusuf, Nadeem
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