{"id":1778,"date":"2021-10-12T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T17:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2e636f68ed.nxcli.net\/portfolio\/evaluation-of-microfinance-services\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T18:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:08:20","slug":"evaluation-of-microfinance-services","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/azimut-if.com\/fr\/evaluation-of-microfinance-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of Microfinance Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Assignment Name:<\/strong><br \/>\nEvaluation of Microfinance Services and Potential to Finance Forest Land Restoration (FLR) Investments[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=\u00a0\u00bborange\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]<strong>Project Description: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe purpose of the consultancy was to evaluate how microfinance services recognise the national restoration agenda and can enable individual women and men farmers, groups\/cooperatives and communities to invest in FLR or Agroforestry in the pilot landscapes of Gatsibo and Gicumbi districts of Rwanda. 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