For an overview over global support to the microfinance sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia please consult the CCAP Microfinance Funder Survey 2009 for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Regional
SDC supports the European Fund for Southeast Europe EFSE. EFSE - a fund combining public and private investors - provides sustainable, long term finance to banks and microfinance institutions in Southeast Europe. SDC is an investor of the fund and an active supporter in the Development Facility. EFSE website.
news! EFSE has been awarded the first price in the "G-20 SME Finance Challenge" in Seoul!
Albania
In the framework of the United Nations' Year of Microfinance 2005, SDC and Swiss Universities elaborated together several case studies on SDC's financial sector development projects:
Mobilizing Savings in Rural Albania - An example from the Albanian Savings and Credit UnionJanuary 2007
Author: Alain Schläpfer and Michael Wohlfender, University of Bern, Switzerland with the contribution of Elena Kokthi, Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania.
