GTZ provides viable, forward-looking solutions for economic, environmental and social development in a globalised world. GTZ supports complex reforms and change processes across the world. All the activities of GTZ are geared to improve people’s living conditions and prospects on a sustainable basis. The work of GTZ in the field of micro finance has found worldwide recognition. The CGAP Peer Review on micro finance assessed GTZ and gave it the highest marks for quality and efficiency in comparison to various service providers worldwide.
The objective of the GTZ – NABARD Rural Finance Program is to improve the access for sustainable and quality financial services to the rural population. The Rural Finance Program consists of two components.
Component I: “Linking Self Help Groups to Banks” supports the massive efforts of the National Linkage Banking Program. Impact assessments indicated that the Linkage Banking Program contributes substantially to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The support of GTZ is ensuring sustainability, which includes the implementation of MIS, Financial Health Check Systems for bank branches, Transaction Cost and Impact Analysis and contributions to further strategy development. |
