In 1998, Tibet Poverty Reduction Fund (TPAF), a small, a U.S. nongovernmental organization, took the initiative to provide the benefits of microfinance to poor people in rural Tibet. Based lending model pioneered Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, microfinance TPAF would make small loans to individuals and families to help them start small businesses, which, he hopes to increase their income and improve their standard of living. In consultation with the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), the government, the two are quite different, but the representative of the community ed programs: agricultural villages in the southern prefecture of Lhoka and semi communities on the plateau Nakchu prefecture. TPAF has been created with a specific mission with a method to combat poverty, to demonstrate that, with some modifications to the standard models and methods that could make poverty programs work in difficult conditions of Tibet Autonomous Region. However, the Grameen model adaptation for use in TAR will be a challenge even for experienced staff TPAF author. This will be particularly true Nakchu prefecture, where the scattered population, primitive roads and livestock-based economy will require significant changes in the program is designed to make small loans to recipients who have lived and worked in close proximity. HKS Case Number 1913.1 "Hide
by Robert Campbell, Anthony Saich, Guy Stuart 7 pages. Publication Date: March 14, 2008. Prod. #: HKS446-PDF-ENG
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