The micro-credit program, financed by the private aid agency Oxfam America, has disbursed $2.1 million in loans to more than 10,000 Vietnamese women.
It is suggested that the Second Chance Education Project could incorporate a micro-credit program, which would be of great benefit to adolescents and their families to assist them in utilizing the skills they have learned from the project.
Mr. Rubin said she also sparked interest in micro-credit programs among treasury officials.
One cited example of the GOC's hesitancy is that all proposals for micro-credit programs coveted by the Ministry of Foreign Investment require the Council of State's approval.
They also include scholarships, teacher incentives, school infrastructure, logistics, libraries, school supplies, vocational skill training and micro-credit programs.
Women's cooperatives and micro-credit programs could be promoted, with a health focus or with health improvement as an expected outcome.
There are no known studies that examine the impact of micro-credit programs on services offered by private clinics with the exception of reproductive health care.
This underscores the importance of facilitating females' economic independence through vocational training opportunities for interested sex workers, and developing income-generation projects and individual and group micro-credit programs targeting these women.
The oPt could learn from the experience of other countries where working to enhance women's economic autonomy and to foster women networks, for instance through the provision of micro-credit programs, resulted in overall empowerment and ultimately in a more informed use of health care services [ 45- 49].
called Global Exchange gave a talk at a Quaker meeting in Madison about a proposal from the Women's Union of Quang Ngai province to raise three thousand dollars for a micro-loan credit program for women in My Lai.
Also, this is in accordance with WHO recommendations to involve the health sector, create programs for improved gender norms, provide micro credit interventions, and strengthen the use of laws and policies in order to decrease IPV prevalence [ 28].
