Development Associates offers consultancy in the design, implementation, management and review of a wide range of development finance programs. These can range from improved rural livelihood & poverty reduction, financial intermediation to linkage models between informal, micro, small & medium enterprises and the mainstream formal financial sector. We offer our expertise to develop and implement programmes and project that lead to:

• Effective Microfinance Policy and Regulatory Framework

• Improved Rural Financial Intermediation

• Cooperatives and Credit Unions Efficiency and Reforms

• Diversified and innovative financial services for Small and Medium Enterprises

We carry out short term and long term assignments as long as they are related to access to finance by SME: needs assessment, program design, project formulation, program management, training program, evaluations and impact studies. Besides advisory and consultancy work, we have hands-on experience in running financial services, and offer technical assistance in the following areas

• Setting up and running donor funded access to finance programs

• Strategic restructuring and professionalization of finance cooperatives, community banks and microfinance NGOs

• Developing new microfinance products

• Matchmaking in financing of financial institutions (both for equity and debt financing)
• Governance and ownership issues of microfinance institution.