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“More pro-poor, less exclusionary, better maintained,
better documented projects than those delivered by other channels” – World Bank
Financial services (cumulative impact: 29m individuals)
• Increase in income of microcredit borrowers (21%)
• Increase in consumption expenditure (19%)
• Estimated return on investment (min. 40%)
Water, infrastructure, health & education (cumulative
impact: 14m individuals)
• Rate of return (30%)
• Time savings of women (3–4 hrs/day)
• Increase in farm yields (10%)
• Reduction in cost of agriculture inputs (10–15%)
• Additional land under cultivation (48 acres/scheme)
• Over 2m students enrolled & patients
treated
Source: World Bank/FAO/Gallup/PPAF
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