Programme
Entrepreneurship & enterprise development
GDO's Microfinance & Enterprise Development Programme pairs micro-credit with capacity building for small businesspeople — grounded in a partnership with OPP/OCT and links with SMEDA — so new and existing enterprises become sustainable.
The challenge
Why this matters
People who want to run a small business often have no access to investment or to the skills to manage it, and so depend on moneylenders who charge exorbitant interest.
What GDO does
- Micro-credit for income-generating activity, with repeat loans for clients who repay
- Capacity building for small businesspeople to sustain entrepreneurship
- Interest-free loans for livestock (a completed programme, 2013–2017)
- Linkages with SMEDA and local business networks
- Recovery rate (as reported by GDO)
- 99.6%
- MEDP launched
- 2013
Projects
Projects delivering this programme
- Ongoing
Microfinance & Enterprise Development Programme (MEDP)
Affordable micro-credit for income enhancement, with capacity building for small businesspeople. Clients are economically marginal women and men with no means of entering formal credit.
Karor Lal Esan · Aug 2013 → ongoing · OPP/OCT · PKR 612.5 million
- Completed
Interest-Free Loan (IFL) — Livestock
Interest-free loans that helped families build livestock-based income.
Karor Lal Esan · Aug 2013 → May 2017 · OPP/OCT · PKR 5.1 million
Frequently asked questions
Questions about this programme
Do you offer interest-free loans?
GDO ran an Interest-Free Loan (IFL) programme for livestock from 2013 to 2017. For current products, see our Microfinance page or ask our team.
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