The initiatives in this sector include the promotion of social enterprises, support to cooperatives, interventions in favour of microfinance institutions and projects aimed at the provision of micro-credits that are realized through the granting of small loans to the so-called "not bankable", t.i. those who are not able to provide the traditional guarantees required by banks, in order to solve specific problems and punctual emergencies and/or to undertake and strengthen economic activities, able to elevate their living standards.
Countries of intervention