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State of Financial Cooperatives in Zambia: A Viable Option for Increasing Financial Inclusion?_2019

Created May 16 2019, 12:43 PM by Musakanyakombe Susan Mwape
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This policy brief presents the summary findings of a study on Promoting Financial Cooperatives (FCs) in Zambia that was conducted between 2017 and 2018 with financial support from the Rural Finance Expansion Program (RUFEP), Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry (MCTI) and the Zambia Center for Accountancy Studies (ZCAS). The study used both qualitative and quantitative approaches which included a situational analysis of FCs in Zambia, a study tour to Kenya and a Census of FCs in eight provinces.