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Support Programme for the Rural Microenterprise Poles and Regional Economies (PROSPERER)

The programme focuses on increasing the incomes of poor rural people in five of the country's poorest and most densely populated regions. It will work towards creating efficient business development services that respond to the needs of small and micro rural enterprises, and it will build the capacity of these enterprises to identify their individual requirements. The programme will also assist in structuring traditional clusters into modern value chains – by line of business, to enable long-term sustainability and market expansion – with linkages to regional growth poles.

The programme will also support young adults who are entering the job market and will provide training and apprenticeship to assist them in eventually creating their own enterprises. It will also develop a network of professional apex organizations to offer financial and non financial services to small entrepreneurs.

Source: IFAD

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Contact information
Mr Benoît Thierry
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy

Tel: +39 0654592234

Fax: +39 0654593234
b.thierry@ifad.org

Facts and figures

Total cost: US$30.3 million

IFAD loan: US$18.0 million

IFAD grant: US$290,000

Cofinancing:

  • OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) (US$5.0 million)
  • United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) (US$600,000)

Duration: 7 years

Geographical area: Analamanga, Itasy, Upper Matsiatra, Vatovavy and Sofia regions

Directly benefiting: 27,000 households

Status: not effective


Partners
  • Ministry of Agriculture
  • Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  • OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
  • United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)