Het spaar- en kredietprogramma van de Vredeseilanden / Rafia in Noord-Togo: Een kritische evaluatie.

Authors

  • Patrick Van Damme Tropical and subtropical Agriculture, Ethnobotany Ghent University
  • Ingrid Hatsé Vredeseilanden v.z.w. Leuven

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21825/af.v12i4.5601

Abstract

Northern Togo has never been over-assisted as some of the other dry and poor areas of West Africa have been. It has never been a priority of national or international development organisations. As a consequence, the area has intermittent food security problems. Islands of Peace (Vredeseilanden), a Flemish NGO for development cooperation, however, has initiated a (successful) savings and credit scheme based on local surpluses which now allows local populations to invest and consolidate their (food security) situation.  KEYWORDS : tontines, informal savings, rural credit, sustained development   

Author Biographies

Patrick Van Damme, Tropical and subtropical Agriculture, Ethnobotany Ghent University

Tropical and subtropical Agriculture, Ethnobotany

Ingrid Hatsé, Vredeseilanden v.z.w. Leuven

Vredeseilanden v.z.w.Leuven

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Published

1996-09-01

How to Cite

Van Damme, P., & Hatsé, I. (1996). Het spaar- en kredietprogramma van de Vredeseilanden / Rafia in Noord-Togo: Een kritische evaluatie. frika ocus, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.21825/af.v12i4.5601

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Vol. 12 No. 4 (1996)

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