Client: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Duration: 2013-2016
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Country: Zambia
Solutions: Economic Growth
Utilizing the making markets work for the poor (M4P) approach, FSDZ worked to affect systemic change and facilitate linkages and coordination among consumers, financial service providers, government, and other key market actors in Zambia. FSDZ contributed to an increase in the expansion of income opportunities or a reduction in vulnerability of 138,750 poor households and micro, small, and medium-sized businesses.
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