Small Enterprise Development

Peace Corps volunteers collaborate with small enterprises, entrepreneurs, local cooperatives, microfinance institutions and business training institutes to teach business management skills, make credit more available, and help entrepreneurs make their businesses more profitable. Through consulting with enterpreneurs and cooperatives, volunteers can help businesses to expand, become more viable and tailor their marketing to local needs. Volunteers can also help new microfinance institutions to become recognized by the Central Bank and help existing institutions to improve savings programs, reimbursement rates, and accounting methods.

Through increasing access to credit and management training, Peace Corps can help businesses in the informal sector to grow and increase their profit margins thereby reducing poverty in Mauritania.

• Volunteer Bios
• Current volunteer projects
• Partner institutions (contact info, history, etc.)
• Funding sources (link to funding page)
• Presentations/training resources (link to training)
• Chamber of Commerce
• Rotary Club
• Tourism link(s) - [link up with Mohamed Lemire at AMV]
• Philosophy of project
• Marketing
• Sector map of Mauritania (click map to see what's going on in the country)
• Counterpart spotlight
• Quarterly report form
• PSR
• PSR Feedback
• Tech language links (by sector)
• Information for incoming volunteers--site/job information/possibilities
• AOL Peace Packs
• AOL Peace Pack Ideas
• ICT Inititative

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