IMON International LLC
Mission: Promote sustainable economic development and improved quality of life of Tajikistan by insuring reliable access to financial services for the economically active members of population
Decent Work Area:
Women empowerment through entrepreneurship
Innovation:
Combined financial & non-financial services: Specific start-up loans for women with entrepreneurship training
A start-up loan programme with entrepreneurship training targeted at women potential entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur training package based on ILO’s Get Ahead curriculum
Results:
Increased self-employment and income generating opportunities
258 out of 487 women who were trained reported having implemented their business idea (62% of women who responded to the question)
The majority of women started their business within 3 months
Mixed results on women entrepreneurship:
At baseline, the treatment group report more entrepreneurial characteristics than the control group even though they had less business experience. However, in the follow-up surveys – the treatment group seemed to have become less convinced about their entrepreneurial characteristics.
Mixed results regarding the effects of the innovation on business practices: increased in business practices, increased awareness of business association, increased uptake of products
No impact of the innovation on women empowerment indicators
