Asia

ECLOF has been working in Asia since 1959 when ECLOF Myanmar was opened. Today, ECLOF serves about 38,000 clients in Asia. 82% of them are women and 76% live in rural areas. The majority of loans are given to solidarity groups of like-minded entrepreneurs or farmers coming together to learn from each other, co-guarantee each other’s loan and grow together.
52% of ECLOF’s loans in Asia finance agriculture, mostly smallholder farmers or cattle breeders. That is why many non-financial services ECLOF offers in Asia respond to the needs of an agricultural clientele: by providing hands-on training on organic agriculture in the Philippines, by offering farming loans in the post-conflict areas of Northern Sri Lanka, or by training women in rural India on dairy production.

Key data

USD 12.0 million outstanding portfolio
37,569 clients

USD 157 average group loan
USD 501 average individual loan
USD 1,847 average institutional loan

39 branches
330 staff
61% loan officers

Loan Portfolio Composition

29%

Group

64%

Individual

7%

Institutional

Social Outreach

82%

Women

21%

Youth

76%

Rural

52%

Agricultural

ECLOF in Asia

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