Asia

ECLOF has been working in Asia since 1959 when ECLOF Myanmar was opened. Today, ECLOF serves about 38,000 clients in Asia. 83% 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.

60% 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 12.8 million outstanding portfolio
37,775 clients

USD 117 average group loan
USD 536 average individual loan
USD 2,268 average institutional loan

35 branches
343 staff
57% loan officers

Loan Portfolio Composition

18%

Group

73%

Individual

9%

Institutional

Social Outreach

83%

Women

14%

Youth

76%

Rural

60%

Agricultural

ECLOF in Asia

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