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HISTORY FWWB was established in 1982 as an affiliate of Women’s World Banking. It’s initial activities were limited to guarantee of bank loans to poor women in the state of Gujarat and counseling on savings and credit to women groups. In 1989 the byelaws were modified to take up a larger role in the areas of financial services for poor women beyond the state of Gujarat. The scope of its activities in Microfinance, as well as its geographical coverage, increased to 91 organisations in 12 states as on March 2006. FWWB India’s has adopted a ‘Credit Plus’ approach and its current activities include two broad program areas. FWWB India has a Revolving Loan Fund, which serves to refinance partner organizations that provide financial services to the poor. FWWB India also supports these partner organizations by the provision of institutional development programs to expand their capacity to manage credit and savings activities. In addition to above, FWWB has also been involved in micro insurance, supporting innovations in Microfinance etc.
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