DID DoingMyPart.Coop 2012 : About DID

Développement international Desjardins (DID)
Improving access to financial services in developing and emerging countries

What is microfinance?

Microfinance:
Targets people who are excluded from the classic financial system.
Includes a complete range of financial services: savings, credit, insurance, transfers of funds, etc.
Is an essential condition for sustainable development.

In developing countries,
80%
of the population
do not have access
to financial services.
A solution to an ever present need : Burkina Faso

And yet,
Access to financial services is a powerful tool for development.
Studies show a direct correlation between mobilizing local savings and economic development.
Burkina Faso

What is DID?

About DID
Développement international Desjardins (DID) is a component of the Desjardins Group. It was founded in 1970.
The objective was to share Desjardins’ experience in managing a network of financial coops with developing countries. This objective is still true today, over 40 years later.
DID’s headquarters are located in Lévis, in the region of Quebec.

Our mission
The DID mission is to empower the disadvantaged in developing countries and countries in transition by developing community-owned and operated financial institutions which will have an impact on the community .

Access to financial services:
Empowers individuals enabling them to take control of their own development.
This makes it a true springboard to autonomy.
Families are able to build up secure savings, provide themselves with the services they need, and improve their living conditions.
Individuals break out of fragile circumstances and begin to build assets.
Entrepreneurs are able to reinvest in their businesses and generate jobs.

Who are DID’s partners in the world?

DÉVELOPPEMENT INTERNATIONAL DESJARDINS’ PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
8.8 millions members and clients
2 514 service outlets
7 014 employees (47.5 % are women)
7 074 board members (26.6 % are women)
Assets: CAN $ 3.14 billion
Volume of deposits: CAN $ 2.41 billion
Volume of loans: CAN $ 2.46 billion
Average loan: CAN $ 507
www.did.qc.ca is an international network of 30 community finance institutions and DID . Its members have an impact on 8,8 million families and entrepreneurs throughout the world. www.proxfin.org

Développement international Desjardins’s time-tested and flexible specialized solutions are currently at the service of our partners in many countries in Africa : Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Guinea Mali Mauritania Niger Uganda Democratic Republic of Congo Senegal Tanzania Togo Zambia MOBILIZATION OF SAVINGS AGRICULTURAL FINANCE TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TRAINING SURVEILLANCE FINANCING FOR ENTREPRENEURS MICROINSURANCE HOUSING FINANCE LOANS FOR SCHOOLING INVESTMENTS
DID’s PARTNERS IN AFRICA
4.8 millions members and clients
1 095 service outlets
5 984 employees (45.6 % are women)
5 689 board members (34.3 % are women)
Assets: CAN $ 999 million
Volume of deposits: CAN $ 749 million
Volume of loans: CAN $ 575 million
Average loan: CAN $ 879

UM-PAMÉCAS, the network of financial coops : DID’s partner in Senegal

www.pamecas.org

Since 1995, UM-PAMECAS , a union of mutuals to mobilize savings, has opened up a network of mature, well established cooperatives that reach more than 555 000 members and clients, 54% of whom are women . The mission for UM-PAMECAS is to enable its base financial cooperatives to improve the economic and social well-being of their members and of the community in a spirit of solidarity, responsibility and democratic management. PAMECAS has 36 savings and credit mutuals in Senegal operating 58 branch offices. www.pamecas.org (French only)

UM-PAMÉCAS : Highlights M stands for Million * Canadian Dollars * Indicator Data Savings * $ 59,3 M Average Savings * $ 107 Credit * $ 60,5 M Average Loan * $ 697 Nomber of members and clients 555 158 Perceptage of women clients clientes 54,4% Financial coops and outlets 72 Nomber of employees 478 Assets * $ 91,5 M

www.did.qc.ca/en

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