VOL. XLI

No. 27

6-July-1998

GENERAL

MENA's Demand For Commercial Micro Finance

Following a global move towards private funding of micro enterprise, eight banks in theMiddle East and North Africa (MENA) region are now opening their doors to micro finance.In Palestine, three banks including the Amman-based Arab Bank, the Jordan National Bankand the Commercial Bank of Palestine have recently engaged in financing micro enterprisewith the assistance of the World Bank and its private sector arm, the...