Microfinance, Youth and Conflict: Summary of Knowledge Sharing Virtual Discussion

Chemonics International and USAID's Microenterprise Development office organized a virtual knowledge sharing discussion forum between June 1-3, 2004 on “Microfinance, Youth and Conflict.” This was an early activity under the AMAP Financial Services Knowledge Generation Task Order, funded by USAID and implemented by the Chemonics Consortium. The event was hosted on microLINKS.

Participants in the virtual discussion included a total of 42 specialists (exclusively or in some in the areas of youth, conflicts, microfinance and microenterprise development invited from a pool of donors, practitioners, researchers and consultants from around the world, especially from several conflict-affected countries. This is a summary of the conference discussions and other relevant information about the project.