United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Two UN Plaza, 26th Floor, New York 10017, United States

Phone : +1 212906 6565 / Fax : +1 212906 6479

Web site : www.uncdf.org

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) offers a combination of investment capital, capacity building and technical advisory services to promote microfinance and local development in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). UNCDF’s microfinance programmes provide poor households and enterprises with enhanced access to a wide range of financial services by promoting inclusive financial sectors and providing investment capital for emerging microfinance institutions (MFIs) and other financial service providers (FSPs) in the LDCs. UNCDF’s local development programmes support national decentralization strategies in the LDCs and seek to improve social services, governance and pro-poor economic infrastructure at the local level by providing technical assistance and investment capital directly to local authorities.