The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) offers a unique combination of investment capital, capacity building and technical advisory services to promote microfinance and local development in the Least Developed Countries:

1. 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 and other financial service providers in the LDCs.
2. 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.

In Rwanda, UNCDF is part of the “Delivering as One” reform by implementing with the Government key activities under two results of the UNDAF (UN Development Assistance Framework 2008-2012): (1) UNDAF Result 1: Good Governance enhanced and sustained and (2) UNDAF Result 5: Rwandan population benefits from economic growth and is less vulnerable to social and economic shocks.

Programmatic overview:

Contact details:

UNCDF Rwanda
c/o UNDP – Public Management Unit
12, avenue de l’armée
BP 445 Kigali Rwanda

Regional Portfolio Specialist: Mr. Ulrik Kristensen, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , +27116035103
Programme Officer: Mr. Quentin ANTOINE, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , +25003115406