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Project, follow on to 6930224 and 0226, to expand the participation of Togo's private sector in rural financial markets by improving the legislative environment for credit union (CU) development; improving policy dialogue for private sector development; and strengthening the CU movement and local private producer groups and enterprises. The CU National Association (CUNA), CARE, and the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) will implement the project. At the national level, the project will encourage the Government of Togo (GOT) to improve the legislative environment for CU development by updating legislation to give clear legal identity to CU's, approving insurance for CU savings and loans, and establishing the rights of Togo's CU Federation (FUCEC) to inspect CU records and enforce corrective measures. Policy dialogue to improve the environment for private sector development will focus on completing and reviewing five MRD policy studies on the private sector and sponsoring observation/ study tours and seminars to familiarize MRD and GOT officials with private sector issues. CUNA will strengthen FUCEC and its member CU's by helping to: (1) create 80 new CU's throughout Togo, but esp

Source: DEC abstract, PD-BBP-029 (1988). The source's own text.