MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Loans $3.1m to KRK of Kosovo for Microfinance, Especially for Women Entrepreneurs

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral development finance institution, recently provided loan funds totaling EUR 3 million (USD 3.14 million) to Kreditimi Rural i Kosoves (KRK), a microfinance firm in Kosovo. The government of Sweden is supporting the loan with an unspecified amount of funding for grants and technical assistance. Of the loan package, one third is slated for women-owned businesses. The other portion

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Institution Kreditimi Rural i Kosoves (KRK) Borrows $2.3m from EBRD for Green Housing Loans


Kreditimi Rural i Kosoves (KRK), a microfinance firm in Kosovo, recently accepted an unsecured loan of up to EUR 2 million (USD 2.3 million) from the UK-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD’s) Western Balkans Green Economy Financing Facility II (WB GEFF II). KRK plans to on-lend the funds for