Application of biomass-energy technologies: II. Improved charcoal production: J. External financial support and local credit and banking institutions

Application of biomass-energy technologies

II. Improved charcoal production

		A. Introduction
		B. The Malawi Charcoal Project
		C. Charcoal markets
		D. Constraints
		E. Policy environment and role of the Government
		F. Role of entrepreneurs and informal-sector artisans
		G. Local research initiatives and indigenous technical skills
		H. Role of non-governmental organizations
		I. Role of end-users
		J. External financial support and local credit and banking institutions

J. External financial support and local credit and banking institutions

The Project was part of a World-Bank financed programme, and external financial support provided the initial funds for undertaking scheduled activities. There appears to have been limited efforts to involve local credit and banking institutions in the activities of the Project which may account for the almost total absence of local entrepreneurs in the initial phases of the Project.