Resource Links: Microfinance Regulation in Benin: Implications of the PARMEC Law for Development and Performance of the Industry Low-income Women's Bank in Benin: Social and Economic Development Financing the Rural Poor: Savings and Loan Network in Benin Resources on Microfinance in Benin Association d’Entraide des Femmes (ASSEF) - Email: assef2001fr@yahoo.fr Project d' Appui au Dévelopment des Micro Entreprises (PADME) Fédération des Caisses d' Epargne et de Crédit Mutuel (FECECAM) - fececam@intnet.bj Consortium Alafia A member of Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN) Contact address: 02 B.P. 1052 Lot No. 1323 M Ste Rita Quartier G Bedagba, Rue No. 156 Cotonou République du Bénin Contact: M. Mathieu Soglonou, Executive Director Phone: (229) 32-66-58 Fax: (229) 32-67-80 E-mail: alafia.network@intnet.bj Website: http://www.alafia-net.org/

The network of the Caisses Villageoises d’Epargne et de Crédit Autogérées (self-managed village savings and credit banks) ranks 5th in the country for the number of its members.