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DID in brief

Développement international Desjardins (DID) is a Canadian corporation that specializes in providing technical support and investment for the community finance sector in countries in development or in emergence. DID is currently assisting organizations in over twenty nations in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. For more information...

DID is active in a variety of sectors to ensure the continuity of the institutions it supports. Its expertise and over 100 employees are called on to help:

  • set up base institutions and organize them into networks
  • introduce new financial products
  • provide financial turnarounds in crisis situations
  • modernize operations
  • design supervision strategies
  • draft legislation for savings and credit cooperatives
  • provide training for various local financial stakeholders.

In addition to these technical support services, DID set up three investment funds several years ago. These funds provide financing and investment capital to microfinance institutions and to funds specializing in microfinance with which DID shares technical expertise. For more information...

DID is a component of the Desjardins Group, an integrated financial cooperative offering banking, insurance, securities and investment services, with over $100 billion in assets. For more information...