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Kosovo's Credit Guarantee Fund has backed over €1 billion in MSME loans since its 2016 launch; an ILO-evaluated Sida-funded guarantee window targeting women-led, export-oriented and green businesses found 41% of borrowers accessed formal credit for the first time.
Established in January 2016, the Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund (KCGF) shares up to 50% of the credit risk with partner financial institutions to expand lending to micro, small and medium enterprises that lack sufficient collateral, capitalised initially by USAID and later by Germany's KfW and Sweden's Sida.
By 2025 KCGF had guaranteed more than €1 billion in MSME loans since inception; an ILO baseline study of the Sida-backed re-guarantee window targeting women-led, export-oriented and green-investment firms found 41% of participating borrowers accessed formal credit for the first time.
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