foreword

With this volume we intend to show the results of an intense work carried out by Italian Cooperation in Egypt aimed at providing a concrete contribution in poverty alleviation through microcredit.

We would like, in particular, to stress the successful operational model that we where able to set up and test through PAP.

I express my sincere, institutional and personal, gratitude to all those who, along these years, contributed to the success of this initiative.

Nino Merola

Italian Cooperation Attaché