Impact evaluation of the small loan component of IFRC/RCSC livelihood recovery project in Sichuan

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) jointly launched a five-year livelihood recovery project in January 2010, in association with Deyang Prefecture Branch of the RCSC (Deyang Red Cross, DYRC) and Mianzhu Red Cross (MZRC). The project consists of two components: training and small loans. The training component was completed in December 2010-2011, and the small loans component started in April 2011. It will be completed in April 2015, providing the vulnerable people with small start-up capital in a form of loss-making subsidized loan.