The Expanded and Sustained Access to Financial Services (ESAF) project is building a more inclusive financial sector in the West Bank Territories by increasing sustainable access to financial services for households and micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. DCS’s partnership in this multi-million dollar initiative is to create an enabling regulatory environment through university capacity building, training for micro finance bankers, and providing technical assistance to the central bank and the regulatory body for the securities industry.

The Academy for Educational Development is the prime contractor for this USAID project.