Title: |
Dastkaari at Kashf Foundation (A) |
Author(s): |
Tirmizi, S. A. & Hussain, N. |
University: |
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan (LUMS) |
Abstract: |
Kashf was set up in 1996 as Pakistan's first microfinance organization, providing microfinance services solely to women. While working with women in villages, Kashf's staff felt the need to provide employment opportunities for women other than those already available to them. Thus, Kashf's Enterprise Development Department, Dastkaari came into being. Dastkaari's work methodology was based on the Workstation-Centre Model of Arong, Bangladesh. It operated through a network of six workstations situated in different villages and one production centre located along the Lahore-Kasur Road. This case focuses on challenges that Kashf was facing in effectively managing the Dastkaari program. To make the program effective and sustainable Kashf's management was considering options of expansion versus consolidation in its enterprise development activities. |
Available In: |
LUMS Case Research Centre Collection/LUMS-SEDC |
Publisher: |
LUMS |
Publisher Case No: |
05-722-2005-1 |
Distributor(s): |
LUMS |
ISBN: |
019 547365 5 |
Pub/Rev Date: |
2005 |
Case Length: |
17 pgs |
Teaching Note: |
No |
Pub TN Ref No: |
- |
Pages (TN): |
- |
Subjects: |
Operations Management |
Issues: |
Managing NGOs (Operations Management/Gender) |
Country: |
Pakistan |
Period Covered: |
2001 |
Industry: |
Non-Profit; Microfinance |
Level: |
Postgraduate |
Organization(s): |
Kashf Foundation, Pakistan |
Links of Interest: |
http://www.kashf.org/ |
