1. Development Institute
Afghan
Small Business
Development Institute

2. Rebuilding Afghanistan by...
Building self-sufficient people and communities with various economic development tools...
capital,
education, incubation,
and trade.

3. Afghan
Women
In Business

4. Rebuilding Afghanistan by...
Empowering women with...
capital,
skills,
and knowledge
to attain self-sufficiency.

5. Focusing on Women... Who are poor, Who are widowed, and
Who lack a wage earner in their homes.

6. Our mission is... …stressing...
To equally assist the people of Afghanistan in becoming self-sufficient through the development of income- generating opportunities using current economic development practices of micro-financing, small business education, business incubation, and trade.
…stressing...
Self-sufficiency
Quick impact projects

7. We achieve our mission by emphasizing key program dimensions...

8. (1) Micro-Lending
To bring badly needed credit directly to the most vulnerable people (the poor and women) in rural communities.

9. (2) Education
To provide focused, short- courses and advice that assist business owners and managers succeed.

10. (3) Business Incubation (skills, education, consultation)
To increase the likelihood of business success (especially for women) through an incubation program that provides:
Shared Resources
Shared Facilities
Access to Business Expertise during on-going, day-to-day operations.

11. (4) Trade 
To enhance the knowledge and capacity of merchants in distributing goods and services through Import and Export relationships.

12. Implementation of our programs occurs in increments, establishing centers in major cities then expanding into rural communities through satellite offices…

13. Centers & Satellite Offices
Mazar-e-Sharif (~ )
Starting in Herat (Pilot: )
Kabul (~2008-9)
Qandahar (~ )

14. …is rebuilding Afghanistan at the people level!
Small Business
Development Institute...
…is rebuilding Afghanistan at the people level!