Bolivia |
Municipal
Economic Development of Artisan Shops in La Paz and El Alto The
Oficina del Artesano Microempresario (OFAMI) was founded in 2000 and its
main purpose is to provide artisan-to-artisan training and technical
assistance to improve their business and marketing capacity. OFAMI
would mobilize over two years 750 artisans in 250 shops who would form 18
pilot consortia in the cities of La Paz and El Alto and demonstrate the
effectiveness of coordinated production and marketing as a development
strategy for broad replication among the thousands of artisan shops in
Bolivia. OFAMI’s
primary purpose is to help business-oriented artisans think and act
strategically in their businesses and to create the potential for
strategic investment by municipalities and other Bolivian and
international programs committed to supporting poverty reduction
strategies.
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