WOw, my head is still spinning. I'm physically extremely tired, insomnia, thought process clouded too. Seems to be real good finds there. I noticed something in what you posted with respect to the private sector companies and this might be off base, but, I got the impression that the private companies needed help to get their records etc in order. I might be projecting a prejudicial assumption here that Niger is not the most developed of countries and that perhaps there is a degree of professionalism and lack of standards in the private sector companies that "we" take for granted. Adding to the difficulty of generating the information needed in the loan application process.