Association for Social Advancement
Profile
- Chief executive
- n/a
- Founded
- 1978
- Regulator
- Microcredit Regulatory Authority
- MRA-licensed
- yes
- Active members
- n/a
- Loan portfolio
- n/a
- Staff
- n/a
- Coverage
- nationwide, 64 districts
Deepening micro-enterprise financing, primary healthcare access, and disaster risk financing across vulnerable upazilas.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-25 regulatory Association for Social Advancement filed annual operational and financial compliance reporting with Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA). ↗
- 2026-07-16 programme_launch Expanded ultra-poor graduation and women entrepreneur microcredit credit facility across rural districts. ↗
- 2026-08-11 expansion Inaugurated community climate resilience and primary healthcare outreach centers. ↗
Provenance & notes
ASA Bangladesh, the domestic NGO-MFI founded 1978 by Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, distinct from the listed holding company ASA International (incorporated 2007, Mauritius). MRA-licensed (registered with MRA after the 2006/2007 microfinance legislation). HQ in Dhaka. Operational figures vary widely across sources and dates (e.g. ~6.8M clients / 3,073 branches / 24,000 staff cited for 2021; ~5.3M members elsewhere), with no single current dated official figure confirmed, so member, branch, staff and loan-portfolio fields left null. Current chief executive not confirmed to a single reliable source (founder Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury vs. Md. Ariful Haque Choudhury cited as president), so left null.