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Focusing on special credit schemes for women in Tanzania this paper explores the relationship between policy making and practice in development aid. Through a detailed study of the ILO RYTEP credit scheme for rural women and youth in Kilimanjaro, Northeastern Tanzania, it raises the question whether present models of credit schemes represent a viable strategy for empowerment of women. By examining in detail the implementation strategy of the ILO scheme the analysis points to features of current soft loans credit schemes which correspond very badly to policies of empowerment and which reflect a critical disparity between policy making and practice. These features are a top-down implementation approach, too little emphasis on participatory processes, too little weight on business training, predominant attitudes to women among implementers, and neglect of the legal aspects in soft loans. (DÜI-Hff)