As a completely self-reliant project, the ABA is an excellent model of a practice that can be effectively sustained. The project covers the costs of its micro finance and technical assistance services entirely through the revenue generated from loan recovery. The association has developed that capacity through several means: it charges an appropriate but reasonable interest rate on loans; it extends loans with high degree of efficiency; and it selects borrowers with care so that their repayment rate is above 99%. Moreover, because of the high level of client satisfaction, the demand for the services provided by the project and its client base is continually expanding ensuring a dependable and growing source of revenue. 

The structure and methodology of the project has actually been replicated by a number of foundations throughout Egypt that have also been established for the delivery of micro finance services and technical assistance.