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AGRIFIN Technical Summary: Financing Agriculture - Selected ...
The following is a summary of Financing Agriculture: Selected Approaches for the Engagement of Commercial Finance, Chapter 3 in Financial Sector Development in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges.
AGRIFIN Technical Summary: Financial Literacy Around the Wor...
The following is a summary of Financial Literacy Around the World - An Overview of the Evidence with Practical Suggestions for the Way Forward, Washington D.C: World Bank 2012.
Agricultural Loan Portfolio and Risk Management in U.S. Far...
This webinar presentation was delivered by Allyn Lamb, Retired CEO, AgChoice, Farm Credit on September 23, 2014. Mr. Lamb discussed how financial institutions can manage agricultural lending risk on a...
Five Inter-linked Transformations in the Asian Agrifood Econ...
This report discusses about “Five interlinked transformations” of the agrifood system are occurring rapidly in Asia and are well along in Latin America and emerging in Africa: (1) urbanization; (2) di...
The Economics of the Food System Revolution
In this article authors examine the economics of these system-wide changes.
Managing Credit Risks in Financing Agriculture: Lessons from...
This AgriFin Discussion Note summarizes credit risk management approaches of seven financial institutions in five countries - Armenia, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Mexico and Thailand.
Access to Finance for Smallholder Farmers: Learning from the...
This report summarizes the findings of research conducted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), including a list of good practices for new market entrants to consider, suggestions for MFIs i...
AGRIFIN Project Results and Lessons: Banco Oportunidade de M...
The following note summarizes key results and lessons from AgriFin's project with BOM, Mozambique, aimed at strengthening the agriculture finance portfolio of BOM.
A New Approach to Financing: Pitch
Kola Masha, Managing Director of Doreo Partners, shares lessons on working with smallholder farmers through a commercial agricultural franchise model, called Babban Gona, which provides an integrated ...
Financing Agricultural Value Chains in Latin America: Barrie...
Using examples from Mexico, Peru, and Honduras, this report demonstrates that financial institutions can often leverage value chain finance arrangements to mitigate risk and help small and medium prod...
ALES: A Gateway to Commercial Agricultural Lending
This article was contributed by Katia Görtz and Erdal Kocoglu, Project Managers at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
Global Economic Prospects: Having Fiscal Space and Using It
This is a World Bank Group Flagship report, which includes detailed analysis of recent economic developments for each developing region, i.e. East Asia and Pacific; Europe and Central Asia; Latin Amer...