[Webinar Recording] EVENT DETAILS Date: Thursday 1 June 2023 Time: 9:00-10:30 EDT (UTC-4) Interpretation services: in English and Spanish Location: Online webinar via Webex OVERVIEW Agriculture cooperatives are an integral

By Rubiga Sivakumaran and Juliette Hensgens  Last May, a team of Rabo Partnerships visited Ethiopia in the context of the global partnership that they have with the World Bank. The

.  . The Center of Excellence on CFIs organized a webinar, “Investments in Cooperative Financial Institutions (CFIs): Approaches Innovations” on May 5th. Mr. Anderson Caputo Silva, Practice Manager of the World

By Joris Timmers and Rubiga Sivakumaran  "Only together we can solve big problems" The above was said by a stakeholder of the Colombia Cooperative Financial Institutions (CFI) sector when a

  Key Takeaways from the Symposium Cooperative Financial Institutions in Rural Development: Promise and Challenges By Carlos E. Cuevas and Anne M. Sivley   The World Bank’s Center of Excellence

Takeaways from Week One "Cooperative Financial Institutions in Rural Development: Promise and Challenges" By Anne M. Sivley and Carlos E. Cuevas What role can cooperative financial institutions play in rural

By Rubiga Sivakumaran and Bjorn Schrijver Including women in financial cooperatives: an uphill battle or good business? This was the leading question of the webinar that was organized by the

By Jose Rutman, Rachel Sberro-Kessler and Rubiga Sivakumaran  “We are in a sandwich” says one participant of the FECOLFIN workshop in Colombia, organized on March 25th to promote the integration

By Rubiga Sivakumaran, Rachel Sberro-Kessler and Mathieu Soglonou On March 19th 2021, as part of their joint global program to strengthen financial cooperatives, both World Bank (WB) and Rabo Partnerships

Dear Community Members,   I am pleased to welcome Toshiaki Ono fondly known as “Toshi” as our new Coordinator for the CFI Center of Excellence. Toshi is a Senior Financial