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
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
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
The vast, populous and diverse country of Ethiopia is one of the flagship projects in the World Bank – Rabo Partnerships and Foundation partnership on Strengthening Financial Cooperatives. Focusing on
by Rubiga Sivakumaran and Juan Buchenau; December 2020 In many countries, financial cooperative institutions (CFIs) have set up apex organizations, mostly in the form of federations and confederations to overcome
By Albert Boogaard and Rubiga Sivakumaran With over twenty years of experience in agricultural finance in different departments of Rabobank and Rabo Foundation and working on digital innovations in smallholder
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Strengthening the Ethiopian SACCO sector: working together to make a difference
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
Challenges and Opportunities of the Colombian CFI Sector: main takeaways of the first on-site mission
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
Women in Financial Cooperatives: webinar takeaways and the way forward
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
Efficiency and Supervision of Financial Cooperatives: The role of federations/apex institutions and the legal/regulatory framework
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
Strengthening Financial Cooperatives in West Africa: kick off ceremony with CIF
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
Centralization of the Ethiopian SACCO sector: kick off and the way forward
The vast, populous and diverse country of Ethiopia is one of the flagship projects in the World Bank – Rabo Partnerships and Foundation partnership on Strengthening Financial Cooperatives. Focusing on
Apex organizations of financial cooperatives: Role and opportunities
by Rubiga Sivakumaran and Juan Buchenau; December 2020 In many countries, financial cooperative institutions (CFIs) have set up apex organizations, mostly in the form of federations and confederations to overcome
Digitization of CFIs: Key Enablers and Examples from Rabo Foundation
By Albert Boogaard and Rubiga Sivakumaran With over twenty years of experience in agricultural finance in different departments of Rabobank and Rabo Foundation and working on digital innovations in smallholder