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Rural Finance and Investment Insights: June
Note from the editor
In recent years we have witnessed the rise of a number of clever applications of digital technology that have allowed to overcome some of the traditional barriers impeding financial provision to rural actors, especially for technology-based financial services(Fintech).
This month’s highlight will bring you the latest studies and lessons learned from CABFIN agencies, to encourage Fintechs to develop financially more inclusive digital solutions through novel tools and regulatory initiatives designs.
Highlights of the month
The Regulatory Playbook for Zambian FinTechs
The Playbook aims to equip startup fintechs in Zambia, with relevant, current information as they prepare their new businesses offering digital finance products or services to enter the market.
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Fintech and Financial Inclusion: A Funders’ Guide to Greater Impact
This Focus Note presents a vision for how development funders can support fintech in EMDEs to enable innovative business models that provide greater impact for poor people.
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A pioneer digital platform in Vietnam dedicated to agricultural financing: the case of Kilimo Finance
This blog introduces one of the first fintech startups in Vietnam that focuseas specifically on the agricultural sector, Kilimo Finance, a digital marketplace where Vietnamese farmers can buy farm inputs, crop protection, and agricultural equipment from a network of registered suppliers.
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Alternative Approaches to Collateral to Increase Women’s Access to Rural and Agricultural Finance
This virtual dialogue will bring together stakeholders to discuss the importance of developing alternative approaches to collateral requirements that can increase women’s access to finance.
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How Fintech Startups can Deal with Regulatory Compliance in Rwanda
Library
- Review of the techno-economic performance of the main global fishing fleets
- Developing bankable business plans
- Creating an enabling environment for private equity funds in Uganda: Policy proposals for public policymaker
- Financial education for refugees and host communities – Trainee’s booklet
- Social Finance Brief: Microfund for Women, experience in serving refugees and host communities in Jordan
- How to Facilitate MSME Access to Financing
- Survey Report on FinTech for MSME Access to Financing
- Inclusive Digital Economy Scorecard (IDES) Report – Nepal
- Inclusive Digital Identity Platforms Country Diagnostics: Solomon Islands, Fiji & Vanuatu
- IFAD Inclusive Financial Services Portfolio Stocktaking
- The Regulatory Playbook for Zambian FinTechs
- Fintech and Financial Inclusion: A Funders’ Guide to Greater Impact
Learning
Events
- Inclusive rural financial services and agri-SMEs: Lessons from IFAD’s portfolio
- Gender Transformative Approaches to Financial Inclusion for Food Security and Nutrition
- Calls for Proposals (Kenya and Uganda): Supporting remittances in times of crisis in Africa
- Are we there yet? Digitalization and small businesses
- Alternative Approaches to Collateral to Increase Women’s Access to Rural and Agricultural Finance