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Rural Finance and Investment Insights: February 2022
Note from the editor
In recent years, the importance of access to inclusive rural finance, including insurance services, has been increasingly highlighted in development discourse as the driver for economic growth and promoting sustainable agricultural and fishery productions.
In light of this, this month’s highlight will provide the latest studies and events on the current challenges that constrain the further outreach and provision of inclusive rural finance, especially to smallholder producers, and what are the lessons learned as well as recommendations.
Highlights of the month
The Agricultural and Rural Finance (FAR) training programme
The new edition of the Training on agricultural and rural finance (FAR 2022) aims to provide a unique space to explore, reflect and exchange ideas and strategies for the rural and agricultural sector, with a particular focus on the impact of climate change, especially in Africa.
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The Evolution of the Nature and Scale of DFS Consumer Risks: A Review of Evidence
The research seeks to identify new DFS consumer risks that have developed since 2015. It is to get a sense of how much DFS consumer risks have increased or decreased in the past several years, which is critical for stakeholders that are interested in building a responsible DFS ecosystem.
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Financing small-scale fisheries in the Philippines
This policy brief summarizes the findings of surveys among financial and insurance providers, fishers and fisherfolk organizations in the Philippines in 2021. It explains why financial services are important for small-scale fishers (SSF) and provides recommendations for improving their access to finance and insurance.
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Scaling up rural youth access to inclusive financial services for entrepreneurship and employment
This document is an overview of the lessons learned from an IFAD project in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. The aim of the project was to expand the businesses of young men and women through improved entrepreneurship skills, employment of rural youth, and increased access to inclusive finance for youth enterprises.
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Library
- Scaling up rural youth access to inclusive financial services for entrepreneurship and employment
- Youth-sensitive value chain analysis and development
- Insights on sustainable practices of inclusive finance in Europe
- Measuring Fees and Transparency in Nigeria’s Digital Financial Services
- Regulatory and Supervisory Technologies for Financial Inclusion
- SME Finance Guideline Note
- Understanding market demand: How to use focus group discussions in the development of inclusive insurance
- Social Finance Brief: Microfund for Women, experience in serving refugees and host communities in Jordan
- Financing small-scale fisheries in the Philippines
- The Evolution of the Nature and Scale of DFS Consumer Risks: A Review of Evidence
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