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Rural Finance and Investment Insights: March 2021
Note from the editor
As spring makes its way to the Northern Hemisphere, the busiest period of the year for agriculture has arrived!
As snows melt, fields are ploughed, and crops are planted, we are glad to bring you some food for thought. We believe it will reward our Rural Finance community with an abundant spiritual harvest later on.
Highlights of the month
The 2021 European Microfinance Award
The call for application for the 2021 European Microfinance Award is now open. The deadline to apply is 13 April, 23:59pm CET.
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Agricultural and rural finance training Programme (blended learning: online + in-person)
The programme in agricultural and rural finance (FAR 2021) will be held over 2 sessions: an online session from May 17th, 2021 (4 weeks) and an in-person one from October 11th, 2021 (1 week). Registration/admission must be completed by March 29th, 2021 at the latest.
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Mobilizing Agricultural Finance Toward a Common Language Between Lenders and Agri-SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa
This is a standardized set of bankability metrics that can act as a common language between lenders and agri-SMEs. The report presents the context and value of a common language, identifying bottlenecks in lenders’ strategies and processes to assessing the bankability of agri-SMEs while illustrating the bankability metrics themselves.
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Algorithmic Bias, Financial Inclusion, and Gender: A primer on opening up new credit to women in emerging economies
A gender-based algorithmic bias is the consequence of an algorithm creating results that are systemically prejudiced against women, with gender being the core variable for the bias. Algorithms, created and run by machines, can be biased just as humans can be. This report explores the promises and pitfalls of using digital tools to open up new credit for women entrepreneurs.
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Reaching Financial Equality - A Call to Action
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- Zimbabwe Financial Inclusion Refresh
- eSwatini Financial Inclusion Refresh
- Digital Transformation : The Case of South Indian Bank
- Analysis of India’s payment system indicators in 2020
- Risk Sharing Facilities: Mobilizing Finance for Women-led MSMEs
- Youth Financial Inclusion Policy Framework
- Bringing the Informal Sector Onboard
- Algorithmic Bias, Financial Inclusion, and Gender: A primer on opening up new credit to women in emerging economies
- Reaching Financial Equality for Women: A 10-point action plan
- Empowering Women on a Journey Towards Digital Financial Capability
- The Role of Consumer Organizations to Support Consumers of Financial Services in Low and Middle Income Countries
- Mobilizing Agricultural Finance Toward a Common Language Between Lenders and Agri-SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa
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