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Rural Finance and Investment Insights: October
Note from the editor
In recognition of the well-understood challenges with promoting rural and agricultural finance, the need for a more systemic approach to promoting financial inclusion is gaining traction in the thinking and programming approaches of the community of practice.
In light of this, we hope this month’s list of studies will help us bring forward more inclusive and efficient investments in the agri-food systems.
Highlights of the month
A technical review of select de-risking schemes to promote rural and agricultural finance in sub-Saharan Africa
De-risking the overall operating environment of agricultural value chains is recognized as a critically important factor in promoting rural and agricultural finance. This study takes stock of evidence of the performance, impact and cost-effectiveness of these de-risking schemes contribute to building up the evidence base to help inform the future strategy and design of similar programmatic interventions.
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Making agricultural and climate risk insurance gender inclusive: How to improve access to insurance for rural women
This publication draws up a checklist for insurance designers and implementers to help them reach out to women every step of the way, supported by research, and fieldwork in Ethiopia including group discussions with smallholders about insurance options.
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AgrInvest-Food Systems Project – Increasing sustainable investments in the Kenyan cage aquaculture chain
The study analyses Kenyan cage aquaculture value chain and political economy obstacles to investments in Kenyan aquaculture. The analysis suggests a need for a dedicated stakeholders platform that would facilitate and promote SDG-aligned investment as a proposed solution to the bottlenecks that currently impede more investments.
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Uncredentialed and Underserved: Access to Mobile in One’s Own Name
This paper uncovers the scale of marginalised people who do not have a SIM card (mobile subscription) in their own name and instead resort to using other people’s. The research suggests that these people might never be fully in control of how they use and pay for their mobile services and that they might also never be able to access mobile services in their own name and achieve fully digital and financial inclusion.
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Rural Agents
Library
- Regulatory Approaches to Digital Payments Transaction Costs in Sustaining Financial Inclusion in Africa
- Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Gains in Financial Inclusion: Early lessons from regulators and policymakers
- Third-party liability insurance for fishing vessels
- Case Studies of Multisectoral Approaches to Integrating Digital Financial Services for Women’s Financial Inclusion
- Making agricultural and climate risk insurance gender inclusive: How to improve access to insurance for rural women
- Uncredentialed and Underserved: Access to Mobile in One’s Own Name
- The LEI: The Key to Unlocking Financial Inclusion in Developing Economies
- Using Mobile Technology to Improve Remittances to the Pacific
- AgrInvest-Food Systems Project – Increasing sustainable investments in the Kenyan cage aquaculture chain
- The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2021
- A technical review of select de-risking schemes to promote rural and agricultural finance in sub-Saharan Africa
Learning
Events