Market landscape

Articles, academic studies, field learnings, and research about the landscape of actors and their invovlement in the smallholder and rural finance market. Information for market landscapes is often collected through extensive on-the-ground interviews and workshops.

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A Pathways Approach to Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Households

Report: This learning brief examines actual impacts of COVID-19 rural households in Kenya using real stories and data from the field. The data was collected during the first five months of the crisis, from mid-March to mid-August 2020.

How Governments Incentivize Private Sector Involvement in Agricultural Finance

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How can governments create, incentivize, and regulate space for the private sector in...

Role of Government in Rural and Agri-Finance: Transitioning to private sector involvement

Report: This new Briefing Note from ISF Advisors builds on previous analysis of the natural stages of agricultural finance, and interrogates more deeply the transition that countries make from government-led to more bank-led agricultural finance.

COVID-19 Emergency Briefing: High-risk households dependent on, and critical for, food supply chains

Report: This brief looks at how the COVID-19 crisis will impact commercializing farmers who are at the heart of many countries’ food supply chains, and who depend on vulnerable ecosystems to survive.

Introducing the COVID-19 Emergency Briefing Series

Report: COVID-19 poses an imminent threat to rural livelihoods, agricultural trade, and food security. Building on over a decade of research into rural households, our new series aims to identify likely effects of COVID-19 on rural populations and markets.

Understanding the transition pathways and service needs of rural youth

Report: Recognizing the critical role that women and youth play in rural economies, our Pathways to Prosperity research included deep dives on engaging both client segments in achieving inclusive agricultural transformation. In this blog, we share key learnings from the youth deep dive.

Understanding women’s rural transitions and service needs

Report: Key learnings from our Pathways to Prosperity gender deep dive.

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Explore insights from our 2019 State of the Sector report with ISF...

The Economist Intelligence Unit Global Microscope 2019

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The Global Microscope assesses the enabling environment for financial inclusion across 5...

The MIX and One Acre Fund transfer the Smallholder Finance Product Explorer to the Mastercard Foundation RAF Learning Lab's Data Portal

News: The Mastercard Foundation Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab is thrilled to take ownership of the Smallholder Finance Product Explorer, a project funded by the Mastercard Foundation & the Open Society Foundations, and implemented by One Acre Fund and MIX from 2016-2019. Integrating this dataset with the Lab’s current data platform will ensure users have easy access to a one-stop-shop for critical smallholder finance data.

The capital markets: An increasingly sophisticated market still grappling with the impact-return trade-off

Report: Major shifts and trends that have shaped the capital market for rural service provision since our 2016 Inflection Point report, ongoing challenges in the market, and a new pathways-based approach to segmenting capital need.

Interrelated Problems and Comprehensive Solutions for Venture Capital in African Agribusiness

Analysis: This paper explores why it’s been difficult to generate VC-level returns in agriculture, and some solutions that show promise.

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