Smart subsidy

Well-designed and targeted support of the market by funders, including the public sector, blending capital with private investment to increase the total flow of capital to smallholder finance.  Can target cost or risks faced by the private sector and be catalytic, designed to jumpstart a self-sustaining market by overcoming an initial hurdle, or ongoing, as in the case of public sector guarantees and insurance premium support seen in industrialized countries.

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Grant me clarity: Understanding donor dynamics in grant-based subsidy

Analysis: Part 9 of ISF’s and RAF Learning Lab’s Pulse series shares highlights from a review of the major donor agendas currently shaping the development of global smallholder finance via grant-based subsidy.
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Getting smarter on subsidy: The role of grant funding in smallholder finance

Analysis: The sixteenth Briefing Note in ISF's series aims to assess the role of grant funding in smallholder finance and understand how it can be used to unlock financing for millions of smallholders.
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Understanding business model sustainability: Materials from 2017 RAF Partner Learning Workshop

Tool: On November 10, RAF partners and friends gathered for the third annual Mastercard Foundation RAF Partner Learning Workshop in Accra, Ghana.
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Linking technical assistance to blended finance for agriculture

Report: On behalf of IDH and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Enclude has recently completed a report analyzing trends and lessons learned about how technical assistance can contribute to scaling investments in the agricultural sector.
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The fund manager perspective: Moving the needle on inclusive agribusiness

Analysis: The fifteenth briefing note in a series from the Initiative for Smallholder Finance interrogate how different impact-oriented agribusiness funds combine public and private capital to build a more inclusive agricultural market.
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Fund management and inclusive agribusiness: A global perspective

Analysis: Part 3 of ISF's and RAF Learning Lab's Pulse series shares a fund manager's perspective on inclusive agribusiness and fund management.
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Expanding access to finance for smallholders one lease at a time

Analysis: New research from Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSDA) and Nathan Associates highlights agricultural lease finance as a way to expand access to finance for smallholders, allowing for greater mechanization of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. This blog summarizes some of the key opportunities and barriers to uptake and usage of lease finance - concluding with the recommendation of a potential fund that would help share the initial costs of agricultural equipment.

The climate conundrum: Financing smallholder productivity and resilience in the age of climate change

Analysis: The thirteenth briefing note in a series from the Initiative for Smallholder Finance, explores the latest practices from the climate finance community and the agricultural finance community to understand how new combined models can boost returns and attract new investors.

Learning to manage risk: CSAF lenders' past year in the context of Inflection Point

Analysis: The Learning Lab recently supported research by the MIX on detailed 2015 lending data from leading social lenders, who make up the Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF). The findings were summarized in the 2015 CSAF annual report, which takes a deeper look into the current state of the sector through the lens of donors, investors, and lenders. Dan Zook, Director of Investments at the Initiative for Smallholder Finance (ISF), unpacks some of the key highlights from the report, many of which corroborate and illustrate major insights from our study, Inflection Point.

Inflection Point: Unlocking growth in the era of farmer finance

Report: In partnership with the Initiative for Smallholder Finance, we at the Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab are excited to announce the release of our newest landmark study, Inflection Point: Unlocking growth in the era of farmer finance.

Smart subsidy

Well-designed and targeted support of the market by funders, including the public sector, blending capital with private investment to increase the total flow of capital to smallholder finance.  Can target cost or risks faced by the private sector and be catalytic, designed to jumpstart a self-sustaining market by overcoming an initial hurdle, or ongoing, as in the case of public sector guarantees and insurance premium support seen in industrialized countries.

Back to Topics

Related Topics

Providing Financial Solutions
Client Demand
Ecosystems for SHF finance
Cost Efficiency

ALL TOPICS