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The MasterCard Foundation's Rural and Agricultural Finance team recently commissioned the Social Innovation...
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A new opportunity is emerging for mobile money service providers to drive growth...
Report: In Africa, where agricultural production remains far below potential, companies are working with smallholder farmers to raise crop yields, open up new market opportunities, and strengthen rural economies. In a new case study, AgDevCo’s Smallholder Development Unit features six examples of outgrower schemes that are delivering results.
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The MIX – with support from The MasterCard Foundation, UNCDF, and IFC – has...
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In their latest study, The MasterCard Foundation shares emerging lessons learned using...
Report: Mercy Corps' AFA program conducts country-level ecosystem reviews in coordination with its work to support the expansion of digital financial and non-financial services to smallholder farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. These analyses are published as white papers in the "Fertile Ground" series. This is the Tanzania white paper.
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KCB Group, a RAF Learning Partner, shares details on their current programming efforts...
Report: Smallholder farmers are in need of inputs such as fertilizers, improved seeds and planting material, and access to finance, delivered in a stable and cost efficient system. Insights from a new report, published by IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, enable service providers to create these cost-effective and scalable solutions, empowering smallholders to grow and sustain their businesses.
Report: The AGRA financial inclusion team has been working on an assessment of the business models of fifteen ICT4Ag solution providers in Kenya, Tanzania, and Ghana. The full report, executive summary, 15 case studies, and farmer videos are now available. In this blog, Hedwig Siewertsen, AGRA's Team Leader of Financial Inclusion, summarizes some of the findings from the research.
Report: Cutting edge approaches to rural and agricultural finance rely on varying degrees of digitalization to reach more customers, and reduce costs and risks of serving smallholders. However, when the the product deployed is itself digital, there are new risks to manage. This handbook presents a risk management framework for DFS.
Report: IIF and CFI Accion’s recently published report, “The Business of Financial Inclusion: Insights from Banks in Emerging Markets” digs into commercial banks and the role of digital technology in the emerging market, a concept the Lab is currently looking into for the RAF space.