Approaches, policies and strategies in rural finance

Multilaterals

Asian Development Bank

• Microfinance: financial services for the poor
• Microfinance policy

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
Building financial systems for the poor

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

• Rural finance group
• Rural finance and agriculture

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• Strategy and policy
• Poverty outreach
• Remittances: strategic and operational considerations

Inter-American Development Bank
Rural finance in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and opportunities

Microfinance gateway

The MIX Market

• Promoting information exchange in the microfinance industry
• MIX Market

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
How access to loans and basic social services can enrich and empower people

World Bank
Rural finance

Bilaterals

German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Rural finance

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Microenterprise development

Research institutes and universities

EDLIS
Policy Series

Ohio State University
Rural finance programme

Rural associations and credit unions

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Regional rural credit associations

World Council of Credit Union, Inc.

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