New Trends in Agriculture: Micro Finance Focus on Poverty Part 1
In this video Renée Chao-Beroff, Director, Microfinance Department, CIDR; General Manager, Pamiga tells that agricultural microfinance has developed despite the challenges that it faces. She explains the rise in demand for agriculture products especially in the emerging markets and how the rural population are mitigating risks through diversifying their produce. She adds that new actors, […]
Mar 22, 2010
Agriculture Microfinance Overview Part 2-BAARC Thailand
In this video Richard L. Meyer, Professor Emeritus at the Ohio State University talks about Bank for Agriculture and Agriculture Cooperatives (BAAC) Thailand, which is a specialised agriculture lending financial institution within the microfinance sector. Elaborating on BAAC, Richard says that the bank serves both large and small farmers through individual lending and group lending. […]
Mar 8, 2010
Agriculture Microfinance Overview Part 1
“In this video Richard L. Meyer, Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University, discusses the major challenges associated with agricultural credit. Stressing on the need for change in the attitude towards repayment among farmers, Meyer says that the attributes that make financing difficult for agriculture are many such as agriculture clients are geographically disperse, thus, […]
Mar 1, 2010
Reaching Remote Areas – A Case For North East India
Unfolding the limitations faced by the poor due to lack of financial access, this note draws attention to the indicators for financial inclusion in the North Eastern states of India.
Mar 21, 2008
What Does Competition Mean For Indian MFIs?
The focus note draws lessons from Bangladesh, Bolivia and Uganda for the future of microfinance in India.
Mar 11, 2008
Are Loan Utilisation Checks Really Necessary?
This note focuses on diverse financial services driven by the diverse needs of people especially MFIs.
Feb 27, 2008
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