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Rural
Finance Services Programme
The seven-year programme will support the
effort of the government and the donor community to create an extensive,
strong rural finance system. The goal is to offer rural poor communities
the opportunity of higher, more stable incomes, thus alleviating poverty.
Programme activities have the objectives of:
- expanding the outreach and services of the rural finance system
- building the capacity of rural microfinance institutions (MFIs)
and clients
- strengthening and upgrading the rural finance system
- supporting programme administration, monitoring and evaluation
To help promote a rural business culture, the
programme will support smallholders and entrepreneurs in moving from
subsistence towards participation in the market economy. Participants
will include the poorest sections of the rural population, with a
special emphasis on women.
As the programme is essentially aimed at institutional development,
participants will also include active MFIs, MFI apex organizations,
and MFI capacity-building and related training institutions, as well
as commercial banks and other providers of rural financial services.
Any type of rural finance agency that meets eligibility criteria and
serves the rural poor, including especially rural women, can benefit.
Source: IFAD
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| Contact information |
Ms Marian Bradley
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592326
Fax: +39 0654593326
m.bradley@ifad.org |
| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$24.5 million
IFAD loan: US$18.4 million
Duration: 2004-2011
Geographical area: nationwide
Directly benefiting: 26,000 households
Status: ongoing
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