Transcript Improving Capacity Building in Rural Finance

Enhancing Livelihoods
through Rural Finance
A Joint Initiative
by
EastAgri
LSP
CABFIN
The Partners:
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EastAgri: improving agricultural and agribusiness
investments by creating an information hub to share
experiences and encourage innovation
LSP –Livelihood Support Programme:
promoting sustainable livelihood approaches in project
implementation to increase their impact on poverty
reduction.
CABFIN - Improving Capacity Building in Rural Finance:
by developing an internet-based Learning Centre which
meets the needs of rural finance organisations and
advisers for staff development and training resources.
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EBRD / CEI
World Bank
DfID
Livelihoods
Support
Programme
FAO
EastAgri
Network
(LSP)
OBJECTIVE:
Enhancing the
livelihoods of poor
rural people through
appropriate rural
finance
Improving
Capacity Building
in Rural Finance
(CABFIN)
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GTZ
World Bank
EastAgri-LSP-CABFIN
LSP’s Objective
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To widen the coverage of EastAgri
a)geographically to poorer countries of central Asia,
particularly Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
b)in terms of effectiveness in bringing financial
services to rural micro enterprises
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The LSP decided one contribution would
be to make the CABFIN Rural Finance Learning
Centre available in Russian
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Rural Finance
Learning Centre
www.ruralfinance.org
The Rural Finance Learning Centre …
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A website dedicated to providing access to the
best materials for capacity building in the field
of rural finance.
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What is rural finance?
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It is about providing financial services for
people living in rural areas.
Financial services play
an important role in
enhancing livelihood
security, facilitating
commercial activities
and reducing poverty
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Who is the Learning Centre for?
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Rural finance service providers
– banks, cooperatives, MFIs
Task managers of projects and
donor organisations
Policy-makers in governments and central banks
Suppliers of rural finance training in universities,
institutes and workplaces
Staff of agricultural and enterprise advisory
services working with rural people
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This is the home page:
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You access the content through gateways:
RFLC members and organisations
The training gateway:
The resources gateway:
1. Self study lessons
Listings and abstracts of documents and
multimedia organised into topics that can
be approached from the perspective of:
•Policy-making
•Financial service provision
•Client advice
2. Training guides
3. Details of training
opportunities
4. Past workshops
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A topic page in the resources gateway:
Topic navigation
Topic introduction
List of resources
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A topic page with resource details displayed:
Topic
introduction
Resource
abstract and
details of how
to download
or order
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A self-study lesson page:
Write
your
answers
Click here to
see given
answers and
compare
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Possibilities for EastAgri:
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Navigation will be available in Russian shortly.
Network members can contribute to identifying
materials to share in the resources section.
Self study lessons and training guides can be
adapted and translated.
Network members can create online discussions
about key issues in rural and micro finance.
The RFLC platform will help EastAgri members
disseminate their materials to a wider audience.
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For more information:
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Livelihood Support Programme:
www.fao.org/sd/dim_pe4/pe4_040501_en.htm
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Rural Finance Learning Centre:
www.ruralfinance.org
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