Rural Finance Rural finance deals with access to financial services for households and enterprises in rural areas. Below you can find key articles and useful tools on rural finance.

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Results for Inspiration: A highly successful Microfinance Project improves the Livelihoods of the Po May 2010 Author: Alfred Geiger in collaboration with Marianne Sulzer (Swisscontact) This case study summarizes the outcome of the ten years experience of the project COOPFIN/CREAR. Concluded in December 2009, it achieved important results by substantially contributing to the development of Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Ecuador. Download (PDF, 295 KB):  [en]

Evaluation of Two Rural Finance and Employment Programmes in India - «SERI 2000» and «SIDBI» March 2009 In 2008, SDC commissioned an external evaluation on the SDC support to two rural finance and employment programmes in India, SERI and SIDBI. The evaluation report contains lessons learnt, the detailed evaluation report and case studies. Download (PDF, 7533 KB):  [en]

Accessing Financial Services in Rural Areas 2008 Author: Intercooperation This InfoResources Focus provides an overview on rural finance, describes the challenges of providing financial services in rural areas and proposes ways to address the dificulties. Download (PDF, 297 KB):  [en]   [fr]   [es]

Rural Finance: What is so special about it? 2005 Author: Egger, Ruth This synthesis looks at rural finance based on 5 points, from the supply and the demand sides to what is needed, including the framework conditions and the aspects to be considered. In the 70s and 80s, the government-owned development banks and some projects offered loans. Today, agricultural credit is usually related to cash crop production. The demand of rural households for financial services includes both farm and non-farm activities. The regulatory framework as well as government supervision have to take into account the specific liquidity requirements in remote areas, the problems of communication, risks, seasonality and social links in place. Download (PDF, 26 KB):  [en]