Bridging the smallholder finance gap: Collaborative research with WeGro in Bangladesh

Farmers in many low- and middle-income countries face a major financial gap, with available resources often insufficient to enable them to increase production—and putting many higher-value products with the greatest potential to increase incomes out of reach. Yet banks and other formal financial ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ambler, Kate, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, de Brauw, Alan, Uddin, Mohammad Riad
Format: Blog Post
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135670
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Summary:Farmers in many low- and middle-income countries face a major financial gap, with available resources often insufficient to enable them to increase production—and putting many higher-value products with the greatest potential to increase incomes out of reach. Yet banks and other formal financial institutions shy away from lending to smallholder farmers.