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LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa by Freeman, H.A., Jabbar, M.A., Ehui, Simeon K.

“…The study also found that giving farmers agricultural training can significantly increase farm productivity, but only if the farm is not facing a credit constraint. The study looked at both the supply of credit from financial institutions in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda, particularly the bank's credit allocation policies, and at demand for credit in households in the same three countries plus Kenya. …”
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Innovative partnership scheme unlocks US$520,800 credit, boosting hundreds of Kenyan farmers’ resilience by Wamicwe, Peter, Derenoncourt, Marie Ena, Newman, Richard

“…The bundled product integrates bank risk capital, insurance, and climate-smart advisory services. …”
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Economics of dairy farming under livestock credit programme of BKB in a selected area of Mymensingh District by Mian, M.R.U., Halim, M.A., Jabbar, M.A.

“…The costs, returns, and profitability of dairy farming under the livestock credit programme of the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) were assessed. …”
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Rural Finance Policies 12 - Design and sustainability issues of rural credit and savings programs: findings from Malawi by Diagne, Aliou

“…Joint liability group lending is currently the lending technology of choice of microfinance institutions because of the success of the Grameen Bank, which is using the technology to successfully lend to millions of poor Bangladeshi women. …”
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Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS) dry season 2023: Agricultural input markets, credit and extension services by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…The share of farmers taking credit from Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank (MADB), microfinance institutions, private banks and money lenders all fell, while the share receiving credit form agricultural input retailers more than doubled. …”
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Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys by Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Pulido, Cristhian

“…We use data from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture and the World Bank Enterprise Survey from seven African countries, to identify agricultural midstream firms and assess their access to credit, comparing them to nonagricultural midstream firms. …”
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Climate smart credit scoring for financing of maize value chain smallholder farmers: Sidama Region, Wolayita Zone, Gamo Zone and South Omo by LERSHA, Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Agricultural Training Institute Ethiopia

“…The Climate-Smart Credit Scoring (CSCS) initiative—implemented by Lersha with Alliance Bioversity International–CIAT, ATI, Awash Bank, and key off-takers—aims to expand climate-resilient agricultural finance for 6,000+ maize smallholders in Sidama. …”
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Microcredit in Viet Nam: Does it matter? by Haughton, Jonathon, Khandker, Shahidur R.

“…With 7 million borrowers and US$5.4 billion in outstanding loans in 2012, the Viet Nam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) is the largest single microcredit lender in the world. …”
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Does institution type affect access to finance for cassava actors in Nigeria? by Okoruwa, V.O., Abass, A., Akin-Olagunju, O.A., Akinola, N.A.

“…Regression results revealed that cassava actors that patronized commercial banks particularly those who are medium scale had access to higher amount of credit. …”
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Internal organization and performances of saving and loan associations: Evidence from rural Tanzania by Pamuk, Haki, Asseldonk, Marcel van, Tumainiely, Kuweka, Ruben, Ruerd, Wattel, Cor

“…Subsistence farmers in rural areas of developing countries are usually outside the current reach of banks and formal microfinance institutions. They do not have access to savings accounts, insurance products, and agricultural credit facilities, limiting those farmers’ investment in agriculture. …”
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The role of relationships in lending to farmers : a study from the loan officer’s perspective by Eriksson , Sofia, Olsson, Tina, Servin, Rebecca

“…When assessing finance to farm businesses, it can be a costly and complicated process for the loan officer to find the right objective information; therefore the personal contact and relationship between the loan officer and the credit applicant is a very important factor in the credit evaluation process (Akhavein et al, 2004). …”

The triangle of microfinance: financial sustainability, outreach, and impact by Zeller, Manfred, Meyer, Richard L.

“…There is much waste and duplication, and some mature programs have declining loan recovery rates, even as competition for borrowers rises from conventional banks and finance companies. Analyzing the failures of credit programs aimed at small farmers and the successes of other programs showed the need for new understanding of the ways that poor households make spending, borrowing, and saving decisions. …”
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Formal versus informal: Efficiency, inclusiveness, and financing of dairy value chains in India by Chand, Ramesh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Saxena, Raka, Rajkhowa, Pallavi, Khan, Md. Tajuddin, Khan, Mohd. Arshad, Chaudhary, Khyali R., Birthal, Pratap Singh

“…Despite a growing dairy industry in India, farmers’ lack of access to organized markets and institutional credit remains one of the major hindrances in improving the scale and productivity of dairying. …”
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact by Zeller, Manfred, Meyer, Richard L.

“…There is much waste and duplication, and some mature programs have declining loan recovery rates, even as competition for borrowers rises from conventional banks and finance companies. Analyzing the failures of credit programs aimed at small farmers and the successes of other programs showed the need for new understanding of the ways that poor households make spending, borrowing, and saving decisions. …”
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Youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa by Filmer, Deon, Fox, Louise, Brooks, Karen, Goyal, Aparajita, Mengistae, Taye, Premand, Patrick, Ringold, Dena, Sharma, Siddharth, Zorya, Sergiy

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La banca para los pobres: como liberar los beneficios de las microfinanzas by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Do delivery systems (credit union, village banking, group-based lending) take into account the prevailing socioeconomic environments or local organizational systems? …”
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Locking crops to unlock investment: Experimental evidence on warrantage in Burkina Faso by Delavallade, Clara Anne, Godlonton, Susan

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Innovations in rural and agriculture finance by Kloeppinger-Todd, Renate, Sharma, Manohar

“…Innovations in rural and agriculture finance: Overview Renate Kloeppinger-Todd and Manohar Sharma; Financial literacy Monique Cohen; Community-based financial organizations: Access to Finance for the Poorest Anne Ritchie; Rural banking in Africa: The Rabobank approach Gerard van Empel; Rural banking: The case of rural and community banks in Ghana Ajai Nair and Azeb Fissha; Rural leasing: An alternative to loans in financing income-producing assets Ajai Nair; Determinants of microcredit repayment in federations of Indian self-help groups Yanyan Liu and Klaus Deininger; M-PESA: Finding new ways to serve the unbanked in Kenya Susie Lonie; Biometric technology in rural credit markets: The case of Malawi Xavier Giné; Credit risk management in financing agriculture Mark D. …”
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Rural finance and poverty alleviation by Zeller, Manfred, Sharma, Manohar

“…The authors examine the lessons that rural financial institutions such as banks and cooperatives can learn from the informal lending sector. …”
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Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state, Nigeria by Okojie, Christiana, Monye-Emina, A., Eghafona, K., Osaghae, G., Ehiakhamen, J. O.

“…The respondents gave examples of successful business women in the area that succeeded because they had access to credit from LAPO and other sources. Why it is difficult for women to borrow from banks? …”
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