Documents et rapports

Namibia Agriculture Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Diagnostic (anglais)

This diagnostic report was prepared in response to a technical assistance request from the Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) to support the design and implementation of an index-based agriculture...

Disclosable Restructuring Paper - Land Bank Financial Intermediation Project - P150008 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Land Bank Financial Intermediation Project - P150008 - Sequence No : 08 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Land Bank Financial Intermediation Project - P150008 - Sequence No : 07 (anglais)

Digitization of Agribusiness Payments in Africa : Building a Ramp for Farmers’ Financial Inclusion and Participation in a Digital Economy (anglais)

This report aims to present the rationale for digitization of agribusiness payments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), assess the current status of digitization using demand and supply-side data, and identify...

Improving Access to Finance for Ghanaian SMEs : Is there a Role for a New Development Finance Institution? : Improving Access to Finance for Ghanaian SMEs -Role for a New DFI (anglais)

This report discusses the financial sector context in Ghana, the major financing gaps in the country, the global experience with DFIs, and identifies key aspects associated with the proposed DFI’s design...

Accelerating Digital Transformation in Zambia : Digital Economy Diagnostic Report (Vol. 1 of 2) (anglais)

Zambia’s seventh national development plan (7NDP) sets ambitious targets for economic growth and poverty reduction. Technology can play an important role as Zambia advances this vision for economic transformation...

Agriculture Finance Diagnostic – Zambia (anglais)

The agricultural sector plays a critical role in the Zambian economy. The share of the agriculture sector's GDP financed by the banking sector is among the highest in Africa. Nearly half the population...

Rwanda Agriculture Finance Diagnostic (anglais)

Agriculture is critical to Rwanda’s economy and a key sector in Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS). Agriculture finance is a national priority to achieve transformation...

Innovations in rural and agriculture finance (anglais)

Overview, by Renate Kloeppinger-Todd and Manohar Sharma. Financial Literacy, by Monique Cohen. Community-Based Financial Organizations : Access to Finance for the Poorest, by Anne Ritchie. Rural Banking...

Innovations in rural and agriculture finance : Innovations en matiere de services financiers ruraux et agricoles (français)

Overview, by Renate Kloeppinger-Todd and Manohar Sharma. Financial Literacy, by Monique Cohen. Community-Based Financial Organizations : Access to Finance for the Poorest, by Anne Ritchie. Rural Banking...

Rural banking : the case of rural and community banks in Ghana (anglais)

This case study describes the history and business model of the Rural and Community Bank (RCB) network in Ghana, analyzes its performance, identifies key issues, and makes recommendations on the way forward...

International task force on commodity risk management in developing countries : activities, findings and the way forward (anglais)

The mission of the Commodity Risk Management Group (CRMG) of the World Bank Agricultural and Rural Development Department (ARD) is to help improve developing countries ability to manage risk related to...

Community-managed microfinance : a new model from Sri Lanka (anglais)

The Village Savings and Credit Organization (VSCO) is a community-managed microfinance organization developed in Sri Lanka under the Community Development and Livelihood Improvement Project, or Gemi Diriya...

Reaching rural areas with financial services : lessons from financial cooperatives in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Sri Lanka : Cooperativas financeiras e alcance rural : Licoes de quatro estudos de caso (portugais)

This paper presents four cases of financial cooperative networks in developing countries with significant rural outreach. The four cases are SICREDI (Sistema de Cooperativa de Credito) in Brazil, SANASA...

Coopératives financières et portée en milieu rural : leçons tirées de quatre études de cas (français)

Ce document présente quatre études de cas de réseaux de coopératives financières ayant une importante portée en milieu rural dans quatre pays en développement. Les quatre cas étudiés sont ceux du SICREDI...

Reaching rural areas with financial services : lessons from financial cooperatives in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Sri Lanka (anglais)

This paper presents four cases of financial cooperative networks in developing countries with significant rural outreach. The four cases are SICREDI (Sistema de Cooperativa de Credito) in Brazil, SANASA...

Expanding bank outreach through retail partnership : correspondent banking in Brazil (anglais)

This paper explores the extent to which formal, regulated financial institutions such as banks have been able to partner with "correspondents"- commercial entities whose primary objective and business...

Credit alternatives in rural finance : financial leasing (anglais)

Enterprises use credit to acquire productivity-enhancing assets. Rural enterprises in developing economies, however, often lack access to the credit they need. Key reasons for this lack of access include...

Buffalo, bakeries, and tractors : cases in rural leasing from Pakistan, Uganda, And Mexico (anglais)

This paper is neither a comparative study of the three companies nor a performance assessment of the case-firms. This paper also does not aim to present a comprehensive analysis of policy factors that...