Search
Feedback
About UniCat 
Help
News
| Listing 1 - 2 of 2 |
Sort by
|
Book
Year: 2017 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark
Loading...Choose an application
- Reference Manager
- EndNote
- RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)
This report is an update to the above mentioned UNCTAD/World Bank study (the "first phase"). Following that researchers revisited eight operations in four countries(Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania),conducting a total of 113 detailed additional interviewswith 349 stakeholders primarily from local communitiesin which the agribusiness operations are based. This report presents an updated set of findings based on these follow-up interviews; as this report is not a stand-alonepiece, it should be treated as supplemental material tothe original study, and the findings contained in the two reports should be viewed in unity. Accordingly, the tables in Section 1.3 of this report provide an updated version ofthe tabular summary findings from the first phase report that have been augmented and revised based on findings from the additional fieldwork. The main intention behind the second phase of fieldwork was to deepen and enrich the data sample and information collected, by conducting further interviews in orderto augment, challenge and/or verify the findings of the original study. In the second phase, research teams spent more time with local communities and other stakeholders(interviewees are referred to as "external stakeholders") which had not been possible in the first phase, due to time and resource limitations. This updated report seeks to describe in a more nuanced manner the perceived impacts arising from associated agribusiness investments, including spillover effects on the local community and more widely-whether intended or unintended. Given the complexity of impacts,3 these cannot be regarded simplistically as 'good to be recommended'or 'bad to be corrected'; nevertheless, they offer essential ground-level insights from which to deepen understanding of outcomes and draw lessons.
Book
Year: 2021 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark
Loading...Choose an application
- Reference Manager
- EndNote
- RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)
Women in rural areas, and in particular female farmers, have significantly less access to financial services than their male counterparts. Such limited access is harmful to female farmers and their families and significantly impedes their ability to grow and prosper. Female farmers tend to have limited access to formal savings and credit, which limits their ability to manage shocks and invest in seasonal inputs or in durable goods and productive assets. It is estimated that closing the gender gap in access to productive assets could lead to a 20-30 percent yield increase per household, which would benefit not only female farmers, but also their families (FAO 2011). One of the main issues that keeps financing out of the reach of female farmers is that women tend to be time constrained, which indicates the need for easy access to and convenience of financial products. Suitability, ease of use, and convenience are important determinants of access to financial services for women in agriculture. Digital financial services (DFS) have the potential to unlock financial services for women in agriculture; however, currently, significant gender gaps exist in DFS access and usage. By allowing female farmers to make financial transactions without the need to go to the branch of a financial institution, DFS can offer them a safe, private, and convenient way to save money, access loans, make and receive payments, or access insurance. However, many DFS providers see an imbalance in the uptake and usage of financial services by gender. In 2018, the World Bank provided technical assistance (TA) to three financial service providers (FSPs) to help them deliver financial services to female farmers using digital means.
Access To Finance --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural Growth and Rural Development --- E-Finance and E-Security --- Finance and Development --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Gender --- Gender and Rural Development --- Inequality --- Poverty Reduction --- Rural Development
| Listing 1 - 2 of 2 |
Sort by
|