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August 17, 2012
China must rethink its land ownership policies
China must go further in its rural land reform programmes if it wants to ensure food security for its people, and to do that, it must change its land ownership rights with respect to its farmers. Currently, farmers can only lease the land for about 30 years, but not own […]
August 17, 2012
Myanmar’s reform not encouraging enough for farmers in countrysides
Myanmar was once the largest exporter of rice, and its lands are still one of the most fertile in the world. However, about half a century under the military rule, the farmers have no savings, their farms and farm produce, even at the highest of their productivity incur a loss […]
August 17, 2012
Poor fertilization in Nigeria contributes to food insecurity
Food security in Nigeria is being severely threatened by a number of conditions, poor fertilization and viral and bacterial diseases affecting the roots of staple crops like cassava. Cassava is an important crop for food security and is also important as raw material in other industries as well. Read more […]
August 17, 2012
IFMR Capital and ADB help with MFI programme in India
In a first large scale partial guarantee programme for MFIs in India, ADB (Asian Development Bank) has provided partial credit guarantee to loans to MFIs in India. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Following the BRAC’s Graduation Model
This post provides the takes of Lynn Brown from WFP, Rahatullah Baig from PPAF (Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund) and Yves Moury of Fundacion Capital on the success off BRAC’s Graduation Model, of pulling the poor out of extreme poverty, and their thoughts on what the next scaling-up steps should be. […]
August 17, 2012
MCA helps Morocco expand its microfinance sector
The MCA programme, under America’s Millennium Challenge Corporation programme plans to help Morocco fight poverty through its network of microfinance, by providing about 50 vehicles that will make travelling to rural areas easy and hence expand coverage. The aid of more vehicles is planned ahead. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Philippines: Selling insurance by text messaging
Smart Communications Inc. in Philippines has launched a project which allows users to subscribe to microinsurance using their mobile phones. The name of this micro-insurance project is “HapiPinoy Text Insure” (HTI), and users can subscribe to microinsurances through texting. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Can MFIs serve small enterprises?
With the attention of most policymakers and investors on the role of small enterprises as the way out of poverty by job creation for the poor, CGAP has surveyed more than 300 MFIs in 69 countries to learn that most MFIs already had some or the other involvement with small […]
August 17, 2012
Microfinance offers lifeline to Myanmar rural poor
MFIs in Myanmar are helping to elevate the economic conditions of farmers in rural Myanmar. Lower interest rates ensure that people do not have to turn to informal money lenders who charge higher interest rates. Read more here.
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