Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance

Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance

Identifying use cases for emerging technologies to reach financially excluded smallholders means looking beyond the hype to develop a clear understanding of these technologies’ unique features, costs, and benefits. And because few innovations have...

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Main Author: Mattern, Max
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
BLOCKCHAIN
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE
DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/503761533195840316/Exploring-blockchain-applications-to-agricultural-finance
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spelling okr-10986-301102021-09-16T19:11:51Z Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance Mattern, Max BLOCKCHAIN AGRICULTURAL FINANCE DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY Identifying use cases for emerging technologies to reach financially excluded smallholders means looking beyond the hype to develop a clear understanding of these technologies’ unique features, costs, and benefits. And because few innovations have generated as much hype as distributed ledger technologies (DLT), more commonly referred to as blockchain, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) set out to understand how this emerging technology could enable broader and more inclusive markets for agricultural finance. This Brief summarizes CGAP’s approach and offers insights into the applicability of DLT to agricultural finance in a developing country context. Importantly, this Brief does not attempt to provide comprehensive background on the technology itself while additional resources are provided for readers who would like a deeper understanding of this evolving space. 2018-08-02T16:45:22Z 2018-08-02T16:45:22Z 2018-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/503761533195840316/Exploring-blockchain-applications-to-agricultural-finance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30110 English CGAP Brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic BLOCKCHAIN
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE
DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY
spellingShingle BLOCKCHAIN
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE
DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY
Mattern, Max
Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance
relation CGAP Brief;
description Identifying use cases for emerging technologies to reach financially excluded smallholders means looking beyond the hype to develop a clear understanding of these technologies’ unique features, costs, and benefits. And because few innovations have generated as much hype as distributed ledger technologies (DLT), more commonly referred to as blockchain, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) set out to understand how this emerging technology could enable broader and more inclusive markets for agricultural finance. This Brief summarizes CGAP’s approach and offers insights into the applicability of DLT to agricultural finance in a developing country context. Importantly, this Brief does not attempt to provide comprehensive background on the technology itself while additional resources are provided for readers who would like a deeper understanding of this evolving space.
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author Mattern, Max
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title Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance
title_short Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance
title_full Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance
title_fullStr Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance
title_full_unstemmed Exploring Blockchain Applications to Agricultural Finance
title_sort exploring blockchain applications to agricultural finance
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/503761533195840316/Exploring-blockchain-applications-to-agricultural-finance
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