Financial Services for Developing Small-Scale Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Food insecurity and income poverty are rampant in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty-one percent of children under the age of five are malnourished and some 72 percent of the population lives on less than US$2 day. Forty-one percent lives on less than US$1...

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Main Author:	Larson, Gunnar
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ARABLE LAND BANKS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BORROWING BUYERS CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CASH FLOW COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITY CONSUMER CONSUMER MARKET CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT COOPERATIVES CREDIT COOPERATIVES CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKET FAILURES CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT PROVIDERS CREDIT RISKS CURRENT ACCOUNTS DELIVERY MECHANISMS DEPOSITS DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENTREPRENEURS EQUIPMENT EXPORTERS EXTREME POVERTY FARM PRODUCTION FARMING HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL ILLITERACY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCIAL VIABILITY FLEXIBLE REPAYMENT FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FUNDING SOURCES GRANT FUNDING GROUP LENDING HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INCOME POVERTY INCOMES INDIVIDUAL COLLATERAL INSURANCE INSURANCE PRODUCTS INSURANCE SERVICES INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL DEBATE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTING INVESTMENT LOANS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LENDERS LIMITED ACCESS LIQUIDITY LOAN LOAN AMOUNTS LOAN TERMS LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS LOWER INCOME MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MARKET ENVIRONMENT MARKET MECHANISMS MARKETING MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS MICRO-LENDING MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS NUTRITION OUTREACH OVERHEAD COSTS POOR LIVING PRODUCTIVE CAPITAL REMOTE AREAS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCE RURAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS RURAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL POOR SALE SAVINGS SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER FARMING SMALLHOLDERS START-UP SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS TARGETING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY WORKING CAPITAL WORTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9871367/financial-services-developing-small-scale-irrigation-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9503

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9871367/financial-services-developing-small-scale-irrigation-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9503

Financial Services for Developing Small-Scale Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

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