Rural Finance Thematic Workshop 12th-14th August 2008
Date :
2008-08-12
Kind :
Announcements
Description :
You are invited to attend the Joint Annual Regional Rural Finance Thematic Workshop to be held on 12th-14th August 2008 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The workshop will be co-hosted by Rural Finance Knowledge Management Partnership (KMP) which is financially supported by IFAD, Swedish Cooperative Centre and Agroforestry(SCC-Vi), and International Cooperative Alliance (ICA).
The theme for the workshop is "The Role of Apex organizations in Responsive Product development and Rural Finance Outreach". This is because, in order to achieve deeper outreach rural finance institutions (RFIs) need to develop products that correspond to their customers' needs and sensitive to the cyclical demand for financial services influenced by the risks of most agricultural lending. The workshop research paper will focus on micro-insurance as one example of a risk mitigation strategy. In addition, the co-hosts SCC-Vi and ICA, as well as selected IFAD projects/programme in the region will share their experiences around this theme.
The plenary discussion, the workshop organizers will also incorporate a field visits to Madagascan R/MFIs involved in rural finance activities.
The workshop background information, venue, participant information, participant confirmation form is attached.
