A: No, the interactive site is freely available to the public and can be used without logging in. Although, there are benefits to becoming a member, such as the ability to post your CV or organisation profile, suggest resources and volunteer to become an editor. Read more.
Anyone who is working to improve the range and quality of financial services available to rural people and who has experience, knowledge and resources to share. It is hoped that this will include policy makers, donors, practitioners in banks, cooperatives, non-bank financial institutions and non-governmental organisations, community development workers and other advisory staff working in rural villages. It may also include the staff of academic institutions and training centres and consultants working on financial service issues in rural development.
Why should you become a member?
The resources of this site are available freely to those who wish to use them but, by becoming members, users can suggest knowledge to be added to topics in the resources, news and events to be added to the news & Events, training courses to be added to the training and take part in discussions in the discussions forum.
Members can subscribe to topics throughout the site that particularly interest them. They will then receive email alerts and have access to a screen in the my info section which summarises recent activity in these topics. Read more in the my info help file.
Members are particularly important to the development of the Rural Finance Learning Centre as it is only by the contributions of new knowledge objects that the resources section will grow and contain material appropriate to a wide range of people in many countries of the world. Discussions will also be important in the process of sharing innovations, best practice and challenging misconceptions in the field of rural finance. Members will also be vital to show the site sponsors and developers that people are interested in the resources offered and by so doing can help to secure funding for the maintenance and further development of the site. In orde to be able to add knowledge to the system, one has to sign up. On approval of your membership, you will be upgraded from a general member to a full member and thereafter you will be able to post knowledge and experiences onto the web site.
As a member you will be able to change your member information and preferences in the my info explorer section. You can also highlight yourself by posting a link to your CV in your member profile and you can feature your organisation as a contact.
