Agricultural Finance: Getting the Policies Right

This publication sets out to clarify the process of policy formulation for agricultural and rural finance, and emphasises the mechanisms involved. It is addressed to those responsible for formulating, managing and tending the rural financial system, namely, policy makers, donors and managers of rural financial institutions, financial experts/consultants and project designers. It highlights some of the key issues that should be addressed in the policy making process and provides a diagnostic methodology which can be used as an aid in the evaluation of the comprehensiveness of a given policy-making system at national level.

The case study examples are presented throughout the document to highlight the importance of some key issues when formulating an agricultural finance policy.

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