Creating Access to Agricultural Finance: Based on a Horizontal Study of Cambodia, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand and Tunisia

The following is a summary of Jessop, R., Diallo, B., Duursma, M., Mallek, A., Harms, J., and Manen B., (2012) Creating Access to Agricultural Finance: Based on a horizontal study of Cambodia, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand and Tunisia (Agence Française de Développement, A Savoir 14). Paris: AFD. The study analyses the reasons for gaps between supply and demand for agricultural finance. It provides an overview of innovations of agricultural finance, and develops proposals for support by governments, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and other development partners that are responsive to the agricultural sector’s needs.