The e-MFP Rural Outreach and Innovation (ROI) Action Group brings together multilateral organizations, donors, researchers, practitioners and investors involved in rural microfinance willing to address the challenge of providing adequate financial services to the estimated 500 million smallholder farmers in developing countries.
Action Group Head
Contact
Joana Afonso
email: jafonso@e-mfp.eu
Action Group webinars
Designing women centric rural products - Zainab Saeed
Loan Automation: Using technology to provide tailored microfinance - Justin McAuley
Building green communities - Marina Kortenbusch
Effective cooperation through tailor-made electronic tools & telecommunication - Birgit Galemann
The Women Empowerment Fund - Johanna Ryan
Channels for digital services in rural areas - Etienne Mottet
Social Gardening - Leigh Marwick
The Reduction Energy Expense Product Delivery Model - Francois Rossier
Use of agricultural land in response to climate change - Johanna Fick
Finance for producer organisations - Bart De Bruyne
Financial services and sorporates - Mariel Mensink
Using new technologies in rural microfinance - Mark van Embden
Social issues in rural finance - Patricia Richter
Agricultural value chain financing experience from Eurasia region - Michael Kortenbusch
Off-grid energy in Kyrgyzstan - Roman Kühn
Energy efficiency projects in Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan - Polina Zahn
Credit Scoring: Why and How to Get Started - Peter Hauser
Green Index: Innovative tool to measure environmental performance of MFIs - Davide Forcella
Index insurance in the context of R4 Rural Resilience Initiative - Mathieu Dubreuil
FinTech: Trends, opportunities, challenges - Hannes Blank
Introduction to agro value chain finance in Georgia - Tyler Green
Mobile wallets in Kyrgyzstan and Kenya - Etienne Mottet
Action Group publications
European Microfinance Week 2016 Action Group Day presentations
Brief No.3 (in English, French and Spanish):
How do microfinance member based organizations successfully serve rural areas? The Role of Governance and Strategic Alliances
Additional documents & bibliography
Role de la gouvernance et des alliances stratégiques: Les modeles participatifs de microfinance en mileu rural: les éléments clés de leurs succès
Como las organizaciones de microfinanzas basadas en miembros brindan sus servicios satisfactoriamente a las zonas rurales?
Policy Statement on Value Chain Finance:
How to support value chain finance in a smart way