All Publications
Women in Rural and Agricultural Livelihoods + Climate - Insights, Opportunities, and Strategy
These documents synthesize research and insights to date regarding women in rural and agricultural livelihoods, financial and non-financial services, and climate change.
Making Digital Platforms Work for Women in Rural Agricultural Livelihoods
The primary objectives of this work were to understand how platform-specific responses can unlock social and economic value, identify best practices and provide guidance to key stakeholders to improve platform services for rural women.
Impact of Climate Change on Smallholders and Their Coping Strategies
This research dives into strategies that can help build smallholder farmers' climate resilience.
Promoting Access to Agricultural Finance for Youth in Developing Countries
This publication underlines the trends, core challenges, opportunities, innovative solutions and initiatives associated with agricultural financing for youth.
Barriers to Agricultural Finance in Ethiopia
The purpose of this study is to foster a conversation between stakeholders of agri SME-finance for affirming proven approaches and identifying new ones to overcome agri finance barriers.
Scaling up Access to Finance in Kigoma, Tanzania
This study shares lessons learned in building financial and digital capability while introducing agricultural technology interventions to savings groups through the UN Kigoma Joint Program.
Customer-Centric and Responsible Digital Credit Solutions for Urban and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurs and Smallholder Farmers
This analysis of digital credit users in India, Indonesia, and Kenya assesses the impact of digital credit on their financial health.
Responsible Digitization of Small Entrepreneurs in Rural India
This report presents key insights and opportunities from Hindustan Unilever Limited’s business-to-business Shakti digitization program to implement the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments and build scale.
2022 State of the Sector Report: Celebrating 10 Years of Agri-SME Finance
This report draws upon data from the portfolios of 17 financial institutions to share market insights and reflections on 10 years of practitioner collaboration.
Agri-SME Finance: Navigating Volatility in the Wake of the War in Ukraine
This learning brief summarizes the challenges, opportunities, and responses of agri-SMEs, financiers and development partners to the current food crisis.