Author: BFC

In this post we would like to share four webinars organized and recorded by ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility.
Continue reading “ILO: Selected Webinars Related to Agriculture Insurance”

On May 4, 2016, the Facility and its partners are organizing a public symposium to look into successful models in agriculture insurance, and discuss key issues such as relevance for small-scale farmers and the role of governments to improve equity and sustainability of the schemes. The symposium will disseminate some emerging insights from the work of the Global Action Network (GAN) on Agricultural Insurance, a community of thought leaders in agricultural insurance managed by the Facility with the USAID/BASIS/I4; and good practices from the Index Insurance Forum, a community of practitioners in index insurance managed by the Facility with the World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility.

Continue reading “ILO: Symposium on Making Agriculture Insurance Work”

The World Bank’s program AgriFin webinar series is designed to facilitate peer-to-peer exchange among bankers and other agriculture finance professionals. AgriFin invite you to share your ideas, products, and experiences to catalyze learning on sustainable agricultural lending models.

Who should attend?
Bankers and other financiers interested in expanding agricultural lending.

Visit AgriFin website

The MicroSave Library contains a large spectrum materials (publication, presentations, videos) developed using experience across the globe. You can search the Library using keywords and filters, such as: Theme, Sub-Theme, Region, Resource Type, Authors.

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FMO has developed two tools to support its clients in terms of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk management. The tools below are specifically targeted at private equity investment funds and microfinance institutions (MFIs) and small and medium enterprise (SME) banks.

ESG RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT

Experience has shown that a significant discrepancy exists between the high-level nature of environmental and social requirements and their implementation within private equity (PE) Funds. One of the main hurdles is the design and implementation of the so-called environmental and social management system (ESMS).

It is FMO’s experience that a well-functioning ESMS can help an investment fund to enhance the business performance of its investments and in finding better deal exit possibilities. To assist its clients in private equity with the implementation of an ESMS, FMO has together with Steward Redqueen designed an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) toolkit aiming specifically at PE Funds. The tool is currently maintained and implemented worldwide in PE Funds by Steward Redqueen.

MFI AND SME SUSTAINABILITY GUIDANCE E-LEARNING TOOL

This sustainability e-learning tool supports microfinance institutions (MFIs) and banks that finance small and medium enterprises (SME banks) that wish to reduce the environmental and social (E&S) risks in their portfolio.

Both tools are available online to download.

The Gateway hosts the largest, freely available online collection of resources dedicated to microfinance and financial inclusion.

More than 8000 documents, sorted by 38 topics, such as:

• Market Research and Product Development
• Consumer Protection
• Poverty Outreach and Reduction
• Rural and Agricultural Finance
• Financial Performance
• Risks Management
• etc.

Visit the Microfinance Gateway: Library website.

“Survey: e-MFP Rural Outreach & Innovation Action Group” was conducted in early February to plan the topics of the year ahead and understand abilities and preferred forms of communication between ROI AG Members.

Continue reading “Survey Results”

As a first step we have created a survey, which will serve as the basis to plan the topics and the working structure for the year ahead. I really believe your voice and opinion matter and it would be much appreciated if you could please take the time to fill it out (it should not take more than 5 minutes).

We will take the time to analyse your answers and structure an inaugural meeting based on our findings. You will receive an invitation, with a summary from all the feedback we received from your side, for a meeting which will take place in March.

I am open for your suggestions, inputs, and feedback, as well as for a personal conversation.

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The Survey is available here: “e-MFP ROI AG Survey“.

What topics to work on in 2015/16

Exchange and exploration of (existing) information and ideas for 2015 and 2016:

1. Development of hybrid financial instruments for farmers and/or Producer Organisations
2. There is a need for exchange of research by European parties in the sector and share this with partners in the field, carry out an inventory make it practically available

Continue reading “Future of the ROI Action Group”

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