IFC Advisory Services in ECA works with a number of microfinance institutions across the region helping them transform into deposit-taking organizations and strengthen and expand their businesses
A new handbook that can help governments, development practitioners and other stakeholders design public interventions to catalyze Farmer-led Irrigation Development(FLID).
As rural India has begun to digitize, entrepreneurs have launched and scaled farmer platforms to organize smallholders and the value chains around them.
Learn about farmers’ perspectives on climate change and resilience and the new crop of agricultural platforms that are bundling digital services with physical inputs to serve smallholders.
The ongoing digital revolution could be transformative not only for the financial inclusion of smallholder farmers but also for the food and agriculture sector more broadly, supporting the creation of more efficient, equitable, and environmentally sustainable operations.
A project in China’s Xiaodong, a town located in Liaoning province in northeastern China, is improving field infrastructure, promoting climate-smart farming practices, and supporting water users’...
Leveraging the power of rural youth as the last-mile change agents through a Public Philanthropy Private Platform (PPPP) model to transform the agri-food sector at scale.
Women, Business and the Law (WBL) is a World Bank Group project collecting unique data on the laws and regulations that restrict women's economic opportunities