finance institutions, the emphasis in development policy has shifted to (rural) financial systems development and the building … their own resources through savings - Have their loans repaid - Cover their costs from their operational income - Finance … their expansion from their profits. Three worlds of finance continue to exist, in which donors may intervene in very …

Two thirds of the Fund's current projects have a rural finance component; about 21% of the Fund's resources are … dedicated to rural finance.2 Most of IFAD's target group are small producers engaged in agric ultural and non … in rural finance. On that basis, operational guidelines and regional strategies will be prepared in due course for the …