Formal financial institutions in Ethiopia have traditionally focused on the accessible urban towns leaving rural areas, where the majority of the population resides, without access to financial services. Recognizing this problem, a number of development agencies such as Redd Barna and World...

Over the last three years, the team for Action Research on Sustainable Microfinance Institutions in Africa has assisted local rural and micro-finance institutions to improve their delivery of financial services to the poor in rural and urban areas. Supported by Swiss Trust Funds, the program...