Results of the "Ninth KfW Financial Sector Development Symposium with the title 'Finance for Food: Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance'"--Page VI.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. I. The big picture : Global trends affecting agricultural finance -- Global dynamics in agricultural and rural economy, and its effects on rural finance -- Food security and a holistic finance for rural markets -- Pt. II. Institutional and process innovations in serving rural clients -- Finance through food and commodity value chains in a globalized economy -- Agricultural growth corridors -- Innovative microfinance : Potential for serving rural markets sustainably -- Busting agro-lending myths and back to banking basics : A case study of AccessBank's agricultural lending -- Pt. III. Dealing with risks in agricultural finance -- Where is the risk? Is agricultural banking really more difficult than other sectors? -- The potential of structured finance to foster agricultural lending in developing countries -- New approaches to agricultural insurance in developing economies -- Pt. IV. Using modern technology for high-quality services in rural areas -- Reaching the client in geographically adverse conditions : Can outsourcing increase effectiveness and efficiency? -- Tameer Bank's experiences with mobile banking -- Poverty-sensitive scorecards to prioritize lending and grant allocation with an application in Central America -- Index.