Access to finance through value chains: Lessons from Rwanda

Type Conference Paper - AEGIS European Conference on African Studies 11-14 July 2007, Leiden, the Netherlands
Title Access to finance through value chains: Lessons from Rwanda
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2007
URL http://www.microfinancegateway.org/sites/default/files/mfg-en-case-study-access-to-finance-through-v​alue-chains-lessons-from-rwanda-jul-2007_0.pdf
Abstract
Financial services play a catalytic role in poverty reduction. In Rwanda, access to finance remains, to some
extent, a privilege of those living in urban and semi-urban areas. This study highlights the potential value
chains bear in terms of expanding and deepening access to formal finance in Rwandan rural areas, and the
constraints limiting this access. A number of lessons learned are presented on how these constraints could
be overcome.

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