Chemonics' CEO and president Jamey Butcher penned an article for Fast Company about emerging and frontier economies and their role in the game-changing solutions needed to unlock creative problem-solving to tackle the global crises of our times.
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Digital currencies have the potential to make a lasting impact on global development by being more inclusive and secure.
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USAID Colombia Rural Finance Initiative's work with rural Colombian client Davivienda, offering agricultural credit.
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USAID Colombia Rural Finance Initiative's work with rural Colombian clients through the Microempresas de Colombia digital credit.
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USAID Colombia Rural Finance Initiative's work with Venezuelan migrant clients - working with MOVii digital application.
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Overview of the USAID Colombia Rural Finance Initiative.
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The USAID Colombia Rural Finance Initiative ended in May 2022. Watch this video to learn more about the project's impact.
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Building sustainable development solutions with local communities’ experience and knowledge at their foundations.
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During a time when the private sector acknowledges the economic impact of climate change, international development partners must commit to easing bottlenecks that prevent corporate participation from mobilizing towards climate solutions. These building blocks highlight methods to incentivize private sector investment in inclusive climate action.
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How did one USAID initiative get banks on board to provide $1 billion in services in rural Colombia? How can we do that elsewhere? It takes a systemic, business-driven approach to connect supply with demand at scale.
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Through five working principles, USAID’s Rural Finance Initiative served as central change agents by providing highly customized advisory services, mixing expertise from the Colombian financial sector and the development community. This reached more than 750,000 rural clients and mobilize $999 million in financial services.
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How does the development community incentivize the financial sector to include rural, marginalized clients that it may consider too risky and too costly to reach?
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