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Max McGrath-Horn

Senior Climate Finance Advisor

Related Regions: Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa Related Technical Areas: Agriculture and Food Security

Max McGrath-Horn is a specialist in the design and financing of climate change solutions, mobilization of cross-sector partnerships, negotiation with government stakeholders, and crowding-in private finance. He is currently senior climate finance advisor in Chemonics’ Climate…

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Inclusive Program Design for Indigenous Communities in Colombia

Published on: June 16, 2020 Related Projects: Natural Wealth Program Related Technical Areas: Environment and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Food Security, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Related Countries: Colombia
Staff from the USAID Colombia Natural Wealth program and the Colombia Rural Finance Initiative discuss how each project designed their activities to be inclusive of indigenous communities.
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Technical Brief: Helping Rural Financial Institutions Expand Rural Service Delivery

Published on: August 30, 2020 Related Projects: Rural Finance Initiative (RFI) Related Technical Areas: Economic Growth and Trade, Agriculture and Food Security Related Countries: Colombia
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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Heather Joffe Reyes

Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Related Regions: Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa Related Technical Areas: Agriculture and Food Security

Currently the director of the Colombia Rural Finance Initiative, Heather Joffe Reyes is an international development practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in agricultural value chains, small business development, and rural development. In addition,…

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Preston Motes

Senior Director, Middle East and North Africa Regional Business Unit

Related Regions: Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Eurasia Related Technical Areas: Economic Growth and Trade

Preston Motes is an international economic development specialist with more than 20 years of experience designing and implementing programs focused on private sector competitiveness, entrepreneurship, workforce development, local economic development, and tourism. He is currently a…

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