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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.
Resource - Technical Brief

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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Kirk Ramer

Chief of Party, USAID Agribusiness Development Activity (ADA)

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

Kirk Ramer has over 25 years of experience managing projects to promote agricultural and small-and medium-sized enterprise development in southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. He is currently the chief of party of the Agribusiness…

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Jose Felix Montoya Soto

Strategic Coordinator, Natural Wealth Project

Related Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean Related Technical Areas: Agriculture and Food Security, Environment and Natural Resources

José Félix Montoya currently leads the USAID-funded Colombia Amazon Deforestation Control task order under the Natural Wealth project. José has over 30 years of experience designing and leading rural development projects and more than 20 years…

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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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Final Report: El Salvador Productive Development Project

Published on: September 30, 2012 Related Technical Areas: Economic Growth and Trade, Agriculture and Food Security Related Countries: El Salvador
The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Productive Development Project aimed to boost the production of goods and services and employment opportunities in El Salvador.
Resource - Project Report