Credit Guarantee Systems for Agriculture and Rural Enterprise Development

Credit Guarantee Systems for Agriculture and Rural Enterprise Development
Author: Rauno Zander
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Examines the application and results of guarantee funds for agricultural and rural enterprise development. Through analysis of guarantee funds that have been operational for a long period, the document aims to inform development agencies and policy-makers on current practices and experiences, so that they can apply this information to their decision-making regarding whether or not and/or how best to promote guarantee mechanisms that are effective and sustainable.

Credit Guarantees

Credit Guarantees
Author: Michael Gudger
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1998
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789251041734

The problem of collateral is a daily issue for lenders and causes much debate in the development finance community. Given the difficulties experienced in arranging traditional forms of loan security, such as land or chattel mortgages, various collateral substitutes have been proposed. Among the substitutes for traditional collateral is the loan guarantee. Guarantee systems for loans have been proposed, planned and implemented in various countries. The assumption made by proponents of such a service is that the guarantee organization is either better informed about the risk of the loan than the lender or it is better structured financially to be able to manage the risk. Despite the apparent attractiveness of a loan guarantee, the empirical evidence available gives little encouragement. Nevertheless, interest in guarantees continues.

Agricultural Value Chain Finance

Agricultural Value Chain Finance
Author: Calvin Miller
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781853397028

`This is a "must read" for anyone interested in value chain finance.---Kenneth Shwedel, Agricultural Economist --Book Jacket.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1120
Release: 2006
Genre: Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN:

Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.

Impact evaluation of credit guarantee schemes in agriculture

Impact evaluation of credit guarantee schemes in agriculture
Author: Benni, N.
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9251354340

While a considerable amount of literature has been produced in the past decades on the overall experience of using partial credit guarantee schemes (PCGS) to overcome the credit gap in developing agriculture, what is still lacking nowadays is a structured and rigorous empirical evidence demonstrating the concrete impact of PCGS specifically established to unlock financing for agricultural SMEs. Most case studies available today only provide a descriptive analysis of the results, constraints and features of agriculture-specific PCGS, while lacking an impact evaluation approach (either fully experimental or quasi/non-experimental) whose findings could also be used to properly inform the design of future facilities and related policies. This working paper has been developed to assist in overcoming the current gap in empirical data on the impact of agricultural PCGS, by providing interested readers (whether policymakers, the academia, development agencies, or other stakeholders) with key information on technical and operational aspects of impact evaluations of credit guarantee schemes in agriculture, as well as recommendations on the feasibility of carrying out such evaluations with the aim of generating evidence on a more systematic basis. The hope is that public stakeholders interested in carrying out a proper impact evaluation of an agriculture-focused guarantee scheme can use the materials provided by this publication as a reference point for their work.

Agricultural Credit Needs

Agricultural Credit Needs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 740
Release: 1992
Genre: Agricultural credit
ISBN: