Description
In Bangladesh, limited access to formal financial services prevents smallholder farmers from investing in productive assets, adopting new technologies, and absorbing shocks. Moreover, the existing gender gap in access to agricultural finance warrants greater attention to ensure balanced inclusion of female farmers.
Under this investment, IFPRI plans to create clear foundations for dialogue and collaborative action on topics at the interface of climate change, agriculture, access to finance, and gender. Based on knowledge generated during the first phase of the investment, IFPRI plans to identify a set of promising interventions, largely focused on financial products and services (including risk mitigation strategies), that could be tested.
For more information, please contact the Principal Investigator M. Mehrab Bakhtiar.
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