As part of the GREAT program, Financial Access designed and developed a capacity training for loan officers from LienVietPostBank (“LVPB”). The objective of the training was to create more awareness for potential gender-sensitive issues in agrilending as well as to support the business case design for lending to female smallholders. During the training, we discussed several ideas to embed a gender

Investments in conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of nature are seen as too risky by most investors and have so far been limited in scale. In order to mainstream conservation finance, the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC) has identified a set of blue-print models to set a precedent and track record to orient private investors in the emerging asset class of conserv

Although oil palm is native to West Africa, Africa as a continent is a net importer of palm oil, with production accounting for just 3.5% of global production. The growing international demand for edible oil, cosmetics, biofuel, lubricants, surfactants, energy, and other applications have boosted the growth of palm oil activities in Africa. In this context, in collaboration with APOI and in allian