2006-08 REMOTE RURAL FINANCE RESEARCH – ETHIOPIA, KENYA, TANZANIA AND MOZAMBIQUE – IFAD “Remote Rural Microfinance Research and Development Programme” (10 mths)
Identification of high potential innovations and conduct of action research in remote rural poverty reduction & microfinance. Research studies included alternate financial models for Ethiopian pastoralists. Evaluate lessons from the action research and disseminate for policy dialogue with IFAD, regional governments and central banks with respect to rural finance policy and legislation and IFAD’s rural finance programme monitoring and evaluation procedures.