Financial Inclusion and Risk Management for Agricultural Development
The workshop focused on two main objectives:
Training on Financial Inclusion and Agriculture Development
Training on Financial Risk Management
Conveners and Resource Persons
Professor Robert Lensink; Professor of Finance and Development; University of Groningen and Wageningen University. Team Leader project: “Information transparency system as a lowcost scalable solution to farmers' access to credit and services.” Email: b.w.lensink@rug.nl
Professor Victor Murinde; AXA Professor in Global Finance & Director, Centre for Global Finance; School of Finance and Management; SOAS University of London; PI for the ESRC Ref. ES/N013344/2 research project on ‘Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth; email: v.murinde@soas.ac.uk
Professor Issouf SOUMARÉ, Professor of Finance; Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering of Laval University (www.labiful.com), Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Faculty of Business Administration; Canada; Email : issouf.soumare@fsa.ulaval.ca
The trainings particularlly drew on insights and findings from three related research projects
DFID-ESRC: Delivering inclusive financial development and growth
ESRC-NSCF: China financial system and inclusive finance
AXA Chair in Global finance: Avoiding risks by updating our understanding of today's mega trends