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Welcome to the Rural Finance Learning Centre

Rural Finance is about providing financial services for people living in rural areas. This Learning Centre aims to assist organisations in developing countries to build their capacity to deliver improved financial services which meet the needs of rural households.

Rural Finance Learning Centre: Microfinance training materials

Capacity building materials can be accessed through the following gateways:

training

This is where you can find details of Training opportunities; downloadable Training guides for trainers to use, with exercises and other materials; and a Self study section with online lessons and study guides.

resources

This is a library of documents, multimedia and training materials, organized into topics that can be browsed from three perspectives: Policy-making; Service provision and Client advice.

DISTANCE LEARNING

We have a collection of interactive, online lessons which are available in different languages and in high and low bandwidth versions.


Why not try this one?
Lesson 2 : Rates of Return and the Cost of Money

VIDEOS

We are able to stream videos from the RFLC. Titles include:



IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Virtual Savings Conference: From 5th to 9th December, CGAP and MicroSave are sponsoring a virtual conference on savings mobilisation. Listen in or contribute your own experience. Go to...

Rural Microenterprise and Microfinance: Syngenta Foundation for sustainable agriculture discussion forum. Go to...

Training Tools: Downloadable version of Calmeadow's Balancing Act - a microfinance accounting game - now available. Go to...

PARTICIPATE!

The content of this website is freely available to all and can be used without registering as a member. There are, however, benefits of membership including:

  • receipt of the Rural Finance Update each month
  • ability to suggest new resources
  • ability to post your CV or organisation profile

Login and take part in our poll


Microfinance providers are trapping women in a household debt management role rather than helping them out of poverty
Results to date
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(Date of Poll to Expire: 31 January 2006)

WHAT'S NEW?

Planificación Agrícola Económica a Nivel de Finca
Fundación Integral Campesina
Smart Subsidy for Sustainable Microfinance
Interest Rate Calculator
Interest Rate Problems
Lesson 4: Making the Calculations
Lesson 3: Establishing Interest Rates for Self-Sufficiency
Lesson 2: Nominal, Effective and Real Interest Rates

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