RURALENTERPRISE POLICY ABSTRACT IFAD: Rural Enterprise Policy iv RATIONALE: MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES AND POVERTY REDUCTION Role of the Off-Farm Sector in Reducing Poverty
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IFAD: Rural Enterprise Policy iv RATIONALE: MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES AND POVERTY REDUCTION Role of the Off-Farm Sector in Reducing Poverty 2 Small-Scale Rural Enterprise and the Rural Economy 3 IFAD and Rural Enterprise 4 Role of the Off-Farm Sector vis-à-vis IFAD's Strategic Framework and Regional Strategies 5 DEVELOPING MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES FOR THE POOR IN RURAL AREAS: DEFINITION, LESSONS LEARNED AND ISSUES Lessons Learned and Issues Raised in the Development of Rural Micro and Small Enterprises 10 Access to Financial Services 10 Access to Non-Financial Services 11 Access to Markets 13 Enabling Institutional Environment 16 Rural Micro and Small Enterprises and Gender 17
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