Insights on rural development in West Africa
Experience capitalization can be useful for anyone. The diverse group of West Africans who gathered to practice with this approach demonstrated exactly this. Starting in March 2017, a group of around 35 participants from Ghana, Sierra Leone and Nigeria engaged in a process where they selected, described, analyzed and wrote about one of their many experiences in rural development.
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Foreword
Introduction
RURAL FINANCE
Village savings and loans: Reducing poverty in rural Ghana
Access to finance with VSLA groups
New rural finance institutions in Sierra Leone
AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESSES
Legume farming gets a boost
Increasing awareness of Ghana’s Plants and Fertilizer Act
Making farmer programming smarter: The Farm Radio approach
Developing business skills with an Agribusiness Innovation Hub
Making cassava a truly industrial crop in Nigeria
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Universal birth registration as a catalytic children’s development tool
Making internship policy a must
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