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 Financial
assistance
Wealth creation
– and hence poverty reduction - will depend on economic growth strategies in
both rural and urban worlds. Labour-intensive agricultural growth is essential
for poverty reduction and is driven by access to both agricultural innovation
and markets.
Access to
markets requires adequate infrastructure and an environment that allows urban
demand to be efficiently transmitted to rural suppliers. In this process Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are essential drivers of growth.
(MBFSED) is
exploring with partners the best options to bridge critical market failures
faced by SMEs in accessing financial services and business mentoring.
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 Fostering
rural economic growth
The improvement of rural
livelihoods will to a large extent depend on the achievement of lasting rural
economic growth and on the ability of rural communities to capture new
opportunities.
With an
ability to connect rural and (growing) urban markets, the SME sector is
typically the main engine for economic growth.
Role of information communication technologies (ICTs
New communications and
information technologies such as mobile telephones and Internet access could
offer exciting opportunities in expanding access
to agricultural technologies in rural areas.
Technology can help raise
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Professional consulting, lobbying, monitoring
MBFSED has
diverse
knowledge and experience in consulting and monitoring the appropriation of
funding given to enterprises on several occasions. We carry out many
projects and we examine whether monies are
spent in line with the aims and regulations of the program and we sum up our
experience in reports.
MBFSED
is participating in the ex-ante evaluation of the Human Resources Development
Operative Program and other projects connected community development. Our
professional expertise cover supporting innovative enterprises, observing the
accession process, developing syllabi, creating business and non-profit
incubators and clusters, uncovering and proposing solutions for problems arising
around telework and telehouses, generating projects, writing applications,
assisting in the realization of a project, etc.
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