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CORE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
The future development of the formal financial
system remains key to the achievement of FSD Kenya's objectives.
In FSD Kenya's earlier work in this area under two theme areas
(building core capacity and development of the payments system)
there had been a strong emphasis on the micro level. This new
theme area addressing the development of the formal financial
system will consolidate these earlier two theme areas and
gradually evolve towards an emphasis on market infrastructure
away from working directly with market players.
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RURAL FINANCE
Currently Kenyans
in rural areas are less than half as likely to use banking services
than those in the urban. It is clear that constraints to
rural finance remain from the micro, through meso to macro level.
FSD’s earlier work in this area had been covered in two theme
areas: strengthening semi-formal rural delivery channels and agricultural
finance. Both continue to be relevant and looking for greater
integration between developing new delivery channels and new products
will increase impact. Interventions will continue to be
needed at both micro and meso levels. Innovation will demand
continued work with retail players while scaling up – especially
service provision based on systems of large numbers of small community
based organisations – will require a more meso level approach.
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FINANCE FOR GROWTH - GrowthFin
inclusive or shared growth continues to
be a major priority for government and is strongly linked with
the development of the SME sector. Although comprehensive
data on access to finance by SMEs has yet to be produced the evidence
indicates that constrained access to appropriate finance is a
significant constraint to growth and development of SMEs in Kenya.
There are also strong indications that women entrepreneurs face
greater constraints in accessing finance than men. FSD Kenya's
work in the finance for growth theme area has shown considerable
promise and remins highly relevant.
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