Bridging the Gap

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GROW Liberia

Connexus developed a financial product backed by a guarantee fund to support vegetable traders in Monrovia for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency’s (Sida) GROW Liberia project. Connexus conducted interviews with all project stakeholders to understand the value chain and market dynamics, and partnered with a local financial institution to develop the operational processes and procedures for a $180,000 pilot guarantee fund. The finance product leveraged vegetable traders’ sales agreements with their buyers to pre-finance inputs and extension services to augment production capacity of the farmers contracted to supply the traders. The guarantee fund decreased the effective risk for the partner financial institution during the initial market-entry phase.

Client(s):
Adam Smith International (ASI)
Funder(s):
Sida
2013
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2018