Innovations in rural and agriculture finance.

Overview, by Renate Kloeppinger-Todd and Manohar Sharma. Financial Literacy, by Monique Cohen. Community-Based Financial Organizations : Access to Finance for the Poorest, by Anne Ritchie. Rural Banking in Africa : The Rabobank Approach, by Gerard van Empel. Rural Banking : The Case of Rural and Community Banks in Ghana, by Ajai Nair and Azeb Fissha. Rural Leasing : An Alternative to Loans in Financing Income-Producing Assets, by Ajai Nair. Determinants of Microcredit Repayment in Federations of Indian Self-Help Groups, by Yanyan Liu and Klaus Deininger. M-PESA : Finding New Ways to Serve the Unbanked in Kenya, by Susie Lonie. Biometric Technology in Rural Credit Markets : The Case of Malawi, by Xavier Gine. Credit Risk Management in Financing Agriculture, by Mark D. Wenner. New Approaches for Index Insurance : ENSO Insurance in Peru, by Jerry R. Skees and Benjamin Collier. Microinsurance Innovations in Rural Finance, by Martina Wiedmaier-Pfister and Brigitte Klein. Combining Extension Services with Agricultural Credit : The Experience of BASIX India, by Vjay Mahajan and K. Vasumathi. Bundling Development Services with Agricultural Finance : The Experience of DrumNet, by Jonathan Campaigne and Tom Rausch.