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Introduction Rabo Development & RIAS

Increasing access to financial services in supply chains

March2015

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Cooperative governance

Local Member

bank

Regional Delegates Assembly

Local Member

bank

Local Member

bank

Local Member

bank

Local Member

bank

Local Member

bank

Regional Delegates Assembly

Regional Delegates Assembly

Central Delegates Assembly

General Assembly

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Rabo Development within the Rabobank Group

Sustainable cooperative banking with involvement in the F&A value chain

Rabo Development

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Context of Rabo Development’s activities

Financial Services

Multilaterals

NGOs

Government

Access to financial services

EquityTechnical AssistanceManagement Services

Sharing international and cooperative banking knowledge and experience

Enabling EnvironmentPolicy Dialogue

Financial Instruments

Rabo Development

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Agribusiness Advisory (RIAS): focus areas

Agri finance Capacity Building

Agri finance Capacity Building

Supply chain DevelopmentSupply chain Development

Agri Credit & Risk management & toolsAgri Credit & Risk

management & tools

Value chain financingValue chain financing

Agri commodity finance/WHR finance

Agri commodity finance/WHR finance

Risk Sharing & Guarantee Instruments

Risk Sharing & Guarantee Instruments

Agri strategy developmentAgri strategy development

Cooperative financing Cooperative financing

Value chain projects & studies

Value chain projects & studiesFinancial managementFinancial management

Agribusiness AdvisoryAgribusiness Advisory

Cooperative Capacity building

Cooperative Capacity building

Cooperative governanceCooperative governance

Member communication Member communication

Bankability Bankability

Legal & Regulatory issues

Legal & Regulatory issues

Capitalization PoliciesCapitalization Policies

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Rabo Development partner banks and advisory 2014

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Development Partner bank relationship

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Business partnership

Development partnership

Commercial links• Trade & Commodity

Finance

• Corporate F&A clients

• Introduction of Dutch SMEs

Management services & TA

Commercial links

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Organisational Framework

Knowledge Collection

Knowledge Collection

Products & services

Products & services

Agri Credit & Risk

Framework

Agri Credit & Risk

FrameworkCapacity BuildingCapacity Building

Agri Department HQStrategy, Coordination & Control

Agri Department HQStrategy, Coordination & Control

MacroSector

policiesInternal

MicroCredit

manualsExternal

Branches & Agri Commercial OfficersOperations & monitoring

Agri Wholesale

Agri Retail

People & capabilitiesPeople &

capabilities

F&A knowledge

Hiring strategy &

retention of talents

Culture & inspiration

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Food and Agri Research (FAR)

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Key messages

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What does FAR do?

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