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flag Zambia launched a $49.8 million project to expand financial access for 1.85 million rural residents, focusing on smallholder farmers, women, and youth, with support from IFAD, the Zambian government, and private sector partners.

flag Zambia and IFAD launched a $49.8 million, seven-year project to boost financial access for 1.85 million people in rural areas, focusing on smallholder farmers, women, and youth. flag The initiative aims to expand financial services, strengthen climate resilience, and promote inclusive economic growth through a blended financing model involving IFAD, the Zambian government, private sector, and development banks. flag Officials stressed financial inclusion as key to rural empowerment, noting persistent gaps despite progress. flag Separately, a new report found Zambia’s Cash for Work program lifted 32,000 people out of poverty, highlighting the impact of decentralized governance and local development efforts amid ongoing economic challenges.

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