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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.
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.
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.
Officials stressed financial inclusion as key to rural empowerment, noting persistent gaps despite progress.
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.
Zambia lanzó un proyecto de 49.8 millones de dólares para expandir el acceso financiero para 1.85 millones de residentes rurales, centrándose en pequeños agricultores, mujeres y jóvenes, con el apoyo del FIDA, el gobierno de Zambia y socios del sector privado.