Jürgen Fechter on the financial support to social entrepreneurs
Channel: Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
Date: 28/06/2013

Interview__ Supporting social entrepreneurs in nutrient-based agriculture has a lot of potential for the future -- says the KfW senior economist Juergen Fechter. However, financing small and medium business enterprise was a very cost-intensive process. He explains how KfW's financing partner Ashoka helps financial institutions to reduce processing expenses by consulting social entrepreneurs and preparing concrete business plans. Juergen mentions the value that social entrepreneurs add in the context of nutrition and agriculture, and urges donors to focus on improving nutrition and behaviour change -- amongst others by supporting an enabling environment for social investments in partner countries.

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