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Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Objectives of the Study 1 1.3 Approach and Organization of the Study 1 1.3 Structure of the Report 2 Chapter 2 Macroeconomic Issues and Financial Sector Performance 3 2.1 General Description 3 2.2 Policies and Challenges in the Financial Sector 5 2.3 The Suppliers of Agricultural and Rural Financial Services 9 2.4 Using Land as Loan Collateral 12 2.5 Conclusions 12 Chapter 3 The Demand for Financial Services 15 3.1 Overview 15 3.2 The Demand - Input and Output Trading Markets 16 3.3 The Demand - Production Stage (Farmers) 20 3.4 Summary of Main Points on Demand 23 Chapter 4 Supplying Financial Services to Agriculture and Rural Areas 25 4.1 Introduction 25 4.2 The Suppliers of Agricultural and Rural Financial Services 25 4.3 Expanding the Frontier of Formal Finance 28 4.4 Summary of Main Points About the Supply of Financial Services 35 Chapter 5 Conclusions and Recommendations 37 5.1 Introduction to Conclusions and Recommendations 37 5.2 Cluster One: Long-Term Strategic Plan for Financial Services to the Agricultural 37 Sector, and Related Issues 5.3 Cluster Two: Issues for Attention by Legislators, Government Ministries and the 40 BoU 5.4 Cluster Three: Unfinished Business 42