Tanzania: Financial Services for Rural Poor Vital, Say Queen Maxima and Top UN Officials

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Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands today finished a three-day visit to Tanzania along with top officials of the three United Nations Rome-based food agencies to support accelerating the access of farmers to financial services.

Queen Máxima, in her capacity as the UN Secretary General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), led the delegation in exploring ways to link the UN's food security and development activities in Tanzania with efforts by government, the UN and the private sector to boost access to savings, insurance, credit, payments and other financial services, especially for smallholder farmers and poor families in rural areas.

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