The Anchor Borrowers' Programme has catalyzed the rural economy and has built a sustainable framework for financing small holder farmers in Nigeria. The Programme has developed an ecosystem among all nodes of the agricultural value chain and these linkages can be better optimized through synergy among all stakeholders.
After Greece started implementing the program in May of 2010, bond spreads halved the following months. That is why I was optimistic Greece would continue with the progress. But after the fall of 2010 a kind of reform fatigue set in. And then there was the talk about private sector involvement that eroded investors’ confidence. Was the debt restructuring a mistake?