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In 2001, Rabobank Chile set up a Rural Lending
Programme, based on a successful model
from Australia and New Zealand. The
expertise gained is now being
used to set up a similar
programme in Brazil.
'Chile has become a good example of positive
development in Latin America,' says Thos Gieskes,
General Manager of Rabobank Chile. In 2000, the
country's economie and social stability
encouraged the bank to look at financing Chilean
sugar beet growers and other agricultural
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