(a) Pay special attention to women’s needs when disseminating market, trade and resource information and provide appropriate training in these fields; (b) Encourage community economic development strategies that build on partnerships among Governments, and encourage members of civil society to create jobs and address the social circumstances of individuals, families and communities. 169. By multilateral funders and regional development banks, as well as bilateral and private funding agencies, at the international, regional and subregional levels: (a) Review, where necessary reformulate, and implement policies, programmes and projects, to ensure that a higher proportion of resources reach women in rural and remote areas; (b) Develop flexible funding arrangements to finance intermediary institutions that target women’s economic activities, and promote self-sufficiency and increased capacity in and profitability of women’s economic enterprises; (c) Develop strategies to consolidate and strengthen their assistance to the micro, small and medium-scale enterprise sector, in order to enhance the opportunities for women to participate fully and equally and work together to coordinate and enhance the effectiveness of this sector, drawing upon expertise and financial resources from within their own organizations as well as from bilateral agencies, Governments and non-governmental organizations. 170. By international, multilateral and bilateral development cooperation organizations: Support, through the provision of capital and/or resources, financial institutions that serve low-income, small and micro-scale women entrepreneurs and producers in both the formal and informal sectors. 171. By Governments and/or multilateral financial institutions: Review rules and procedures of formal national and international financial institutions that obstruct replication of the Grameen Bank prototype, which provides credit facilities to rural women. 172. By international organizations: Provide adequate support for programmes and projects designed to promote sustainable and productive entrepreneurial activities among women, in particular the disadvantaged. Strategic objective F.3. Provide business services, training and access to markets, information and technology, particularly to low-income women Actions to be taken -72-