In focus
High fees, limited financial services reduce impact of almost US$260 billion in Asia remittance
Asian migrants sent approximately US$260 billion to their families in 2012, but high fees and limited financial services outside of urban areas are reducing the benefits of those remittances for millions of rural residents
In focus
Looking up on Mount Kenya – naturally!
The IFAD-supported Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural Resources Management has benefited more than half a million people by managing development with nature in mind.
Stories from the field
Roots of change: Empowering rural women in Nepal
An IFAD-supported project in Nepal provides loans and training to help women in upland districts generate more income and improve their household circumstances.
Stories from the field
Women, unity, water: Adapting to climate change and improving livelihoods in Swaziland
An IFAD-supported project in Swaziland brings rural women together to build water harvesting tanks for their households – part of an overall approach to sustainable resource management.
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Stories from the field
Sustainability and more: how building local institutions keeps communities thriving
The IFAD-funded Post-crisis Programme for Participatory Integrated Development of Rainfed Areas (PIDRA) closed in 2009, but the benefits for participating communities in eastern Java are still very much being felt.
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