Shanghai, May 25 - 27

Lessons and experience from efforts to reduce poverty will be shared and debated during a three-day conference in Shanghai this month that will bring together policymakers, politicians, donors, academics, development practitioners, civil society groups and development institutions.

The conference is the culmination of a global learning process that has focused on learning from successful and less than successful efforts to reduce poverty throughout the world. The process and conference are sponsored by the World Bank in cooperation with other multilateral and bilateral donors, with the Government of China hosting the conference in Shanghai.

IFAD will participate in the conference and has prepared a series of case studies highlighting innovative aspects of several of its projects and programmes in the Asia and the Pacific region and in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.

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Case studies

China: Improving Credit Delivery to Rural Poor People through Reform of the Rural Finance Sector (PDF version | Full case study)

Nepal: Fighting Poverty and Land Degradation with Leasehold Agreements (PDF version | Full case study)

Peru: Empowering the Poor by Shifting from a Supply to a Demand-Driven Approach (PDF version | Full case study)

Viet Nam: Using Community-Driven Approaches to Reduce Rural Poverty (PDF version | Full case study)