Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty



International Herald Tribune, 23 December - El Salvador: Not paradise, but a land at peace

UN News Centre, 17 December - UN agricultural fund lending money to train poorest farmers in Lesotho

Google Alert, 17 December - Upper West Farmers take loans

All Africa, 13 December - Workshop Seeks Improved Livelihood Through Yam Production

IPS, 9 December - Latin America: Microcredit - A tool for development or profit?

PANA, 9 December - African experts want more investment in yam production

Businessworld, 9 December - Remittances: third world's 2nd biggest source of capital

Asia Pulse, 8 December - Indonesia to receive IFAD funds for development

Observer News Service, 2 December - Microcredit helping self-employed poor

La Prensa, 1 December - 35 millones para pobreza indígena

IRIN: 22 November - MOZAMBIQUE: Project supports artisanal fisheries

Development Today, 17 November - IFAD, Nordics to re-focus on rural poverty

PR Newswire, 18 November - FAO introduces online learning centre for rural finance launch of UN international year of microcredit 2005

Inter Press Service Portuguese, 18 November - O microcredito ajuda a pessoas que carecem de servicos financeiros basicos

All Africa, 18 November - Jean Claude Ngwa: 'la microfinance, un espoir pour le developpement'

Notimex, 18 November - Afriman que microcredito es esencial para reducir la pobreza

UN News, 17 November - International Year of Microcredit spotlights financial services to help poor

El Cronista Comercial, Buenos Aires, 17 November - Los grandes bancos se interesan en los microcreditos

EFE, 17 November - El FIDA apoya la campana en favor del microcredito

Il Sole 24 Ore, 17 November - Microfinanza, una nuova frontiera

Invest News, 17 November - Emergentes ajudam os EUA a fianciar deficits (Portuguese)

Invest News, 17 November - ONU estimula microcrédito

Reuters Portuguese, 16 November - Pobres do mundo precisam ter acesso a setor financeiro, diz OUN

Inter Press Service, 16 November - Finance: Small is beautiful again as microfinance grows

All Africa, 16 November - Finance: Small becomes beautiful again

Financial Times, 16 November - A little can go a long way towards making life better

Reuters, 16 November - World's poor need financial services

Associated Press, 16 November - Development agency to work with banks to deliver financial services to poor

Dow Jones International News, 16 November - Development agency to work With banks to offer financial services to poor

CanWest News Service, 16 November - UN to push for expanding basic banking services

La Stampa, 12 November - La microfinanza può cambiare il mondo: una provocazione di Tutu; ricchi, investite sui poveri

Azer-Press (Azerbaijan), 10 November - Azerbaijan and IFAD will sign a new agreement before the end of November

El Economista, 9 noviembre - Sube US2,511 millones la deuda externa

Portal Paraguayo de Noticias, 8 noviembre - Abren V Reunión del Consejo Agropecuario del Sur

M2 Presswire, 2 November - State visit to Vietnam: State Secretary Kjorven signed declaration of intent on debt-for-development swap

La Prensa, Nicaragua, 1 November - INTA pasa examen de donantes

Novecon, 1 November - IFAD to loan Armenia15.3 mln

Panafrican News Agency, 29 October - IFAD loans Congo toward rural development project

Arka News Agency, 28 October - Agreement on Economic development of rural areas signed in Yerevan between Armenia & IFAD

Arka News Agency. 28 October - IFAD management satisfied with implementation of its programms in Armenia

Armininfo News, 28 October - Armenia will receive 20.3 mln for economic deployment of rural areas

Angola Press Agency/All Africa Global Media, 23 October: Government to Invest Over USD Four Million in Food Development

Associated Press, 11 October: Otorgarán asistencia a comunidades indígenas del Perú

RPP Noticias, 11 October: Otorgan préstamos para pequeños agricultores del sur del país

RPP Noticias, 11 October: Otorgan más de 15 millones de dólares para indígenas de Perú

EFE, 11 October: FIDA dará 15,9 millones dólares a proyectos comunidades indígenas

EFE, 11 October: Donan casi US$16 millones para comunidades nativas

NOTIMEX, 11 October: Fondo internacional dara 16 millones de dolares a proyectos en Peru

All Africa, 8 October: UN Agency Funds Project in Guinea to Promote More Productive Agriculture

Servicio Universal de Noticias, 4 October: Recibe prestamo proyecto

The Hindu, 4 October: Tribal empowerment programme launched

Europe Information, 29 September: Signature d'un accord financier de coopération entre l'ue et l'IFAD

Europa Press - Servicio Nacional, 28 September: Rural y reducir los niveles de pobreza en todo el mundo

El Heraldo de Honduras, 27 September: Promuevan venta de productos organicos

Pan African News Agency, 20 September: Cameroon engages in food security programme

Good news agency, 20 September: USD 1.55 million in IFAD grants will battle desert locusts in West Africa

Good news agency, 20 September: IFAD to provide funds for post conflict reconstruction in Burundi to help rural poor people rebuild their lives

The Navhind Times, 1 September: Gender Issues in Forest Societies

Financial Times, 25 August: Microfinance key to poverty fight

All Africa, 29 July: Obasanjo Seeks Foreign Assistance in Agricultural Development

Arka News Armenia, 28 July: IFAD program on provision of agriculture services totaling $20 million to be completed in October

Panafrican News Agency, 24 July: IFAD to fund rice production in DR Congo

AllAfrica, 23 July: Northern Region Poverty Reduction Programme Underway

U.N. Wire, 16 July: D.R.Congo To Launch Program To Rebuild Agriculture

The Hindustan Times, 9 July: Gujarat rural women lend a hand in local governance

LiquidAfrica, 11 June: Create Local Markets for Cotton, IFAD Tells Africa

Panafrican News Agency (PANA) Daily Newswire, 9 June: IFAD supports sheep improvement project in Kenya

Inter Press Service, 2 June: Nepal: Degraded-land use helps the poor change their lives

SeeNews, 18 May: Moldova Gets $15 Mln IFAD Loan for Farm Development

Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies, 12 May: Chairman of the International Fund for Agricultural Development meets with President Bashar al-Assad and senior Syrian officials

Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies, 11 May: President Assad receives Chairman of IFAD