21 December: New US$37.3 million programme to create rural jobs and enhance market access in Viet Nam 18 December: IFAD and the Group of 77 combine efforts to promote south-south technical and economic cooperation 15 December: New IFAD-financed programme to support post-conflict recovery in Eritrea 15 December: IFAD hosts its new Governor for the Republic of Italy 15 December: IFAD Executive Board approves nearly US$ 300 million in loans and grants to fight rural poverty in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Near East 08 December: New US$23 million IFAD loan to boost thousands of rural enterprises in North-Eastern Brazil 08 December: New development project to improve rural financial services in the Gambia 05 December: FAO, IFAD and WFP Executive heads in joint visit to Northern Ghana 22 November: New IFAD programme to boost farm production and build market links in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province 13 November: IFAD, EC and CGAP launch new initiative to promote remittance services for poor rural people 9 November: New campaign led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus pledges to provide micro loans to millions of poor rural people 14 October: An early supporter of the Grameen bank, IFAD welcomes Yunus’ Nobel prize 13 October (2006-39): Small farmers in Senegal to get better access to services through nationwide project 12 October (2006-38): IFAD loans US$39.5 million for programme to empower women in India’s Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh States 15 September (2006-37): IFAD Executive Board approves US$96.7 million to combat rural poverty 12 September (2006-36): UN agency IFAD receives largest funding increase in two decades 30 June (2006-35): IFAD to provide an additional US$2.1 million loan to Maldivian fishing and farming communities to help recover from the tsunami by building back better 22 June (2006-34): New project to help smallholders and indigenous people in Paraguay improve their livelihoods 20 June (2006-33): New US$10.1 million IFAD loan to help Zambian smallholders to keep healthier cattle and produce more food 20 June (2006-32): IFAD loan to fight poverty in Albania’s mountain areas 14 June (2006-31): New US$26.4 million IFAD loan to reconstruct families’ livelihoods after Pakistan earthquake 7 June: How to boost fertilizer use by African smallholders: 7 June (2006-30): Project to improve roads in Yemen will help 300,000 highland people 6 June (2006-29): New US$11.9 million IFAD grant supports sustainable growth in northern Mali’s fragile river ecosystem 29 May (2006-28): IFAD launches report on women and desertification 26 May (2006-27): IFAD President will visit China for talks with senior government officials: China increases its contribution to IFAD’s resources 26 May (2006-26): Japan increases its contribution to IFAD resources 22 May (2006-25): US$8.4 million IFAD loan for project to rehabilitate poor areas of the Congo 19 May (2006-24): Land reform in Madagascar to be strengthened by new project 17 May (2006-23): Republic of Korea contributes US$3 million to reducing rural poverty 8 May (2006-22): Tanzania’s poorest livestock farmers to be helped by new development programme 3 May (2006-21): US$25 million IFAD loan to build market opportunities in coastal Bangladesh 10 April (2006-20): Japanese Parliamentarians pay tribute to IFAD-supported rural income diversification project in Vietnam 10 April (2006-19): United States supports targeted efforts by IFAD to assist poor farmers in developing countries 21 April (2006-18): US$150.5 million to combat
rural poverty:
IFAD Executive Board approves loans and grants for nine countries 20 April (2006-17): Guatemala's indigenous people to get US$30 million support from UN IFAD for development programme | Spanish 29 March (2006-16): US$15.5 million IFAD loan to benefit poor farmers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | French 16 March (2006-15): European Commission and IFAD join forces on remittances to assist rural poor people | French 21 February (2006-14): New US$13 million IFAD loan to boost economic development in rural areas in the Republic of Moldova 17 February (2006-13): New US$10.0 million IFAD loan will boost non-farm
activities in Benin 16 February (2006-12): IFAD’s 29th Governing Council wraps up with
theme of innovation 16 February (2006-11): Strong institutions can help rural poor people
overcome poverty: round-table discussion at IFAD’s Governing Council
looks at opportunities and constraints 16 February (2006-10): Research innovations in Africa and Asia hold promise for rural poor people 16 February (2006-09): Land issues deliberated at IFAD Governing Council:
secure access is key to improving livelihoods 16 February (2006-08): Innovation is key to rural poverty reduction:
panellists at UN IFAD’s Governing Council discuss how to support
creativity and risk-taking 15 February (2006-07): América Latina constituye un desafío para el FIDA 15 February (2006-06): People’s participation is essential in fight
against poverty says Prime Minister of Bhutan at UN IFAD’s Governing
Council 14 February (2006-05): New US$16.2 million IFAD loan to empower communities
in Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains 25 January (2006-04): New US$19.75 million IFAD programme to develop the informal dairy industry in Kenya 20 January (2006-03): New US$19 million loan to improve harvests and increase incomes of the rural poor in Ghana 18 January (2006-02): New US$26.5 million loan to make financial services available to rural poor people in Pakistan 17 January (2006-01): New US$15.5 IFAD loan to improve rural livelihoods
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