Republic of Korea as a development model

Seoul, 18 July 2011 – UN Rural Poverty agency head Kanayo F, Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will address a press conference in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

 

What		Press conference – Governments, donors and the private sector need to help developing countries to grow their way out of the current economic crisis
When		Friday, 22 July – 11:00 – 11:45 hrs
Where		Ministry of Agriculture Building – Press Room
Who		Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, IFAD joined by Thomas Elhaut, Director, Asia & the Pacific Division, IFAD
Info/Interviews		Hyunsoo Kim, Special Programme Officer, IFAD
		Tel: 010-8856-6105
		Email: H.Kim@ifad.org

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Media Alert No: IFAD/09/2011

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) works with poor rural people to enable them to grow and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives. Since 1978, IFAD has invested over US$12.9 billion in grants and low-interest loans to developing countries, empowering more than 370 million people to break out of poverty. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized UN agency based in Rome – the United Nation’s food and agricultural hub. It is a unique partnership of 166 members from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), other developing countries and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).