Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty



March

28 March: Learning by doing: IFAD grant for scaling up projects in the Near East and North Africa regions

26 March: IFAD provides US$18 million loan and US$15 million in Spanish Trust Fund cofinancing for poverty reduction programme in Bolivia
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21 March: Dutch Princess Máxima stresses access to financial services for rural development


February

28 February: Smallholder farming in small island states key to reducing vulnerability to external shocks
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21 February: Rural microfinance services for one million poor women across the Sudan

21 February: IFAD partnership with Australian-financed Seeds of Life to help sustain rural communities during ‘hungry season’ in Timor-Leste

14 February: Stronger coalitions to scale up for hunger and poverty eradication
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13 February: Vice Premier of China calls for further global cooperation to benefit rural communities worldwide
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13 February: Kanayo F. Nwanze appointed for another four years as IFAD President
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13 February: I partenariati tra privati sono fondamentali per aiutare i piccoli agricoltori a diventare soggetti attivi del loro sviluppo

12 February: IFAD loan and grant to boost agricultural productivity in Tunisia
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12 February: First Global Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD
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11 February: Partners in development key to drive change : Chinese Vice Premier, Italian Economy and Finance Minister to address IFAD annual meeting
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8 February: Seeking buyers to secure sustainable supply chains. Linking poor rural smallholders and buyers through sustainable public-private partnerships

7 February: Partnerships are key to eliminate poverty and hunger
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4 February: Le FIDA fait un don de 51,16 millions d'USD au Burkina Faso pour l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire des ruraux pauvres

4 February:IFAD grant for Somalia in response to call for diaspora investment

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January

31 January: IFAD leverages new coastal highway and port to increase small fisheries exports

31 January: 13-14 February 2013: International leaders from China and Italy to attend IFAD’s annual meeting: Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish