Special issue: September 2009

Working together in South Asia: IFAD and the World Bank
Message from Adolfo Brizzi, Simeon Ehui and Thomas Elhaut
We spend so much time just handling the day-to-day requirements of managing projects that it is easy to overlook important elements of our work - partnerships, for instance. IFAD and the World Bank have been close collaborators in the South Asia region for years, and this collaboration has been critical to the success of many interventions.
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Promoting innovation and competition to increase productivity and food security in Bangladesh
Increasing population, a declining land base and stagnating yields threaten self-sufficiency of rice in Bangladesh. Increased demand for rice can have negative implications on the country's food security.
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Who are the poor? Targeting poor people in the Poverty Alleviation Fund in Nepal
A participatory approach has taken the front seat in rural development. Experience shows that poor targeting is one of the main reasons why desired outcomes are often not achieved in poverty alleviation programmes.
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Supporting small-scale dairying in Sri Lanka through community-driven development
Since 2006, IFAD and the World Bank have been working together to alleviate poverty in the dry zones of Sri Lanka. This partnership started when the Bank was formulating the Community Development and Livelihood Improvement Project
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Innovative financial services for poor rural people in Pakistan
In partnership with IFAD, the World Bank-funded Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) launched the Microfinance Innovation and Outreach Programme in 2006. The programme offers microfinance services to poor rural people in Pakistan.
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Upcoming events and missions
-M&E writeshop – 6–9 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
- Regional Agro-Industry Forum – 3–6 November 2009, Yangling, China
Bangladesh - Joint IFAD/World Bank supervision mission - National Agricultural Technology Programme, 30 September – 7 October 2009
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