Contacts
Martina Spisiakova
Newsletter Coordinator for
'Making a difference in Asia and the Pacific'
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: 0039 0654592295
Cel: 0039 3346678469
Fax: 0039 0654593295
www.ifad.org
Melissa Williams
Operations Officer and Newsletter Coordinator
Agriculture & Rural Development
South Asia Region
Tel: 202-458-7297
The World Bank
Recent issues
About IFAD
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger in developing countries. Its work in remote rural areas of the world helps countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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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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