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
Fax: 0039 0654593295
www.ifad.org
Recent issues
Special Issue September 2010
Transferring knowledge and innovation through grants
Issue 32: May-June 2010
Adaptation to climate change
Issue 31: March-April 2010
Value chains
Issue 30: January - February 2010
Transferring knowledge and innovation through grants
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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In this issue
Statistics are crucial for project design and implementation, monitoring and measurement of project performance, and evaluation. They are also vital for a deeper understanding of different dimensions of poverty and vulnerability of poor rural people to various risks, so that appropriate policies and programmes can be formulated and implemented to lift them out of poverty. Following the adoption of the Results and Impact Monitoring System (RIMS) in 2005, IFAD-supported projects have started to systematically collect project performance data through baseline, mid-term and completion surveys.
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Poverty, vulnerability and statistics – in the context of Lao People’s Democratic Republic
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics," lamented Mark Twain. Whatever the basis of his lament, statistics are vital to a deeper understanding of the many different dimensions of poverty... Read more
Using statistics and other data in IFAD Country Strategic Opportunities Programmes
In September 2006, IFAD adopted a new process for drawing up results-based Country Strategic Opportunities Programmes (COSOPs). Statistics and data play an important role in drawing up the COSOP document and in reporting the results obtained. Read more
Data challenges and opportunities for the Performance-Based Allocation System
IFAD’s Performance-Based Allocation System (PBAS) aims to allocate lending resources based on a country’s need and performance. While a country’s need is calculated using statistics on rural population and national per capita income, the country’s performance is based on IFAD’s assessment of project performance and the Rural Sector Performance Assessment (RSPA)
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Project monitoring and evaluation: An important data source for independent evaluation
Data and statistics are very important types of information to be captured by project monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Data and statistics are very important... Read more
Measuring project outcomes and impact in Asia and the Pacific
As a signatory of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, IFAD places great importance on measuring the impact of the projects and programmes it helps finance. Without reliable, quantified outcome...
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Upcoming missions and events
Bhutan
Supervision mission – Agriculture, Marketing and Enterprise Promotion Project, 20 October - 19 November 2010
Cambodia
Workshop on Annual Work Plan and Budget 2011 – Rural Poverty Reduction Project in Prey Veng and Svay Rieng and Rural Livelihoods Improvement Project in Kratie and Ratanakiri, 25 – 29 October 2010
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