Rural perspectives: Sharing experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean


In brief NEW FUNDING Knowledge management program launches in Brazil Plan VIDA-PEEP to benefit 18,000 families in Bolivia Ibarra-San Lorenzo Development Project boosts economic corridor in Northern Ecuador Natural resource management project brings green opportunities to Southern Mexico BRAZIL IFAD Evaluation Committee reflects on recent visit to the Dom Hélder Câmara Project GUATEMALA Our latest video explores how traditional weavers are teaming up with international designers to open new markets ACROSS THE REGION New blogs and videos reveal contemporary trends in gender mainstreaming, knowledge sharing and environmental stewardship In the news Latest news from Latin America and Caribbean About IFAD Learn more about IFAD Newsletters From other regions Contacts Greg Benchwick	Issue number 8 - September 2011
	New horizons for Latin America By Josefina Stubbs It’s been a wonderful year. And as we roll into the final quarter of 2011, it’s important to take stock of our successes over the year, and the challenges that we face ahead. In this issue of Ventana Rural, we look at a series of new poverty reduction projects in Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum
	Haiti in Focus: PICV-II project closes, new jobs and irrigation project ramps up The Haitian Government’s Food Crops Intensification Project – Phase II (known locally as PICV-II) came to close this March after improving the lives of more than 28,000 poor rural Haitians. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum	Promoting sustainable agriculture By Jesús Quintana IFAD recently launched a new planning tool to better its investments and align them with other leading rural developmental institutions with the approval this May of its new Environment and Natural Resource Management Policy. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum
	Outlooks By promoting competitive processes that inject funds directly into the hands of small businessmen and women, Colombia’s Rural Microenterprise Assets Programme – known locally as Oportunidades Rurales – is funding innovation, peace and sustainable development in the Colombian countryside one competition – and one campesino – at a time. Targeting traditionally marginalized communities like indigenous peoples, youth, afro-Colombians and people displaced by violence, the Oportunidades programme focuses on funding technical assistance through competitions, providing financial services and capturing the lessons learned through their knowledge-management programme. “One of the primary objectives is to finance innovations that will be relevant to rural people, especially in the areas of micro-credit, insurance and savings,” says Andrés Silva, Director of Oportunidades Rurales. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum

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In brief NEW FUNDING Knowledge management program launches in Brazil Plan VIDA-PEEP to benefit 18,000 families in Bolivia Ibarra-San Lorenzo Development Project boosts economic corridor in Northern Ecuador Natural resource management project brings green opportunities to Southern Mexico BRAZIL IFAD Evaluation Committee reflects on recent visit to the Dom Hélder Câmara Project GUATEMALA Our latest video explores how traditional weavers are teaming up with international designers to open new markets ACROSS THE REGION New blogs and videos reveal contemporary trends in gender mainstreaming, knowledge sharing and environmental stewardship In the news Latest news from Latin America and Caribbean About IFAD Learn more about IFAD Newsletters From other regions Contacts Greg Benchwick	Issue number 8 - September 2011
	New horizons for Latin America By Josefina Stubbs It’s been a wonderful year. And as we roll into the final quarter of 2011, it’s important to take stock of our successes over the year, and the challenges that we face ahead. In this issue of Ventana Rural, we look at a series of new poverty reduction projects in Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum
	Haiti in Focus: PICV-II project closes, new jobs and irrigation project ramps up The Haitian Government’s Food Crops Intensification Project – Phase II (known locally as PICV-II) came to close this March after improving the lives of more than 28,000 poor rural Haitians. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum	Promoting sustainable agriculture By Jesús Quintana IFAD recently launched a new planning tool to better its investments and align them with other leading rural developmental institutions with the approval this May of its new Environment and Natural Resource Management Policy. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum
	Outlooks By promoting competitive processes that inject funds directly into the hands of small businessmen and women, Colombia’s Rural Microenterprise Assets Programme – known locally as Oportunidades Rurales – is funding innovation, peace and sustainable development in the Colombian countryside one competition – and one campesino – at a time. Targeting traditionally marginalized communities like indigenous peoples, youth, afro-Colombians and people displaced by violence, the Oportunidades programme focuses on funding technical assistance through competitions, providing financial services and capturing the lessons learned through their knowledge-management programme. “One of the primary objectives is to finance innovations that will be relevant to rural people, especially in the areas of micro-credit, insurance and savings,” says Andrés Silva, Director of Oportunidades Rurales. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum

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