Rural Poverty Report 2001

The Rural Poverty Report 2001 argues that, to be successful, poverty-reduction policies must focus on rural areas.

Progress in reducing rural poverty has stalled. In the 1990s, it fell to less than one third of the rate needed to meet the United Nations’ commitment to halve world poverty by 2015. Although three quarters of the world’s 1.2 billion extremely poor people live and work in rural areas, aid to agriculture, their main source of income, has fallen by two thirds.

Language: English

Published: 2001

PROZACHI: The Story of a Development Project Among Peasants in Zacapa and Chiquimula

Illustrates IFAD’s particular approach to development, presenting not only the implementation of an IFAD-funded project in Guatemala but also an in-depth description of the particular environment in which it is operational.

Language: Spanish, 50-page summaries in English, French and Arabic

Published: 1998

Drylands: Sustainable Use of Rangelands Into the Twenty-First Century

A comprehensive compilation of in-depth studies by more than 50 international experts on issues related to the socio-economics of pastoralism, remote sensing techniques for providing environmental data, and the sustainable use, improvement and management of rangeland resources.

Language: English

Published: 1998

Agricultural Implements Used by Women Farmers in Africa

Presents the results of a study carried out in five African countries, describing the social, cultural and economic backdrop to women’s use of agricultural implements and suggesting concrete ways of improving production technology and tools.

Language: English and French

Published: 1998

Combate a la pobreza rural con reglas de mercado en el contexto del Mercosur

IFAD and the Government of Uruguay organized a seminar in November 1997 to assess the impact of the newly-created Southern Cone Common Market in Latin America (MERCOSUR) on the rural poor and to search for effective mechanisms to ensure their equitable participation in the integration process. The book comprises opening statements to the seminar, discussion papers and analyses of IFAD’s projects in this new context.

Language: Spanish

Published: 1999