IFAD policy on crisis prevention and recovery

The IFAD Framework for Bridging Post-Crisis Recovery and Long-Term Development, approved by the Executive Board in 1998, was prompted by the need to deal with problems connected with crises that originate in human violence and conflict. International experience with conflicts and natural disasters has grown considerably since then.

The close linkages between the fragility of a state, the poor resilience of a society, the occurrence of crises and the potential for human, political, social and economic development are now seen as an integral focus of development strategies. As a result, most multilateral and bilateral development cooperation agencies have refined the instruments of intervention they employ, including those aimed at crisis prevention and those supporting postcrisis recovery and reconstruction.