IFAD Editorial Style Manual

The IFAD Editorial Style Guide sets out the rules and conventions to be followed when preparing English language documents destined for IFAD’s governing bodies.

Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy

This policy limits IFAD’s exposure to serious reputational risk, financial loss or legal liability that could give rise to challenges from Member States, donors and or key stakeholders.

Internal Control Framework

IFAD's Internal Control Framework is a process effected by IFAD's governing bodies, Management and other personnel that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives relating to operations, reporting and compliance.

Uniform Principles and Guidelines for Investigations

The Investigative Offices of International Organizations and multilateral institutions endorsed a set of uniform Guidelines to be used as guidance in the conduct of investigations.

IFAD Poverty Targeting Policy 2023

Targeting ensures that IFAD reaches, benefits and empowers its target group, that is people living in poverty in rural areas, as well as vulnerable populations at risk of falling into poverty in rural geographies.

IFAD’s Disability Inclusion Strategy 2022-2027

IFAD’s Disability Inclusion Strategy will provide a foundation for sustainable and transformative change towards disability inclusion throughout all pillars of IFAD’s work.

IFAD Policy on Engagement with Indigenous Peoples: 2022 update

This Policy on Engagement with Indigenous Peoples aims to enhance IFAD’s development effectiveness in its engagement with indigenous peoples’ communities in rural areas. It sets out the principles of engagement IFAD will adhere to in its work with indigenous peoples, and the instruments, procedures and resources IFAD will deploy to implement them.

IFAD’s Policy on Disclosure of Documents for Non-Sovereign Private Sector Operations

This policy affirms and reflects IFAD’s commitment to ensure transparency regarding its NSOs, improve development effectiveness and promote good governance, while taking into consideration the need to preserve the business interests and proprietary information of private sector recipients.

IFAD Strategy for Engagement in Small Island Developing States 2022–2027

The proposed strategy reflects IFAD’s ambition to accelerate progress towards inclusive and sustainable rural transformation through its engagement with small island developing states (SIDS).

Policies and Criteria for IFAD Financing

The Lending Policies and Criteria were adopted by the Governing Council at its Second Session on 14 December 1978.

IFAD Strategy on Biodiversity 2022-2025

The purpose of this strategy is to facilitate a more systematic, organized and generalized integration of the protection, sustainable use and promotion of biodiversity in IFAD operations.

Inclusive rural finance policy

This publication constitutes the new IFAD Inclusive Rural Finance policy, which supersedes the 2009 RFP.