Event | 26 June 2024

Decoding the fundamentals of development finance

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Time: 15:00-17:00 CEST | Register here

The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is organizing a series of webinars to help development actors better understand development finance and donor approaches.

This webinar will review the main concepts of development finance, provide an overview of the current development financing architecture and offer a preview of the emerging messages from the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (SOFI).

Speakers:

  • Marco V. Sánchez Cantillo, Deputy-Director of the Agrifood Economics and Policy Division at FAO and Co-Director of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) and the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) flagship reports.
  • Mita Samani, Senior Consultant, Development and Climate Finance
  • Natalia Toschi, Head of Funding, Treasury Services Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Moderator: Jim Woodhill, Senior Advisor, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD)

Agenda

Welcome remarks: Maurizio Navarra, GDPRD Secretariat Coordinator

Session introduction: Jim Woodhill

Scene setting keynote presentation: Marco V. Sánchez Cantillo

  • Latest evolutions of food security, nutrition, agriculture and rural development

Funding mechanisms: Mita Samani

  • Overview of funding mechanisms, their purposes and where they are best applied

Financial institutions: Natalia Toschi

  • Overview of international financial institutions: Who and what they are and how they operate

Q&A

SOFI 2024: Marco V. Sánchez Cantillo

  • Emerging messages of the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI)
  • Considerations for the donor community

Q&A and discussion

Conclusions


The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) is a partnership, advocacy and knowledge network of key donors focusing on food security and rural development. IFAD is both a board member and the host of the GDPRD Secretariat in Rome, Italy.

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