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A glimmer of hope for an Afghan woman in despair
by Matin Ezidyar, Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) and Khalil Baheer, Director Development and Rural Finance of MISFAArefa in tears from a painful abdominal ailmentFor...
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Social Inclusion and Women Empowerment: Key to Success - Nepal LR
Lam Pham, KM and Communication Specialist, IFAD VietnamAs the Learning Route continues its journey in Nepal, we feature today one of the most active participants, Ms. Sushila Kumari Thapa Magar. Being...
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Learning Route in Nepal: Unlock initiatives for adaptation and scale-up
Written by Pham Tung Lam Learning Route participants in interaction at communityThe Learning Route on “Women empowerment, new businesses and sustainable natural resources management” could not look...
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Remembering Samantha, our dear friend and colleague
by Laura ArcariTen years ago, on this day, we at IFAD, lost a dear friend and colleague. In the last 10 years, many things have changed. However, one thing that has not changed is our love for...
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Women unlock chains of development in rural Nepal
Bimala Adhikari, shown with her children, heads a rural women's cooperative in Nepal. ©Rocky Prajapati/IFADBy Sanjib Kumar ChaudharySURKHET, Nepal – Amidst the hustle and bustle of passing vehicles,...
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From species extinction to family planning: Vulnerability and adaptation to...
By John C. Weber and Carmen Sotelo MontesParticipatory analysis of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the SahelAccording to most climate forecasts, people in the West African Sahel— an...
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Capitaliser les leçons apprises des projets passés ou en cours : Un exemple...
Écrit par Franck L. Kapiamba Je suis nouvellement recruté comme Chargé d’Appui au bureau Pays-FIDA à Kinshasa, RD CongoPendant mes deux premières semaines de travail, j’ai assisté à deux ateliers de...
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Mobile telephony: Empowering women and paving the way for m-development #ict4d
Jyoti Macwan, General Secretary, SEWAValiben Macwana, Executive Committee memberSmita Bhatnagar, Senior Coordinator, SEWAWhen was the last time you met a truly empowered woman? Well, earlier in the...
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Fishy business in the Fish Market – a tale from Maputo
If you have been on a project implementation support mission, you know the feeling of fulfillment and relief that one gets when the Aide Memoir has been written, discussed and agreed upon by the...
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Engaging the private sector: how do we promote inclusive growth and connect...
by Rima AlcadiBy 2050, the world will host more than 9 billion people. Developing countries’ agricultural production will need to increase by 60 per cent in order to adjust to this burgeoning...
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Working closely with other institutions to exchange and improve our...
by Sheila Mwanundu and Marie Clarisse ChanoineThe Multilateral Financial Institutions Working Group on Environment (MFI-WGE), was conceived in the late 70’s by MFI directors. The Group’s work is seen...
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Food and nutrition security for all: An update from the Committee on World...
Smallholder farmers in Navrongo district, Ghana. ©IFAD/Fabiana Formica NEW YORK, USA – The United Nations Committee on World Food Security, or CFS, held a briefing at UN headquarters yesterday for the...
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Women perspectives on Pro-Rural Poor Public and Private Partnership in Lao...
Hosted by the IFAD – Rural Livelihood Improvement Programme (RLIP), the second edition of the 5-days Learning Route on Pro-Rural Poor Public and Private Partnership started yesterday the 6th of May in...
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CPOs and project leaders - Project management training in Tanzania and...
by Richard Aiello, Ambrosio Barros and Martin RaineExcellence in project management translates into remarkable project results and impact on the ground, that is why project management skills can make...
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Infrastructure development in Bangladesh: Building rural livelihoods
Do improved roads increase the availability of medical services in remote areas? They do. In addition, they also improve the mobility of women, the availability of products and agricultural inputs in...
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Can low-cost computers make a difference in rural Africa?
Access to computers for the rural poor has been on the radar of the development community for quite some time now, with both advocates and critics vividly promoting their personal views. The primary...
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Women’s perspectives on integrated approaches for successful PPP: the...
The second edition of the Learning Route “Pro-Rural Poor Public and Private Partnership in Lao PDR, Best practices and successful strategies in Attapeu Province seen through women’s eyes” ended...
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How to build sustainable business links for smallholder farmers: Value chain...
Small farmers are always linked to the local private sector, at the time when they buy input and tools from suppliers and when they sell their produce to traders and sellers. But often these linkage...
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Experts declare war on cassava viruses in Africa
©IFAD/Susan Beccio Wafaa El-Khoury, Senior Technical Advisor on Agronomy at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) just returned from the Strategic Meeting of The Global Cassava...
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Harnessing the remittance boom #gfr2013
By Kanayo F. NwanzeFor more than a decade, Asia’s economies have been on the move – and so have its people. The scale of migration from rural to urban areas and across international borders is...
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