[Tech-forum_FIDAFRIQUE] IFAD September-October 2007 releases

[Roxanna Samii <r.samii@IFAD.ORG>]

 

 

 

September - October 2007 recent releases

 

 

President's corner

·         Watch President Båge's inteview on remittances as broadcast on Rai Due

·         Watch President Båge's interview on climate change as broadcast on Deutschewelle TV

·         Speech by Lennart Båge to IFPRI 2020 vision Conference on Taking  Action for the World’s Poor

·         Statement by Lennart Båge to the Development Committee

 

Rural Poverty Portal

New country pages

·         The Comoros (English version)

·         Georgia

·         Mauritius

Updated country pages: Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Kenya | Tanzania | Lesotho | Uganda | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Nicaragua | Armenia | Morocco | Yemen

New topic page

·         Land and rural poverty

·         IFAD and land issues

IFAD's Action Plan

·         Improving development effectiveness: IFAD's Action Plan
English | French | Spanish

·         IFAD's core values

 

 

Stories from the field

·         Tides of change: a project makes a difference in the livelihoods of artisanal fishers

·         Innovative food bank keeps families together by helping them through the ‘hunger season’

 

Operations

·         Guidelines for supervision and implementation support of projects and programmes funded from IFAD loans and grants

·         Planned project activities

·        Africa - Western and Central

·         Africa - Eastern and Southern

·         Asia and the Pacific

·         Latin America and the Caribbean

·         Near East and North Africa

 

Events

·         International Forum on Remittances 2007 | Watch Riz Khan show on Sending money back home

·         17 October - The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

·         21 September - International Day of Peace

 

Publications

·         Polishing the stone, shares some of IFAD's knowledge and experience in promoting gender equity in rural development projects

·         Climate Change factsheet

·         Making a difference in Asia and the Pacific – Issue number 17

·         Progress in Eastern and Southern Africa – Issue number 5

·         Rural echoes in Near East and North Africa – Issue number 3
Arabic | English

 

Strategies and policies

 

·         IFAD's strategy for knowledge management
Arabic | English | French | Spanish

·         IFAD policy on supervision and implementation support
Arabic | English | French | Spanish

·         IFAD policy for grant financing in relation to the debt sustainability framework
Arabic | English | French | Spanish

·         Proposed arrangements for implementation of a debt sustainability framework at IFAD
Arabic | English | French | Spanish

·         IFAD innovation strategy
Arabic | English | French | Spanish

 

Evaluation

·         IFAD’s Rural Finance Policy
Executive summary | Agreement at completion point | Full document

·         Insight No.3: Delegation of authority is essential to a successful country presence | PDF version

 

Media

·         26 October: New project will boost incomes for poor rural people in Gabon
English | French | Italian

·         17 October: Migrant workers worldwide sent home more than US$300 billion in 2006, new study finds
Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish

·         16 October: Increased investment in agriculture is the key to ending poverty

·         10 October: Microenterprise loans will help entrepreneurs create new jobs in Bangladesh
English | Italian

·         04 October: US$10 million for rural communities in Guinea for better services and governance
English | French | Italian

·         21 September: Ugandan farmers will get better access to markets through new infrastructure improvement programme

·         13 de septiembre de 2007: Venezuela ofrece 15 millones de dólares anuales al FIDA para el desarrollo rural en América Latina

·         13 September 2007: IFAD’s Executive Board approves more than US$197 million in loans and grants to combat rural poverty in 14 countries
Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish

 

Lectures at IFAD

·         11 October: One Laptop per Child programme - by Matt Keller, Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa of One Laptop per Child

·         10 October: Building value chains for natural products - linking poor rural women to the global cosmetics market - by Gus Le Breton, CEO of PhytoTrade

 

Job opportunities

·         Head, Country Management Office - P5 - Office of the Secretary (ES) - External Affairs Department (EAD) - deadline: 12 November 2007