[Tech-forum_FIDAFRIQUE] IFAD January-February 2008

["Roxanna Samii" <r.samii@ifad.org>]

 

 

January-February 2008 recent releases

 

 

President's corner

• Statement by the President of IFAD to the 30th anniversary session of IFAD's Governing Council
  Arabic | English | French | Spanish
• Article by President Båge on Microfinance: A lifeline for poor rural people published in Uluslararası Ekonomik Sorunlar, a bi-monthly journal of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• President Båge interview with TG1 - XXI Secolo on rising food prices
  Quicktime: 56K | 100K | 300K
  Realplayer: 56K | 100K | 300K
  Windows MediaPlayer: 56K | 100K | 300K

 

Rural Poverty Portal

New country pages

• Kyrgyzstan

New topic page

• Rural institutions and rural poverty

 

IFAD's Action Plan

• Improving development effectiveness: IFAD's Action Plan Factsheet- English
• Updated list of Action Plan deliverables

 

Stories from the field

• Biogas: helping poor farmers help the planet and themselves
• Zero-poverty becomes a reality thanks to effective collaboration in Sichuan, China
• From subsistence farming to profit: the benefits of agro-wells in Sri Lanka

 

Operations

·         Guidelines for project supervision and implementation support

·         Revised RIMS guidelines

·         Quality enhancement system

·         Quality assurance system

·         Result-based Country Strategic Opportunities Programme

·         Mali

·         Cambodia

·         Bolivia

·         Mexico

·         Jordan

·         Moldova

·         Yemen

 

 

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

• IFAD's 30th anniversary | IFAD's milestones
• 30th anniversary session of IFAD's Governing Council

• Governing Council roundtables: Challenges and opportunities for smallholder farmers in the context of climate change and new demands on agriculture
• Governing Council statements and speeches
• Second bi-annual global meeting of the Farmers' Forum
• Synthesis of deliberations of the second global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum 2008

 

Lectures at IFAD

• 21 February: How new technology can strengthen rural markets

• 19 February: The world food price situation and its implications for action
• 29 January: Safe and sustainable livelihoods in agricultural communities: Optimizing the recycling of human waste

 

 

Publications and electronic newsletters

• Gender and water
• IFAD: a key player in adaptation to climate change
• Sending money home - Arabic | English | French | Spanish
• Guiding Framework for rural finance in the Near East and North Africa
• Status of rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa

Regional newsletters:

• FIDAction: Issue number 9: February 2008 - English
• Making a difference in Asia and the Pacific: Special issue: February 2008 on Climate change  and Issue 19: January-February 2008 - Rural finance
• Rural echoes in Near East and North Africa: Issue number 4: January-March 2008 - Arabic | English

 

Evaluation

• AfDB-IFAD joint evaluation on agriculture and rural development in Africa

• The demand-driven approach: advantages and risks | PDF version
  Insight No. 4 - January 2008 (Insight based on the: Republic of Mali, country programme evaluation)
• Making a difference in Mali: performance and innovation | PDF
  - Issues #49 - January 2008 (Profile based on the: Republic of Mali, country programme evaluation)
• Ensuring realistic design: learning from experiences in Niger | PDF
• Annual report on the results and impact of IFAD Operations (2006)

 

Media

• Check out the latest press releases
• Read about IFAD in the international media

 

Videos

• IFAD – A 30 year retrospective
• Gas Gas Gas

 

Job opportunities

• Regional Economist - P-5 - Eastern and Southern Africa Division (PF) - Programme Management Department - deadline: 08 March 2008