Tackling rural poverty, together

Extract

Results of the Mapping Exercise. This reference document was provided to the POVNET meeting on 30-31 March 2004 as BACKGROUND for the discussion on agriculture and pro-poor growth.

This note responds to a request by the POVNET Agriculture Task Team at its first meeting in Florence in October 2003 to map out donor practices in the area of agriculture and rural development. It was agreed that such information would be useful in light of the strategic thinking currently taking place within donor agencies as regards future directions in agriculture and rural development. Having a common reference point would help the Task Team to identify its work programme and value added.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction and purpose
2. Strategies/approaches to agriculture and rural development
3. Priority areas and regional focus
4. Current poverty reduction targeting approaches
5. Lessons learned and innovations
6. Instruments used
7. Evaluation methods
8. Conclusions