Tackling rural poverty, together

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The “Global SWAp Analysis” assesses lessons learned from the implementation and formulation of SWAp and SWAp-like initiatives in the agricultural and rural development sector. The objectives of the study are to establish whether, and in what ways, A&RD SWAps are delivering against their stated goals and to identify critical lessons about the way in which development assistance currently supports the A&RD. The Platform study has commenced in February 2006 and is lead by the FAO Investment Centre (TCI) in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex. The analysis is currently finishing the desk-review phase and will start its field research in selected pilot countries by the end of April 2006.