Tackling rural poverty, together

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Sector-wide approaches (SWAps) have been an important part of the global effort to deliver sustainable development results for more than a decade now. However, SWAps are relatively new in agriculture and rural development (A&RD). This study takes a first and comprehensive look at some of the ways in which SWAps and SWAp-type approaches have evolved in A&RD. It includes case studies from seven countries, with in-depth information available for three – Mozambique, Tanzania and Nicaragua – and assesses the extent to which SWAps are achieving their aims, their intended trajectories of change and provides key lessons for the future.

Note: This study is also available in French and Spanish.