Tackling rural poverty, together

Extract

This document provides a summary of a study, jointly implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam (MARD) and the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (Platform), which supports consolidation of sector initiatives in MARD through analysis of the experiences gained to date, compilation of key lessons learned and a synthesis of related policy and operational implications. This in turn will contribute to the exploration of options for the application of effective ODA management, sector coordination mechanisms and sector-wide approaches in the context of the upcoming RD Strategy. This exercise assists MARD and its partners in their efforts to implement the Hanoi Core Statement on Aid Effectiveness, Harmonisation and Alignment in the context of the agriculture and rural development sector. Furthermore, engagement by the Platform in this exercise will contribute to the dissemination of “the Vietnam experience” to a global audience.

The basic analytical question for the study is: “What are the (institutional) factors determining the extent to which individual partnerships effectively contribute to enhanced aid effectiveness and the application of sector approaches in their respective sub-sectors?”

The following five MARD partnerships constitute the core focus of the study:

1. The ministry-wide International Support Group (ISG),
2. The Forest Sector Support Partnership (FSSP) and the Trust Fund for Forests (TFF),
3. The Natural Disaster Mitigation Partnership (NDMP),
4. The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Partnership (RWSSP), and
5. The Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza (PAHI).

Also read the  full version of this partnership study.