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The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is an initiative of leading development agencies. We are engaged in a concerted drive to reduce poverty in the rural areas of the developing world.

We seek to clarify and address the challenges of aid effectiveness in the context of sustainable agriculture and rural development. More about us …

News & Views

Rising food prices

What are the driving forces? What are the impacts? And what should be done? The upcoming Platform Policy Brief on rising food prices is proposing immediate and medium-term policy responses. More…


Agriculture and the Accra High Level Forum 3

The topic of agriculture has been included in OECD/DAC’s High Level Forum 3 in Accra, Ghana, that will be assessing the progress on the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. More…

 Lennart Båge, IFAD

World’s 400 million smallholders are a “vital global asset”

Without redoubled efforts to reverse decades of neglected agricultural investment, quick fixes to the present food-price crisis could make the situation worse, warns IFAD president Lennart Båge. More…

Platform Speaking

Straight talk about the challenges of building better livelihoods in poor countries in the Platform Speaking series.

Southern CSOs come of age

Stephen Wallace, CIDA
 Steven Wallace, Platform Secretariat

More and more civil society organisations are taking a hand in policymaking and coordinated delivery of aid.
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Counting what counts

Nwanze Okidegbe, World Bank
 Nwanze Okidegbe, World Bank

A toolkit providing a better set of markers on progress towards achieving the MDGs.
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Seeing donors from both sides

Mushtaq Ahmed, CIDA
 Mushtaq Ahmed, CIDA

The importance of local beneficiaries, women, sound planning and the private sector.
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Publications

Platform papers, studies, policy briefs and pamphlets on our Platform Publication Page

CSOs and aid effectiveness in ARD – A 13-country consultation; 2008

 Cover of CSOs and aid effectiveness in ARD PDF

How to better include CSOs working in ARD in the implementation of the aid effectiveness agenda.
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Platform Progress Report 2007

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Platform achievements in 2007.
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SWAps in agriculture & rural development – A synthesis report; 2007

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Emerging experience and lessons of formulating and implementing SWAps in ARD.
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Donor Harmonisation & Alignment

Joint Principles in Rural Development

Joint donor standards and effective ARD programmes

Platform Policy Briefs on hot topics in ARD

Sharing knowledge on ARD issues of significant global importance

Joint Donor Concept on Rural Development

Donor consensus on drivers, principles and approaches to rural aid delivery

World Development Report 2008

Best practices in A&RD collected for WDR 2008 'Agriculture for Development'

Partner Countries

In-country experiences and lessons learned on harmonisation and alignment

CAADP

Background, implementation and who’s who in the CAADP process

Platform Studies

Taking a closer look at SWAps, PRSPs, CSOs and ARD indicators

Further News

Platform/CAADP information seminars
The Platform will be holding information seminars in a series of its Member Organisations' headquarters in Europe. Between May 13-16, Platform Secretariat Coordinator Sonja Ba...
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New Platform Vice-Chair elected
Senior IFAD expert steps up to head the Platform's Steering Committee Brian Baldwin, Senior Operations Management Adviser at the International Fund for Agricultural Devel...
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DAC/POVNET seminar, Feb 21: China's experience in rural poverty reduction at home and in Africa
On February 21, a Platform delegation participated in the DAC/POVNET meeting on China´s experiences in rural poverty reduction at home and in Africa, Paris. ...
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Paris gathering highlights “the opportunity”
Crowded agenda at Platform's third Annual Meeting Over 60 senior representatives from donor agencies, government ministries and international charities met in Paris on De...
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CSOs and effective aid in agriculture and rural development
The Platform and CIDA have just completed a 13-nation consultation of civil society organisations (CSO) in agriculture and rural development, with the participation of governm...
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