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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 paper on rising food prices is proposing immediate and medium-term policy responses. More…


Countdown to the Accra High Level Forum

The final draft of the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) is now available while the Round Table 8 outcome paper, dealing with sector applications, will be published shortly. More…

 Professor Richard Mkandawire, CAADP

African-owned and African-driven

The Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) offers governments on the continent a “Made in Africa” framework for growth.
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Platform Speaking

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

Smallholders are a “vital global asset”

Lennart Båge, IFAD
 Lennart Båge, IFAD

Without redoubled efforts to reverse decades of neglected agricultural investment, quick fixes to the present food-price crisis could make the situation worse.
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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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Publications

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

The contribution of partnerships to sector coordination and aid effectiveness – ARD partnerships in Vietnam, Summary, 2008

 Cover of Partnership Study Vietnam Summary PDF

Documenting sector coordination through partnerships and giving policy recommendations in a summarised version.
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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

 Cover of Progress Report 2007 PDF

Platform achievements in 2007.
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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 ARD 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

Pre-publication version of sourcebook on ARD indicators now available
This Sourcebook provides a menu of core indicators for monitoring and evaluating ARD activities and develops a framework for a standardised selection of these indicators. ...
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Newly relaesed World Bank, FAO and IFAD publications
The World Bank/FAO/IFAD 'Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook'; a study on 'The Rural Investment Climate'; two reports on fisheries reform and livestock externalities and a ‘...
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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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