What is blended finance, can it mitigate the risk of SDG-related investments, and how to use this tool strategically to increase the development impact? These questions were discussed in the knowledge-exchange and learning session, organised in Paris jointly by
Washington, DC - March 2018 Each year, the Global Donor Working Group on Land organises a session at the Land and Poverty Conference of the World Bank. This year, the session explored new ways donors and other actors can
Bonn, Germany - March 2018 Links Numerous indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relate to tenure rights, food security and nutrition, including 1.4.2 on perceptions of land tenure
Buenos Aires, Argentina - January 2018 Argentina has chosen to focus on sustainable food future and pay special attention to improving soil productivity. Agricultural development is recognized an essential driver for human and economic progress in the past. The
Geneva, Switzerland - January 2018 The recognition that businesses particularly in the agri-food sector are playing a growing role in the development of rural areas and, consequently, in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are leading many governments, international
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 2018 The release of the first CAADP Biennial Review Report on the Implementation of the 2014 Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods has generated a unique
Cornelia Richter, a former Managing Director and member of the Executive Committee of the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), joined the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as Vice-President. IFAD is a specialised agency of the United Nations,
Maputo, Mozambique - January 2018 The seminar organised by the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development Unit C1 and the EU delegation to Mozambique back in November in 2017 provided a forum for intense and productive thematic and
Rome, Italy - November 2017 Links The Smallholder and Agri-Food SME Finance
Agriculture has a prominent place in the New Australia Foreign Policy White Paper 2017. The document recognises the rising pressure on the agricultural products supply, directly linking it to the Asian economic growth, urbanisation and expanding middle class. Building
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