UNDP Joins the Global Donor Platform
Michelle Tang2024-10-18T12:12:00+02:00The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) is pleased to welcome the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as its newest member.
Global Donor Platform and ASLC Launch Partnership on Catalytic Capital Framework
Michelle Tang2025-04-08T16:03:22+02:00The GDPRD Secretariat is pleased to announce its latest working group dedicated to sustainable and blended finance for food systems. We are delighted to introduce the Co-Chairs of this new working group, Tuleen Alkhoffash of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Songbae Lee of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). They will guide the group for the two-year term (2024-2026).
IGC: Evidence review for agricultural SME finance
Michelle Tang2024-09-23T08:47:48+02:00This International Growth Centre (IGC) evidence review maps the existing body of practitioner and academic evidence on lending to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises in developing economies and identifies research and learning priorities to fill key gaps.
FAO: Stories of Agrifood Systems Change
Michelle Tang2024-09-24T16:34:14+02:00This publication highlights the latest in a series of country change stories connecting global agrifood systems discourse to specific realities in Côte d’Ivoire, Cambodia, the Pacific, Guatemala and Albania, to demystify some of the terms involved and make sense of what they mean at country level.
ILO: Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024
Michelle Tang2024-09-19T16:38:28+02:00The Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024 report is the 20th anniversary publication of the International Labour Organization’s Global Employment Trends for Youth.
Italy’s G7 Presidency: A catalyst for global food security and climate action
Michelle Tang2024-09-11T10:36:14+02:00Federica de Gaetano, GDPRD's new Co-Chair, and Francesco Rampa discuss the growing momentum around sustainable food systems. As the world grapples with climate change, food insecurity and economic challenges, a holistic approach to rural development becomes increasingly urgent. Italy's G7 Presidency in 2024 sets the stage for critical dialogue and initiatives on these issues.
Podcast | Ji-Yeun Rim, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Michelle Tang2024-08-12T14:33:47+02:00Ji-Yeun Rim is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She also co-chairs the Donor Platform’s Thematic Working Group on Rural Youth Employment. She shares her aspirations for the working group and how it plays a part in making development happen.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
Michelle Tang2025-07-16T17:08:32+02:00This year's report is focused on financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. A definition of financing for food security and nutrition and guidance is provided with recommendations regarding the efficient use of innovative financing tools and reforms to the food security and nutrition financing architecture.
CSAF: State of the Sector 2024 report
Michelle Tang2024-07-24T12:09:43+02:00The 2024 State of the Sector report shares market insights drawing upon quantitative and qualitative input from 20 financial institutions and provides a deeper analysis of the risks agri-SMEs and lenders face, and how agricultural lenders can respond.
OECD: Development Co-operation Report 2024
Michelle Tang2024-08-05T08:42:36+02:00The global green transition is a critical priority, but it risks overshadowing another urgent crisis: the deepening poverty and inequality in low and middle-income countries.This report offers policymakers concrete ways of delivering on their commitments, to reconcile these competing priorities, improve the lives of billions while fostering a greener, more equitable world.
Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition, in the context of urbanization and rural transformation
Sierra Berardelli2024-07-17T17:08:47+02:00In an era in which almost 80 percent of the global population resides in urban and peri‑urban (U‑PU) areas, understanding and addressing the complexities of U‑PU food systems is more critical than ever.
How To… Promote Digitalisation Within Rural Youth Employment Programmes
Sierra Berardelli2024-07-15T12:31:48+02:00Second paper of the how-to series for rural youth employment
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033
Sierra Berardelli2024-07-15T14:10:41+02:00The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033 provides a consensus assessment of the ten-year prospects for agricultural commodity and fish markets.
