State of Blended Finance 2022
Michelle Tang2024-03-27T16:35:25+01:00This year’s edition of the State of Blended Finance by Convergence will feature a thematic focus, for the first time, on blended finance for climate. Links
Key messages on what drives donor commitments when reshaping food systems financing in a crisis and post-crisis environment
Michelle Tang2024-03-11T15:25:51+01:00From a virtual roundtable “Reshaping Food Systems Financing in a Crisis and Post-Crisis Environment: Driving Donors’ Commitments” on 29 September, 2022. Co-organized by the GDPRD with IFAD and the European Commission, in collaboration with the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub.
IFAD – Rural people in crisis: The latest news from IFAD
Michelle Tang2022-12-08T15:36:51+01:00Rural communities across the world are up against a myriad of challenges. From Latin America, across Africa and the Middle East, all the way to the Pacific Islands – poor rural communities and small rural producers are up against
AFD – The goal of Zero Hunger by 2030 will be hard to achieve
Michelle Tang2022-11-01T18:35:30+01:00War, climate change, droughts, and other weather events are all making the struggle to end hunger and malnutrition even more difficult. Read this interview with Matthieu Le Grix, head of AFD’s Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Department, who warns
USAID – Administrator Samantha Power at the World Food Prize Borlaug International Dialogue
Michelle Tang2022-11-01T18:34:31+01:00USAID Administrator Samantha Power called for an acceleration and expansion of agricultural investment as a critical pillar of addressing current and future global food crises, and announced new USAID initiatives to spur research to improve agricultural production around the
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2022
Michelle Tang2022-12-19T15:38:15+01:00Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable Links This year’s report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards
Global Food 50/50 2022 Report
Michelle Tang2023-04-12T11:09:49+02:00Gender inequalities are woven through food systems, and contribute to unjust food production, access and consumption. Globally, the gap between men’s and women’s hunger has widened with food insecurity now affecting 150 million more women than men.
Rapid Needs Assessment: Protecting Property Rights during and after the War in Ukraine
Michelle Tang2022-11-01T18:36:46+01:00This needs assessment was conducted in July-September, 2022 based on the review of statistical and administrative reports, legal and normative acts, and interviews with key Government of Ukraine (GoU) authorities including the Ministry of Justice, State Geocadastre, the Ministry
2022 Annual General Assembly meeting highlights: Working together to transform food systems
Michelle Tang2024-07-25T10:18:34+02:00A short report that captures the highlights from the 2022 Annual General Assembly through quotes, key messages and brief summaries of the action-packed two days.
USAID – Additional $40 million to Sri Lanka to help farmers purchase fertilizer and other vital agricultural inputs
Michelle Tang2022-11-01T18:32:05+01:00While in Sri Lanka on 10 September 2022, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced an additional $40 million in development assistance to help farmers purchase fertilizer and other vital agricultural inputs.
Fit for Purpose: Presenting the SDC’s new structure
Michelle Tang2022-09-19T09:43:28+02:00The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is aligning itself with the fields of action of modern international cooperation and is adopting a new structure as of 1 September 2022. The SDC is now divided into three geographical
Human Development Report 2021/22
Michelle Tang2022-11-03T11:40:51+01:00Human Development Report 2021-22 Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World Links The report is the third and final installment in a
