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This working paper proposes five recommendations that Multilateral Development Banks can adopt to implement capital adequacy reforms in a way that supports National Development Banks in transforming...

IFAD is one of Sri Lanka’s longest-standing development partners. Since its first investment in the country in 1978, IFAD has implemented 19 projects in Sri Lanka, benefiting...

Since 2001, the IFAD-GEF partnership has responded to global issues, and the current portfolio totals more than US$300 million across 35 worldwide projects and US$1.9 billion in co-financing...

Kyrgyzstan is a livestock country. A large part of the country’s land area serves as pasture for its 1.7 million cattle and 6.3 million sheep and goats. Pastoral and...

As a global climate change programme, ASAP+ is expected to be the largest fund dedicated to channelling climate finance to small-scale producers. It focuses on addressing the climate...

IFAD is the only international financial institution that measures the impact of its investments by systematically conducting impact assessments (IAs) on a sample of at least 15 per cent of projects...

IFAD’s Executive Board approved its first loan to the United Republic of Tanzania in 1978 – the second loan ever approved by the board. IFAD’s strategy in...

IFAD is a key partner in Haiti’s rural development. Its series of strategies, projects and programmes since 1978 testify to its long-standing commitment against rural poverty, with the active...

Climate change is imposing a transformative process on agricultural and food systems, threatening the livelihoods of people dependent on them, including a large proportion of the world’s poor people. Moving...

Since 1979, IFAD has funded 17 rural development projects in Madagascar for a total of US$434.285 million. Four projects are currently ongoing. The goal of the IFAD country...