Rural
Development
International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- The International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United
Nations, was established as an international financial
institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the
1974 World Food Conference. The Conference was organized
in response to the food crises of the early 1970s that
primarily affected the Sahelian countries of Africa. The
conference resolved that "an International Fund for
Agricultural Development should be established
immediately to finance agricultural development projects
primarily for food production in the developing
countries". One of the most important insights emerging
from the conference was that the causes of food
insecurity and famine were not so much failures in food
production, but structural problems relating to poverty
and to the fact that the majority of the developing
world’s poor populations were concentrated in rural
areas.
Rural Development
Institute (RDI)
- RDI is a nonprofit organization
of attorneys helping the rural poor in developing
countries obtain legal rights to land. RDI attorneys are
experts in land law and policy who work with governments
of developing countries, foreign aid agencies, and other
partners to reform land law and consult on land
policy.
Rural Development
Leadership Network
- The Rural Development Leadership
Network (RDLN), a national multicultural social change
organization founded in 1983, supports community-based
development in poor rural areas through hands-on
projects, education and skills building, leadership
development and networking. Through RDLN, emerging
leaders from poor rural areas spearhead development
projects and design related study through which
they may earn a certificate or academic credential
(bachelor's, master's, or Ph. D. degree.
World Bank
Agriculture and Rural Development Website
- This site is managed by staff of
the Agriculture and Rural Development Department (ARD) of
the World Bank Group.In collaboration with colleagues in
the Sustainable Development Network and across the Bank,
ARD works to reduce poverty through sustainable rural
development. To this end, ARD provides analytical and
advisory services to the Bank's regions on a wide range
of agriculture and rural development topics.
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