Tag: IFAD
United Nations Focuses on Averting COVID-19 Food Crisis
By Irene Gaitirira Published December 17, 2020 While one in ten people is expected to go hungry as extreme poverty rises for the first time in 20 years, United Nations estimates that an additional 132 million people shall go hungry in 2020 due to the impact of the novel Coronavirus pandemic. To help in alleviating the…
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Africa Development-Focused Meeting toTackle Food Security and Poverty Reduction
By Abdi Ali Published August 27, 2019 A meeting that focuses on the development of Africa is expected to tackle issues related to food security and poverty reduction on the continent. RELATED: CREATING ATTRACTIVE JOBS FOR RURAL YOUTH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO AFRICA’S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),…
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Migrant Worker Remittances Surpass Development Assistance and Foreign Direct Investment
By Abdi Ali Published July 15, 2019 Remittances from international migrant workers are expected to rise to an estimated US$550 billion in 2019, up from US$529 billion in 2018. RELATED: Uganda to Modernise Its Revenue Collection with Chinese Grant Gilbert F Houngbo, President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), says the money sent home by…
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Why Investing in Water-Based Resources Makes Socio-Economic Sense
By Khalifa Hemed Published May 30, 2019 Policymakers and investors can no longer ignore the ocean-linked economy from which more than 800 million people worldwide derive their livelihood. As important as it may be, challenges such as marine pollution, rising sea levels and destruction of aquatic ecosystems are seton destroying the blue economy whose global…
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