The agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cites secure access to land as a key means of meeting SDG 2: “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” With proof of ownership and reduced risk of appropriation, rural households...

Although agriculture generates about 11 per cent of the GDP of the Philippines, it provides livelihoods for 30 per cent of the population (OECD, 2017). This share is higher in rural areas, where 70 per cent of the population is poor and depends on agriculture – primarily rice production. Rice...

In the wake of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda's call for unprecedented investments in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, international financial institutions (IFIs) – such as the World Bank and the regional development banks – have been playing an increasingly important role in...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have generated a renewed focus on results-based management, inducing the development community to place more emphasis on creating corporate monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems that generate evidence. This new emphasis has been driven partly by the...

IFAD works continuously to improve its effectiveness in order to deliver the strongest results for the millions of poor rural men and women in developing countries we aim to reach. We judge ourselves by whether our development results are inclusive and provide benefits that are sustainable and...