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IFAD
Strategy for Rural Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
Poverty in Asia and the
Pacific is a massive problem and one that will determine success or
failure in achieving the primary Millennium Development Goal of
halving poverty by the year 2015. More than two thirds of the
world’s poor live in Asia, with South Asia alone accounting for
nearly half of these. IFAD’s Rural
Poverty Report 2001 emphasized that the rural poor need: legally
secure entitlements to assets, especially land and water, and
technology, particularly to increase the output and yield of staple
foods; opportunities to participate in decentralized resource
management; and access to markets and microfinance. IFAD’s
strategic framework for 2002-2006 stresses that the rural poor,
despite their increased vulnerability in a changing world, can
overcome their poverty if enabled to do so. Extending these broad guiding
principles towards specific IFAD interventions in the Asia and the
Pacific region, the present paper argues that the Fund can play a
catalytic role by focusing on the less favoured areas – remote
uplands and mountains, marginal coastal areas,
and
rainfed areas. It also suggests fundamental elements to the regional strategy to reduce rural
poverty. The present strategy paper is
based on the Rural Poverty Assessment Report for Asia and the Pacific
Region prepared by IFAD this year.
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South
Asia - How Women and their Households Cope with Food Insecurity
While
women use a number of strategies for coping with food insecurity,
these are often the most disadvantageous to the women themselves. The
periods of food insecurity and the coping strategies used need to be
taken into consideration by development projects.
(http://www.ifad.org/hfs/learning/11.htm)
India
- Impact of Market-Oriented Production on Household Food Security
A
shift to market-oriented production can pose a risk to household food
security, particularly over the short term.
http://www.ifad.org/hfs/learning/in_3.htm
Engendered
Mobilization, the Key to Livelihood Security: IFAD's Experience in South
Asia
(By
Nandini Azad)
Based
on evidence provided by three IFAD projects in South Asia, this study
examines processes and patterns associated with household food
security, such as male-female entitlements, intra-household allocation
practices, nutrition implications and the impact of macro policies on
household vulnerability.
http://www.ifad.org/hfs/thematic/southasia/south_toc.htm
Food
Security, Poverty and Women: Lessons from Rural Asia
(By
Rahman Osmani S.)
This
study
combines theoretical considerations and empirical evidence collected
from three locations where IFAD has been involved in projects
targeting the rural poor and specifically women: India, with the Tamil
Nadu Women Development Project and the Andhra Pradesh Tribal
Development Project; and Nepal, with the Production for Rural Women
Project.
http://www.ifad.org/hfs/thematic/rural/rural_toc.htm
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