Multilateral development banks discuss COVID recovery, climate action, energy, food security and wide-ranging repercussions of war in Ukraine

Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank, today chaired a meeting of the heads of 12 multilateral development banks to discuss MDBs’ role in tackling current global crises, from the fallout of the war in Ukraine to recovery from the pandemic and climate change. EIB Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle also attended the meeting.

Independent Office of Evaluation, International Fund for Agricultural Development

Independent Office of Evaluation, International Fund for Agricultural Development

Vision, mission and guiding principles

Our mission is to promote accountability and learning through independent, credible and useful evaluations of IFAD's work. Our vision drives us to increase the impact of IFAD's Operation through excellence in evaluation. Accountability, learning, independence and partnership are the principles that guide our work, and help us to understand what works and what needs to be modified for a better impact on the lives of poor rural people.

Sahel Alliance’s 3rd General Assembly strengthens commitments to Sahelian populations

Representatives of the Sahel Alliance and its partners met in Madrid on 4 April 2022, under the chairmanship of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, for the Sahel Alliance's 3rd General Assembly. Deeply concerned by the deterioration of the political and security situation, the escalation of crises and a worsening food situation in several G5 Sahel countries, the members agreed on the resolutions that would allow for the continuation and strengthening of their interventions to the benefit of the populations.