The 2018 Evaluation Week will be held on 10–14 September in Chengdu, People's Republic of China with theme, "Making Evaluation Work at the Country Level."

In December 2017, Ms Alena SCHILLEROVÁ was appointed as Minister of Finance. She was subsequently appointed as EIB Governor for the Czech Republic in March 2018, succeeding Mr Ivan PILNÝ.From January 2016 to December 2017, Ms SCHILLEROVÁ was serving as Deputy Minister of ...

The Asia and the Pacific region is transitioning from largely agrarian and rural economies to increasingly nonagricultural and urban economies, and from subsistence to commercial agriculture. However, because Asia is home to most of the world’s hungry and most of the poor still live in rural areas and are engaged with agriculture and related activities for their livelihoods, agriculture and rural development remains a cornerstone as countries make this transition.