Blended finance: Why now is the time to double down
Michelle Tang2024-08-05T08:43:15+02:00Interview with Chris Isaac, Chief Investment Officer at AgDevCo: Blended finance and why now is the time to double down to help bridge the SDG investment gap.
Elevating the potential of rural youth: Paths to Decent Jobs and Sustainable Futures
Michelle Tang2024-07-15T13:59:29+02:00The ILO's new policy brief tackles the challenge of creating decent jobs for rural youth. It explores ways to address limited skills and resources faced by young people, while highlighting the potential of rural areas for job creation, especially in agriculture and green economies.
Global Donor Platform Annual Report 2023
Michelle Tang2024-07-29T11:31:39+02:00The year 2023 marked the Donor Platform’s 20th anniversary and the report highlights the activities and results in catalysing change and harmonizing impact. Highlights include a focus on sustainable and blended financing for SDG 2, stronger collaboration among donors for greater impact, and better data systems for food systems and rural development.
Unleashing the Catalytic Power of Donor Financing to Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: Technical note
Michelle Tang2024-07-25T11:28:31+02:00This technical note presents the detailed research, findings and recommendations from the enquiry into sustainable finance in agrifood systems conducted in 2023 by the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate in collaboration with members of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD). This accompanies the summary report released in March 2024, Unleashing the Catalytic Power of Donor Financing to Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2.
Global food policy report 2024: Food systems for healthy diets and nutrition
Michelle Tang2024-05-29T10:44:57+02:00A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) tackles the pressing issue of achieving healthy diets for all in a sustainable way. The 2024 Global Food Policy Report highlights the challenges of malnutrition and diet-related diseases, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Blog – Combatting hunger and poverty through rural youth employment
Michelle Tang2024-05-27T16:16:40+02:00Key messages from the webinar “Combatting hunger and poverty through rural youth employment” jointly organized by OECD and BMZ on 13 May 2024. The event was an opportunity to reflect on the efforts made by G20 countries and international organizations as well as the civil society to spur job creation for rural youth and discuss best ways forward.
Feeding the future: Policy pathways to resilient food systems
Michelle Tang2024-05-24T15:00:14+02:00Interview with Lee Ann Jackson, Head of the Agro-Food Trade and Markets Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She provides an overview of the OECD’s role in providing data and policy recommendations to governments for informed decisions. Food systems and agricultural trade are an important focus of her work.
