Blended finance: Why now is the time to double down
Michelle Tang2025-01-27T14:36:49+01:00Interview 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.
Webinar: Decoding the Fundamentals of Development Finance
Michelle Tang2024-12-11T13:23:59+01:00The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is organizing a series of webinars to help development actors better understand development finance and donor approaches. The first seminar will provide an overview of the main concepts and terms, current architecture and emerging issues in development finance.
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.
New Donor Platform Co-Chair for the Term 2024-26
Michelle Tang2024-07-09T16:47:55+02:00The GDPRD Secretariat is pleased to introduce Federica de Gaetano of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) as our new Co-Chair effective 29 May 2024. She joins Bruce Campbell of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in chairing the Donor Platform Board.
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.
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.
Blog – Agro-food Jobs for Youth in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Sierra Berardelli2024-04-25T11:28:18+02:00Key messages from the webinar Agro-food Jobs for Youth in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia of the Thematic Working Group on Rural Youth Employment.
Blog – How can donors get a bigger bang for their buck in agricultural finance markets?
Michelle Tang2024-10-09T03:22:35+02:00Key takeaways from the 28 March 2024 event “Donors as investment catalysts” on how major donors can best spend their limited aid funds for agricultural finance. Co-organized by the Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN), the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) and the Marketlinks initiative of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Interview with Ji-Yeun Rim, new Co-Chair of the Rural Youth Employment Group
Michelle Tang2025-01-27T13:21:43+01:00Ji-Yeun Rim, Senior Policy Analyst at OECD, reflects on her leadership role as Co-Chair of the Thematic Working Group on Rural Youth Employment. In this interview, she shares her aspirations for the group and her own experiences on making development happen.
