1. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty The Rural Poor Transforming livelihoods in the drylands

2. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty IFAD’S Focus Rural poverty alleviation through agricultural and rural development supported by loans, grants, policy dialogue, partnerships & advocacy

3. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Strategic Objectives

4. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Key Findings 1.2 billion people live in extreme poverty 900 million (75%) live in rural areas most depend on agriculture for survival livelihoods of 1 billion people threatened by desertification increased emphasis on national ownership land degradation variations across regions, countries and agro-ecological zones

5. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Sustainable Rural Development The twin challenges of poverty and environmental degradation

6. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty IFAD’s Support to UNCCD support for local initiatives: increased agricultural production natural resource management hosting global facilities (GM, ILC) research and NGO-ECP grants NAPs, SRAPs & RAPs Special Programme for African Countries Affected by Drought & Desertification 1985-95

7. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty IFAD has been GEF Executing Agency since May 2001 What can IFAD bring to GEF? poverty focus & targeting delivery capacity effective partnerships & institutional framework at local & country levels diversity of ideas & innovation resource mobilisation sustainability & replication

8. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty * IFAD initiated IFAD Pipeline of GEF Projects UNDP, CABEI, communities Full size (USD 4.9m) Multifocal areas (OP 12) Honduras World BankAppraisalBiodiversity and Climate Change (OP 12) Egypt (Second Matrouh) AsDB, UNDP Global Mechanism PDF BBiodiversity (OP 12 with links to 15) * China UNEPConceptBiodiversity* Comoros UNIDOPDF B (USD 540,000) Land degradation (OP 15) Chad & Sudan (Industrial approach to combating desertification UNDP, Global MechanismPDF BLand Degradation (OP 15 with links to 13) * Brazil Semi-arid lands of NE Partnership(s)StatusGEF focal areaCountry

9. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Contd. * IFAD initiated Partnership(s)StatusGEF focal areaCountry UNDP, Global Mechanism UNDP UNDP, French Cooperation, GoM World Bank Concept stageLand degradation (OP 15 with links to OP 1) * Venezuela (Lara & Falcon states) PDF BLand degradation (OP 15) * Mexico (National microwatershed plan) Concept NoteLand degradation (OP15 with links to 2 ) * Mauritania (Oasis development ) MSP (final stage) Biodiversity (OP 12)* Mauritania (Atef & Maghama Ecosystems) PDF B (US 293,000) Biodiversity (OP 1)Mali (Boucle du Baoule Biosphere Complex) Appraisal (USD 6m) Biodiversity (OP 1,2 with links to 12, 13 & 15) * Mali (Delta, Mopti region) UNEP PDF B USD 350, 000 Multifocal areas (OP 12 with links to OP 4) * Kenya (Mt. Kenya land & water mgt.)

10. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Mali GEF: Biodiversity Conservation & Participatory NRM in the Inner Niger Delta & its Transition Areas Baseline project : Sahelian Area Development Fund (USD 13.59 m) education, information & communication local development sustainable NRM & biodiversity conservation decentralized financial services project management & coordination

11. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Mali GEF: GEF alternative: (USD 6.0 m) capacity building monitoring & evaluation restoration & development Implementing Agency: World Bank GEF work programme entry: July 2003

12. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Mali: Potential Regional/Global Environmental Benefits conservation of severely threatened sites conservation of agro-biodiversity preservation of traditional knowledge strengthened institutional capacities for sustainable, integrated approaches to NRM provision of environmental services & goods by natural resource users

13. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Honduras: Integrated Ecosystem & NRM Baseline components: National Fund for Sustainable Rural Development (FONADERS) institutional strengthening (13%) rural development funds (72%) implementation support (3%) programme management (11%)

14. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Honduras: GEF alternative components : mainstreaming IEM principles into PRONADEL’s national procedures & operations demonstration & validation of IEM principles in PRONADEL’s operations capacity building & dissemination of lessons learned

15. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Honduras: GEF support for integrated ecosystem & water- management objectives, principles, techniques & practices into PRONADERS Global benefits: biodiversity conservation & reduced deforestation promotion of globally beneficial practices financing in USD: IFAD 29.2 m, GEF 4.2 m, CABEI 4.9 m & communities 4.7 m Implementing Agency: UNDP GEF Council approval: May 2003

16. Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty Advocacy and Political Will: Working with partners national & international policy dialogues regional exchanges and workshops collaboration in local & global initiatives