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resilience

January 7, 2021

World Bank expects global economy to expand by 4% in 2021

The World Bank Group has issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year.
December 31, 2020

Public invited to write their own record of pandemic and its effects on mental health

A Year in Our Lives 2020 invites people to reflect and write about what the year has been like for them.
November 14, 2020

French agricultural agency makes €300m loan to IFAD to support small-scale farmers

The French development agency, Agence Française de Développement, has signed a €300 million loan to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development to help small-scale farmers in high-risk countries build their resilience to shocks and increase their productivity.
September 27, 2020

Lesotho and IFAD joint project to improve livelihoods of vulnerable small farmers

A new financing project in Lesotho is to benefit 160, 000 poor rural households.
September 23, 2020

Iraq launches National Adaptation Plan process for climate change resilience

Iraq is classified as the fifth most vulnerable country in the world to decreased water and food availability and extreme temperatures.
September 6, 2020

Sweden commits funds to IFAD to help avert COVID-19 food crisis

The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development has announced that Sweden has pledged funds to help avert a potential food crisis in some of the world’s most vulnerable rural communities in the wake of COVID-19.
August 24, 2020

LGA launches report to help councils tackle climate change

The new guide will help councils play a leading role in tackling the climate crisis at a local level.
August 2, 2020

Austerity ‘ripped resilience out of health and care service’ in England before Covid-19 hit

If a fraction of the government’s Covid-19 economic response been invested in health and care before the pandemic, there could have been a considerably better outcome, says the IPPR.
May 17, 2020

New figures reveal dangerously high levels of financial vulnerability in Scotland

On average, the charity's clients were already in deficit by £13 after paying for key costs like rent and council tax.
April 25, 2020

IFAD responds to the COVID-19 crisis by protecting and enhancing rural resilience

he UN Secretary-General has called for urgent and coordinated global action to respond to the crisis, including through a socio-economic response framework. IFAD is responding within this framework.