Organisation

IFAD

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Organisation general information
Organisation name: 
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Founding year: 
1977
Country: 
Italy
Total number of staff: 
500
Resources dedicated to microfinance: 
5
Percentage of microfinance activities: 
Between 0 and 20%
Type of organisation: 
Non profit
 
Financial institution, Specialized agency of the United Nations
Organisation's contact person
Contact person: 
Mr. Michael Hamp
Address: 
Via Paolo di Dono 44
IT-00142
Rome
Italy
Email:
m.hamp@ifad.org
Website:
www.ifad.org
Phone: 
+39 0654592807
Fax: 
+39 (06) 5459 3807
Organisation summary
Mission: 

IFAD's goal is to empower poor rural women and men in developing countries to achieve higher incomes and improved food security.

Objectives

IFAD will ensure that poor rural people have better access to, and the skills and organization they need to take advantage of:

•Natural resources, especially secure access to land and water, and improved natural resource management and conservation practices

•Improved agricultural technologies and effective production services

•A broad range of financial services

•Transparent and competitive markets for agricultural inputs and produce

•Opportunities for rural off-farm employment and enterprise development

•Local and national policy and programming processes

Type of intervention: 
  • Equity
  • Loans
  • Guarantees
  • Subsidies in staff time (e.g. technical assistance/capacity building, evaluation)
  • Subsidies in staff time (e.g. research / information dissemination)
  • Subsidies in staff time (e.g. policy advice / development / lobby)
  • Subsidies in staff time (e.g. networking/ donor / coordination)
Countries of intervention: 
Africa
Asia
Europe
South America
Oceania
Areas of intervention: 
  • Macro level: Supervision, Interest rates and rate caps, Client protection, Supporting networks and associations, Strengthening national/regional microfinance support sector, Capacity building (focused on all MFIs)
  • Intermediate level: Community-based finance solutions, Rural finance, Value chain development, Microfinance investment vehicules, Post-conflict/disaster microfinance, Business development services, Social impact/performance, Environmental microfinance, Gender, Youth, Health, HIV/AIDS, Ultra poor programs
  • Micro level: Financial product development and innovation, Energy products, or other products related to environmental issues, Delivery models (group, indiv.), Performance (financial and social), Ratings and external audits, MFI operations (e.g. general management, governance, finance and accounting, staff training, recuiting), Strategic planning, Marketing, Graduation of MFIs, Risk management, Management information systems
  • Other themes: Academic research, Impact and performances studies, Sector mapping, Evaluation
Main competences: 

Various publications in the following thematic areas:

  • Weather index-based insurance
  • Rural remittances
  • Agricultural value chain finance
  • Matching grants
Please indicate any innovations in your microfinance program planned for the coming year: 

In partnership: financial inclusion, product innovations, gender with microfinance, risk management