Approaches, policies and strategies in Africa

Multilaterals

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

• Strategic plan 2003-2007
• The Group's strategy

Belgian Survival Fund Joint Programme (BSF)
Strategy for the period 2001-2011

Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

• Briefing note on US proposal on agriculture market access negotiation
• Is Africa going to benefit in Hong Kong?
• L’accès aux marches peut-il aider l’agriculture africaine?
• Overview of the ECA
• Pro-poor growth strategies in Africa - Pro-poor education policies and labour demand (2003)

European Union

• European Commission and Africa
• European Union strategy for Africa - Towards a Euro-African pact to accelerate Africa's development
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• Région de l'Afrique Centrale - Document de stratégie de coopération régionale et programme indicatif régional, 2002-2007
• Afrique de l'Ouest - Document de stratégie de coopération régionale et programme indicatif régional, 2002-2007
• European programme for reconstruction and development in South Africa
• EU policy in the Mediterranean
• Trade, development and cooperation agreement between the EU and South Africa

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Agriculture department of FAO regional office for Africa

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• Central African Economic and Monetary Community - Recent developments and regional policy issues
• West African Economic and Monetary Union - Recent economic developments and regional policy issues

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):

West and central Africa

• Assessment of rural poverty Western and Central Africa
• IFAD strategy for rural poverty reduction in Western and Central Africa
• Regional strategy for rural finance

Eastern and Southern Africa

• Assessment of rural poverty in Eastern and Southern Africa
• IFAD strategy for rural poverty reduction in Eastern and Southern Africa
• The special programme for sub-Saharan Africa evaluation: towards diversification of IFAD's operational instruments

Near East and North Africa

• Assessment of rural poverty in Near East and North Africa
• IFAD approaches for rural poverty reduction in Near East and North Africa

International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Strategy

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

• Sahel and West Africa club work plans
• Which policies can reduce the cost of capital in Southern Africa?

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Southern Africa - Countries in crisis

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• Progress against poverty in Africa
• Second regional cooperation framework for Africa, 2002-2006
• The primacy of pro-poor policies for growth

World Bank

• Cotton sector strategies in West & Central Africa
• Middle East and North Africa region strategy paper
• Overview of World Bank strategy in Africa
• Rural development strategies in Middle East and North Africa
• Rural development strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bilaterals

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment (AAAID)
Strategy 2002-2012

Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND)
Banks for the poor in the Arab world

Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid)
Africa and Middle East

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

• Africa and Middle East overview and approach
• Canada Fund for Africa
• About the Fund

Commission for Africa

• About the Commission for Africa
• Objectives
  

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Regional approach: the Horn of Africa

German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

• G8 Africa action plan
• Regional themes in Africa

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Africa strategy

Japan - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Bilateral relations

New Zealand’s International Aid & Development Agency (NZaid)

Strategy and focus for Africa

Regeringskansliet - Government Offices of Sweden

• Regional strategy Great Lakes region 2004-2008 | also in pdf
• Regional strategy West Africa 2004-2006 | also in pdf
• Strategy for lake Victoria Basin 2004-2006 | also in pdf
• Sub-Saharan Africa 2002-2006 | also in pdf

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Regional indicative strategic development plan (RISDP)

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

Anti-corruption strategies in Africa - What works and why?

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

• SDC in Central, Eastern & Southern Africa
• SDC in North Africa
• SDC in West Africa

United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)

• Africa - a daunting challenge but progress is achievable
• Middle East and North Africa regional assistance plan

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

• Sub-Saharan Africa regional strategy
• West Africa regional strategy
• Strategic plan for the West African regional programme 2001-2008

Foundations

Soros Foundation
Initiative in Africa

The Aga Khan Foundation
Rural development strategy

Research institutes

Centro International de Agricultura tropical (CIAT)

• Applying modern science to improve traditional livelihoods
• CIAT in Africa

International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)
North Africa regional program

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

• ICRISAT in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Medium-term plan

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• Genetic resource policies: promising crop biotechnologies for smallholder farmers in East Africa: bananas and maize (2006)
• IFPRI's Africa strategy - Toward food and nutrition security in Africa (2007)
• Strategies for sustainable land management in the East African Highlands (2006)

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)

• Central and West Asia and North Africa
• Sub-Saharan Africa

The Nordic Africa Institute

Policy activities

WARDA – The Africa Rice Center
Strategic plan 2003-2012

West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF)
Strategic plan

Non-governmental and farmers' organizations

ACDI/VOCA
Africa and the Middle East

ACP-EC Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
Strategic plan and framework for action 2001-2005

Africare

Mission statement & vision statement

Agriterra

Cooperation with African organisations

Conseil National de Concertation et de Coopération des Ruraux (CNCR)
Présentation

Gender and Economic Reforms in Africa (GERA)

Goal, mission and objectives

Réseau des organisations paysannes et de producteurs agricoles de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA)

• Programme de travail
• SOS Faim
  

The New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD)

NEPAD in brief

Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR)

Strategy in Africa

WaterAid

Influencing poverty reduction strategies in Africa

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