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IFAD Strategy for Rural Poverty Reduction in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) PN Division Project Management Department February 2002 The strategy formulation process Regional poverty assessment Internal IFAD workshops & management meetings IFAD Strategic Framework 2002-2006 Draft Regional Strategy Paper IFAD Governing Council February 2002 NENA strategy regional workshop Beirut, May 2002 Final Regional Strategy Paper Strategy outline • • • • • Introduction NENA regional overview Rural poverty in NENA IFAD experience in NENA IFAD strategy for poverty reduction The NENA countries • Borrowing and non-borrowing: – 13 countries: Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank & Gaza, Yemen. • Non-borrowing: – 7 countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE Characteristics of the NENA region • Main economy – Wide range in GNP per capita – Mixed economic performance – Evidence of growing inequalities • The agricultural sector – Agricultural value-added: 16% of GDP – 36% of economically active pop. engaged in agriculture – Growing dependency on food imports Characteristics of the NENA region • Main population characteristics – High growth of pop. & labor force – High dependency ratio Poverty estimates in the NENA region Total Number 300 Number of poor (< $2/day) 273 Number of poor (< $1/day) 250 200 million 150 127 110 100 80 81 55 50 0 Total Population Rural Population Differential access to services Access to Safe Water % population 100 Yemen Tunisia Morocco Lebanon Jordan Egypt Urban Rural Algeria 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Social indicators in the NENA region Illiteracy Rates by Gender 80 Female Male 70 60 50 % population 40 30 20 Yemen Turkey Tunisia Syria Sudan Morocco Lebanon Egypt Djibouti 0 Algeria 10 Who are the rural poor? • Livelihoods – Small-scale farmers – Nomads & pastoralists – Artisanal fishermen – Wage laborers • Personal characteristics – Displaced people – Women-headed households – Rural unemployed youth What constraints do the rural poor encounter? • • • • • • • Water Land Human assets Technology Financial services Institutions Political environment IFAD portfolio in the NENA region • Since 1979 – 83 projects in 13 countries: agricultural development (40%); rural development (20%); credit & finance (10%); irrigation (9%); livestock (9%); fisheries (6%); research (5%) – IFAD investment USD 980 million – Total co-financing USD 1 260 million – 14 large TAGs (> USD 100 000 each) IFAD experience in the NENA region • Achievements – Promotion of participatory approach and decentralization – Projects used as models for national programs – Adaptation of services to women’s needs – Support to research programmes IFAD experience in the NENA region • Constraints faced – – – – – – Project design complexity & rigidity Non-sustainability of project outputs Weak local institutions Problems with counterpart funding Limited beneficiary participation Limited experience in addressing gender issues – Slow progress in policy change Lessons from experience • Project design – Simplicity & flexibility – Programs rather than projects – Involving community organizations • Project implementation – – – – More involvement of IFAD staff Involving the private sector Involving community organizations Link grants w/ project implementation IFAD strategic objectives in the NENA region • Empowerment of the rural poor • Income diversification for the rural poor • Equitable access to resources for women and men • Natural resource management (water, watersheds, rangelands) Areas of intervention • Community development for management of common resources • Promoting appropriate technologies • On-farm long-term investment • Rural infrastructure • Rural financial institutions • Micro-enterprise development Modalities of implementation • • • • • Program approach instead of projects Targeting the poorest groups Participatory approach Capacity building of local institutions Devolution to end-users & private sector • Integrating women in development • Supporting research & capacity building programs through TAGs Action plan pillars • Policy dialogue: Catalytic role of IFAD in several policy areas (land tenure, development of community organizations, women in development, etc.) • Strategic partnerships: working with govts, donors, research inst’n, NGOs, etc. Knowledge management: crossfertilization, workshops & seminars, dissemination of project findings • Impact management: beneficiary evaluation, qualitative & quantitative surveys, etc.