IFAD, IDB Sign $1.5b Agreement in Italy to Aid Poorest Member States

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have signed a landmark $1.5 billion framework co-financing agreement to strengthen their 30-year collaboration in supporting the poorest people in their...

U.N. Announces Project to Help Fight Poverty in Senegal’s ‘groundnut Basin’

The United Nations agency tasked with alleviating the plight of the world’s rural poor on Wednesday announced plans to provide $15 million to a project in Senegal that aims to help families living in the West African country’s “groundnut...