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MR. KIM is the administrator of Korea’s Rural Development Administration The Rural Development Administration (RDA), which celebrated its 100th anniversary recently (see page 5), is the central government organization responsible for agricultural research and extension in Korea. Since 1906, RDA and...

In August 2003, the government of Japan revised its Official Development Assistance (ODA) Charter for the first time in 11 years. Since then, Japan has...

In April 2005, the government of Canada launched an integrated International Policy Statement (IPS) in an attempt to bring together the various components...

The driving policy and guiding principles of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) aim to help partner countries overcome endemic poverty...

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) contributes to the Australian Government’s Official Development Assistance program...

The Rockefeller Foundation focuses on achieving lasting improvements in the lives and livelihoods of poor people by working with them to ensure that they...

The Asian Development Bank is dedicated to reducing poverty and improving people’s welfare. The 63-member ADB pursues these goals with diverse operations...

The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) is the government department responsible for promoting sustainable development...

Former German Chancellor Willy Brandt once described development aid as “the peace policy of the 21st century.” Cooperation for development, to use...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) believes that meeting three fundamental needs of developing nations — ensuring food security,...