participants

Kevin Cleaver

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Programme Management Dept. (PMD)
Assistant President for Programmes
Italy

Short biographic note

In September 2006, Kevin Cleaver joined IFAD as Assistant President for Programmes. He previously held positions in the World Bank, including Director for Agriculture and Rural Devleopment and Director for Sustainable Development in the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia Region. He represented the World Bank on the CGIAR Executive Committee and participated in mobilizing funds for global programmes in the agriculture and social development areas.

Kevin Cleaver has had a distinguished career in agriculture and rural development, with many books and articles published in this area. He spent several years working and living in Sub-Sahara and North Africa. He holds a BA in International Relations from Univerity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, a Masters degree in International Law and Diplomacy and a PhD in Economics from Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. He completed an Executive Development Management Programme at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Contact

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Via del Serafico 107
00142 Rome
Italy


partners: European Commission. Directorate General Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations | Global Donor Platform for Rural Development | Department for International Development (DFID), UK | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany | Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France | Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Development Cooperation, The Netherlands | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany | InWEnt Capacity - Building International, Germany


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