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Wim Polman
Rural Development Officer
Wim Polman is in charge of rural development, poverty alleviation and sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD), focusing on the livelihood issues of small-scale rural producers and the most vulnerable rural poor, including marginal farmers, the landless, women, indigenous people's and persons with disabilities. He plays an active role in promotion of pro-poor decentralized policies and institution building for inclusion and empowerment of the rural poor through participatory local planning, entrepreneurial skills development and improved access to productive resources and services.
Expertise: Policy formulation and project design for pro-poor
gender sensitive participatory planning at national, regional and local
levels; institutional capacity building, training programs and materials
and skills development on local governance and rural enterprise, including
agricultural cooperative development; team work on intersectoral and interagency technical assistance; regional networking with governments, non-governmental organizations and community level associations of the poor.
Wilai Thearapati
Secretary
Wilai Thearapati is responsible for office and administration support to the Rural Development component of the Sustainable Development Group. |
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