The World Bank
The World Bank is FAO’s largest and oldest partner, with a cooperative programme dating back to 1964. Through knowledge-sharing, policy expertise, innovation and investment support, the two partners are contributing to the World Bank’s ambitious new mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.
In 2023 alone, the Centre contributed to the design of 22 World Bank-financed projects worth nearly USD 6 billion in new investment. The Centre also provided implementation support to ongoing World Bank-financed projects amounting to more than USD 43 billion.
FAO collaborates with the World Bank in key areas such as sustainable economic growth, climate-smart agriculture, irrigation, food security and nutrition, One Health, sustainable livestock systems, land tenure, agricultural risk management and digital
agriculture.
The two partners are stepping up efforts on the World Bank’s Program-for-Results, a lending mechanism that links fund disbursement directly to achievement of specific programme results.
On the policy front, the Centre works with the World Bank on agricultural strategies, sector and policy studies, public-private dialogues and capacity development activities. Topics range from decarbonizing agrifood systems to eradicating child labour in agriculture.
The two partners also continue to add to their growing body of joint investment knowledge products. This includes two major One Health studies in East Asia and the Pacific on strengthening investments in livestock health and wildlife systems, and publications on using remote-sensing for agricultural water management and climate-smart agrifood policies in Egypt, among many others.
Related links
- The World Bank
- FAO and the World Bank celebrate 60 years of collaboration
- The Word Bank Program-for-Results
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Latest publications
Zambia, irrigation market brief
01/2014
The report assesses the current state of the irrigation market in Zambia, recent performance, and opportunities for future growth. In order to provide a wider regional perspective, subsequent irrigation market reports will be prepared for Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal.
Ukraine: soil fertility to strengthen climate resilience
01/2014
The findings of this preliminary assessment are the result of field visits to Ukraine in March to June 2013 and interaction with relevant institutional interlocutors, national and international scientists (see Acknowledgments and Annex 8), the donor community, farm managers and owners, agriculture machinery suppliers, technicians and practitioners. A wealth of up-to-date information and data, including important unpublished works, has been collected and analyzed.
Rice in the Shadow of Skyscrapers: policy Choices in a Dynamic East and Southeast Asian Setting
01/2014
This compendium of policy notes is the result of cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, The World Bank and the International Rice Research Institute. Across Asia, rice is food for the largest segment of the human family. These policy notes seek to contribute to the ongoing policy dialogues and debates about rice and food security in East and Southeast Asia and to better informed decision making.
Ghana, irrigation market brief
01/2014
This report is the second in a series of five market briefs produced jointly by the IFC and FAO. It is targeted primarily at private sector investors and companies interested in expanding investment in irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular focus on modern irrigation technologies, but may be of wider interest to all stakeholders engaged in irrigation development in the country.
Review of smallholder linkages for inclusive agribusiness development
01/2013
The scope of this study is to introduce the conceptual framework for the promotion of the commercialization of agriculture6 through the use of collaborative business models7 (i.e. contract farming, outgrower schemes and joint ventures), thus providing an alternative to large-scale land acquisitions as well as opportunities for smallholder farmers.
Pakistan: review of the wheat sector and grain storage issues
01/2013
The report consists of two chapters. Typical questions regarding Pakistan’s wheat sector form the titles of sections in each chapter, while the text provides concise answers and information on sector development
Stocktaking of livelihood projects in India: a synthesis paper
01/2012
This study seeks to examine important project outcomes and impacts, find significant innovations and to see what lessons can be learned from this experience in order to help generate the design of future interventions of this nature. This synthesis paper draws on six working papers prepared by FAO consultants, which are summarized in the Annexes.