date:May 19, 2016
that many of the innovative approaches in the projects we support have been scaled up by state governments so that millions of rural people across the country can be lifted out of poverty, said Josefina Stubbs, IFAD's associate VP and chief development strategist.
Among the projects evaluated, the Odisha Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme was said to be effective in facilitating the implementation of existing laws on tribal groups access to forests, including the 2006 Forest Rights A