IFPRI Forum: Insuring the World’s Poor

CONTENTS:; New Directions for Gender Research at IFPRI; Building Bridges and Sharing Science . . .2; The Future of Small Farms for Poverty Reduction and Growth. . .3; Norman Borlaug Awarded Congressional Medal . . 3; Interview with Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Chairman Swiss Re America Holding Corporation. . .4; Commentary: Time to Update the Food Aid Convention. . .7; Does Agricultural Research Lead to Better Livelihoods for the Poor?. . .8 SPECIAL POST-G8 SUMMIT INTERVIEWS; SPECIAL POST-G8 SUMMIT INTERVIEWS: Interview with Erastus J.O. Mwencha, Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); SPECIAL POST-G8 SUMMIT INTERVIEWS: Interview with Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Germany's Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development