CONTENTS:
•Insuring the World’s Poor
•New Directions for Gender Research at IFPRI
•Building Bridges and Sharing Science
•The Future of Small Farms for Poverty Reduction and Growth
•Norman Borlaug Awarded Congressional Medal
•Interview with Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Chairman Swiss Re America Holding Corporation
•Commentary: Time to Update the Food Aid Convention
•Does Agricultural Research Lead to Better Livelihoods for the Poor?
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