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1964 - 2014 FAO Investment Centre: 50 Years of development support

Year of publication 2015

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 86 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) To celebrate the Investment Centre’s 50th anniversary, we at FAO reflected on half a century’s worth of experiences in facilitating investment in agriculture and rural development. We have prepared this book to tell the story of how the Investment Centre came to be and what it is now, and what we hope it will be in the years to come. Annotated with personal reminiscences, early documents and photos, this is a lively, multifaceted, decade by decade recounting of the Investment Centre’s evolution. The book will appeal to former, current and future investment specialists and those who have an interest in learning from experiences in order to shape the future landscape of agricultural and rural development.

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