Abstract:

The objective of this study was to provide an overall and a country analysis of the needs of indigenous peoples and the solutions they propose to tackle rural poverty, gender,  innovative solutions for future development interventions and to scout for promising grassroots organisations. This was done by capturing knowledge and information from 1095 proposals, which were submitted to IFAD for funding under the Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility (IPAF) initiative. The objective of the Facility is to support indigenous and tribal peoples, as well as ethnic minorities in IFAD developing country member states through small grants ranging between USD 10,000 and 30,000.