World Bank begins PDRP review

THE World Bank on Monday commenced its implementation support mission for the Department of Agriculture-led Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) with an initial meeting at the DA’s central office in Quezon City.

A team of experts from the World Bank led by Frauke Jungbluth, the lead agriculture economist and task team leader of the mission, will attend meetings and sub-project site visits in the PRDP’s clusters in North Luzon covering the Cordillera, Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon regions; South Luzon, which covers the CALABARZON, MIMAROPA and Bicol Regions; Visayas; and Mindanao.