Embassy Row

 ROME -- A well-known figure at the Circo Massimo, Carlos Watson, has attracted considerable attention within both the FAO headquarters in Rome and the FAO New York Office, where he is frequently s

 ROME – Despite recent disclosures of rampant sexual nepotism and graft at IFAD, key decisions at the Rome based develoipment bank for small farmers still are dri

ROME – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has appointed a “Crisis Manager” to try and contain what is feared is damage to the reputation of the UN agency and its beleaguered

ROME — Reza Olia was a rebel as an artist -- While others fought with a clinched fist he fought with the tools of an artist who used his hands to craft works that drew attention to the injustices h

 ROME – IFAD’s top female povertybusters Carola Alvarez and Constanza Di Nucci are dressing and behaving “as if they were characters in the Devil wears Prada,” flaunting luxury designer brands with

 ROME – IFAD’s doughty staff association has called for “clear, meaningful consequences” for top managers who abuse their authority but the UN agency’s embattled president Alvaro Lario still has st

 ROME – American President Donald Trump launched another attack Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on social media ahead of a NATO meeting in Ankara later this week, saying that he needs a “rest

 ROME – IFAD Managing Director Carola Alvarez told staff this week she is leaving the UN agency in  a surprise move following revelations in the Italian Insider t

 WASHINGTON – Tony Kalm, who has died at age 58, led a constellation of anti-poverty initiatives including overseeing the One Acre Fund that helped millions  of smallholder farmers improve their li

 ROME – The IFAD staff association Wednesday pledged to defend whistleblowers at the UN agency after Argentine American managing director Carola Alvarez threatene

 ROME – IFAD President, Alvaro Lario, was quoted on Saturday as saying he strongly denies a “defamatory” Italian Insider report that he had an affair with one of his female employees who was promot

Rome – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sharply rebuked United States President Donald Trump after he claimed she had “begged” him to take a photograph with her during this week's G7 summi

 ROME – The Evaluation Committee of IFAD’s Executive Board was holding a closed doors meeting this week to discuss revelations by the Italian Insider over sexual nepotism that threaten the re-elect

 ROME – IFAD’s embattled Managing Director, Carola Alvarez, called an urgent staff meeting of her Office of Development Effectiveness at the UN agency Tuesday to

 ROME – Spanish hungercrat Alvaro Lario’s bid to be re-elected as president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for a second term has been thrown into doubt after complain

 ROME -- As the FIFA World Cup kicks off in North America, football will take hold across stadiums, screens and capitals alike.

 ROME -- Un grand merci to the brilliant Troupe Poly who gave a dazzling performance of Hécube, pas Hécube, a labrynthine, avant garde French ve