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["Karen Birkbeck" <<address removed>>]

Sent on behalf of Gareth Williams

Dear participant,

I would like to make a few quick suggestions on how we might 
take the debate forward from here.   I don?t think that we have 
yet reached the stage where we need to narrow down the 
discussion.  It is proving very useful to have a free ranging 
discussion in order to identify key themes that the participants feel 
are important.   I propose that we continue the same format over 
the coming week.  You may wish to refer again to the list of key 
questions in Alex Duncan?s introductory note, and the six groups 
of questions that I have presented in the first summary.

I think that towards the end of next week, when we will be at the 
mid-way point in the discussions, we will need to try to sharpen 
the focus a bit.  One option might be to focus on the third of 
Alex?s questions:  How can DFID be more effective in getting 
poverty-reducing agriculture going? What should it do, or not do, 
to support policies, programmes, investments and processes?  

The idea would be to identify points that are most directly relevant 
and actionable in DFID?s work.  These would obviously cut 
across all of the subjects that have been discussed so far.

I will continue to think about this over the coming week, but in the 
meantime it would be good to hear participants? views on how we 
might take forward the debate, whether we need to bring greater 
focus, and what we might try to get out of the discussion at the 
end. 

I would like to finish up by encouraging you to participate in the 
other discussion groups in the forum.  While this has been a 
popular group, others have been much quieter.  I don?t wish to 
drive anyone away, but please do have a look at what is going on 
elsewhere.  In several cases these groups are looking more 
specifically at issues that have been raised in this forum.

Please keep the excellent contributions coming in, and I shall try 
to get the next summary produced during the middle of the coming 
week.

Kind Regards

Gareth Williams


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