Agha Khan Development Network

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of development agencies with mandates that include the environment, health, education, architecture, culture, microfinance, rural development, disaster reduction, the promotion of private-sector enterprise and the revitalisation of historic cities. AKDN agencies conduct their programmes without regard to faith, origin or gender.
What's New

* The Aga Khan Music Initiative and Al Mawred Al Thaqafy Bring Together Arab and Central Asian Musicians at Sixth Remix Music Workshop in Aswan - 18 September 2011 (Press Release)
* AKTC Receives 2011 UNESCO Award for Culture Heritage Conservation - 2 September 2011
* Tajik and Afghan officials Inaugurate Vanj Bridge Built by AKDN as Part of Cross-border Initiatives - 16 August 2011 (Press Release)
* FOCUS Pakistan assists in evacuating victims affected by collapse of Karachi’s Lyari Building - 9 August 2011 (Press Release)
* His Highness the Aga Khan meets with the Secretary General of the East African Community - 29 July 2011

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Raising Rural Incomes While Revitalising Local Culture
SPOTLIGHT ON Social Development
Raising Rural Incomes While Revitalising Local Culture

The vast majority of AKF beneficiaries are small producers whose livelihoods depend on income from selling their crops or the products they make. Their incomes are strongly affected by factors such as the level of technical knowledge, physical distance to markets, uneven competition due to national and international trade policies, devastation of war and limits on productivity caused by environmental degradation.