CLP was invited to set up a stand at the Second Ministerial Meeting on Rural Development in Asia and the Pacific held in Dhaka at the Sheraton Hotel between the 24^th and 28^th January. The meeting was organised by the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP).

The Meeting adopted the Dhaka Declaration 2010 having agreed to ensure a pro-poor policy and resources to contribute towards achieving the goal of reducing hunger and poverty at least by half by 2015.