AR Socio-Economic Inclusion In Rural Areas

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The development objective of the Socio-Economic Inclusion in Rural Areas Project for Argentina is to increase the socio-economic inclusion of rural poor (small producers, indigenous people, and rural workers) by: (a) strengthening their organizational, planning, and management capacity to achieve poverty-reduction goals; (b) improving their access to community infrastructure and services; and (c) piloting a new model for developing sustainable access to markets. The project comprises of four components. The first component, capacity development will finance carrying out of capacity-building activities for purposes of increasing the impact of development actions on targeted rural groups. The second component, rural livelihood will finance the carrying out of demand driven investments and activities (Rural Investment subprojects) aimed at improving the living conditions of the targeted poor rural communities and consisting of, inter alia, small-scale investments such as the rehabilitation or construction of rural community infrastructures, the provision of support aimed at improving agricultural production and marketing, the carrying out of food-security activities and natural resources management, and the construction or improvement of household water and sanitation systems. The third component, access to markets will finance the provision of support for the identification, formulation, and implementation of business ventures (productive alliances) between producer groups and market agent’s buyers. The fourth component, project management will finance the provision of operational support to assist the Borrower in the coordination, implementation, administration, monitoring and evaluation of the project.