Bahia State Integrated Project: Rural Poverty

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The Bahia State Integrated Project for Brazil will increase social and economic opportunities for the rural poor by improving their access to basic socioeconomic infrastructure. The project consists of the following components: (i) this component will support community matching grants for about 2,500 smallscale socio-economic infrastructure, education, health, cultural, environmental and other productive investments aimed at raising the human development index (HDI); (ii) this component will finance (a) technical assistance and training to support the mobilization and strengthening of Community Associations; (b) capacity-building for Municipal Councils on responsibilities outlined in the Project Operational Manual, including assessment and supervision of community associations, participatory planning, financial management and environmental management of community subprojects; (c) training and technical assistance; and (d) workshops and seminars for Municipal Councils and Community; (iii) this component will finance costs (excluding salaries) of project administration, monitoring and impact evaluation.