BO: Investing in Children and Youth

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The objectives of the Enhancing Human Capital of Children and Youth Project for Bolivia are to : (i) contribute to a reduction in the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in children ages 0-2 years old living in the most vulnerable rural areas of the country; (ii) improve the management and operation of a skills development program for low income youth to enhance its effectiveness in increasing their ability to find and maintain a good quality job; and (iii) improve Government capacity to design and manage a coherent, measurable, and effective social protection network in the medium term. There are three components to the project. The first component consists of implementing and scaling up the Social Protection Program for mothers and children to combat chronic malnutrition; the second component consists of improving and expanding a skills development program for low income unemployed youth living in urban and peri-urban areas and; finally the third component is the institutional strengthening of the Social Protection Network (RPS-DIC). The components will help the Government meet the long-term objective of the RPS-DIC, which is to build a sustainable and integrated social protection system.