First Resilient Kerala Program Development Policy Operation

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The development objective of the First Resilient Kerala Program Development Policy Operation for India is to enhance the State of Kerala's resilience against the impacts of natural disasters and climate change. There are three unique aspects of the first state partnership that the Government of Kerala (GoK) and the World Bank have established through the operation: (i) the confluence and the combination of the two stories, (ii) strong commitment of the state for the reform agenda right from the highest level all the way through the technical and administrative levels, and (iii) the use of development policy financing to launch the engagement and structure the medium-term transformative shifts in policies, institutions, and programs, rather than as a onetime intervention to effect a limited change. The operation, which forms the foundation for the state partnership, supports the policy and institutional reform program of the GoK for enhancing the state’s resilience against disasters and impacts of climate change.