India: Resilient Kerala Program for Results

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This Project is being cofinanced with the World Bank (WB) and Agence Française De Développement (AFD), and has been designed in accordance with the WB's Policy on Program for Results (PforR). The Program will support implementation of the two key government programs - the Rebuild Kerala Development Program and the State Health Mission. The Program will specifically support two Results Areas: (i) Strengthening transversal systems for resilience; and (ii) embedding resilience in key economic sectors. As a subset of the government programs, the boundaries of the PforR have been defined to include the following high priority sectors - Health, Road, Urban, Water Resources Management, Agriculture, Disaster Risk Financing & Insurance, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Fiscal & Governance. The adoption of PforR design will facilitate delivering of the resilience agenda through linking policy and institutional shifts at the policy level with real expenditures and verifiable results on the ground. Activities financed by the project will include: Strengthening financial protection against disasters through sustainable fiscal and debt management as well as a comprehensive disaster risk finance and social protection system;  Enhancing disaster preparedness through mainstreaming climate and disaster risk informed urban and DRM planning;  Strengthening public health systems against disease outbreaks and natural hazards;  Implementing integrated water resources management to mitigate water risks against floods and other natural disasters;   Achieving sustainable and resilient food systems through agroecological farming;  Strengthening resilient core road network (CRN).