KH-Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development Project II

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The development objective of the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development Project for Cambodia is to help improve target beneficiaries' access to agriculture resources and selected infrastructure and social services in project communities. The project comprises of three components. The first component, infrastructure and livelihood systems; it consists of three subcomponents: (i) social land concession investment planning and prioritization will support planning and prioritization of investments in participating SLC sites in the project provinces; (ii) land preparation and infrastructure development will support the provision of technical assistance and community grants to beneficiaries for preparation and implementation of prioritized infrastructure sub-projects in the participating social land concession (SLC) sites ; and (iii) agriculture and livelihood development will support the provision of technical assistance and community grants to beneficiaries for the purposes of consolidation and improvement of agricultural production systems and improvements in the livelihoods, food security and nutrition status of land recipients. The second component, project management will support the provision of technical and operational assistance for the overall project administration and coordination. The third component, contingent emergency response will support to an immediate response mechanism (IRM) in Cambodia. The IRM allows reallocation of a portion of undisbursed balances of IDA-financed investment projects for recovery and reconstruction support following a formal Government request in the event of an eligible emergency. With IDA’s support, Cambodia is developing its Emergency Response Manual (ERM). The ERM will detail eligible uses, financial management, procurement, safeguard and any other necessary implementation arrangements for the IDA IRM. The preparation and acceptance of the ERM is a condition prior to disbursement of any funds reallocated to this component. In the event that the IDA IRM is activated using funding through this contingent emergency response component, the project development objective (PDO) and results framework may be amended as needed through a formal restructuring to reflect the provision of immediate and effective response to the eligible crisis or emergency.