Mozambique - Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction

The proposed project responds to Mozambique’s need to build institutional capacity in the field of poverty reduction. It is part of the Bank Group assistance to support Government's initiatives to develop capacity and human resources for poverty reduction. Two government institutes, considered as key agencies for the implementation of the government’s poverty reduction policies, are targeted by the project to develop and reinforce institutional capacity and human resources. Furthermore, the project will develop national capacity for participatory methods among a potentially wide range of private and public agencies. Therefore, it is expected to have a substantial impact on the effective and efficien implementation of current and future poverty reduction projects. The project consists of the following three components: (i) Capacity Building for Instituto Nacional de Acao Social (INAS); (ii) Capacity Building of Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento Rural (INDER) and Project Coordination. It will be implemented over a period of 3 years, beginning January 1999.