Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project

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The objective of the Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project for India is to enhancing the socio-economic status of the poor, especially women and disadvantaged groups, in selected districts of Orissa. There are four components to the project. The first component is the institution building. A key project principle is strong cluster coordinators and community resource persons, who will be in the fore-front of the institutional building process and provide on time support for Self Help Groups (SHGs) and their federations. This component will have two sub-components: (1) community level institution building and; (2) developing project staff capacity to implement the project effectively. The second component is the community investment fund. This fund is also expected to help community-based organizations build institutional capacity, leverage additional funds from mainstream financial institutions, and develop new financial products that better address the needs of the poor and their organizations. The third component is the livelihood promotion fund. Livelihoods enhancement will include enhanced production, productivity and profitability in sectors like agriculture, horticulture, handlooms, fisheries and livestock key rural livelihoods in the coastal districts. This component has three sub-components: (a) value chain proposals; (b) skills development and jobs for rural youth; and (c) a livelihood innovations find. Finally, the fourth component is the project management, knowledge management and replication. Financing under this component will mainly go for project staffing costs, monitoring, learning and evaluation activities and undertaking certain learning and thematic studies and pilots. Activities to be financed (with detailed costs) will include: (i) establishing and supporting project management units at the state and district levels; (ii) project Management Information System (MIS); and (iii) internal monitoring, evaluation and learning activities including studies.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

World Bank Group

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Road, Raw Materials, Consumer Products, Commercial, Government