Pilot Poverty Alleviation Project

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The development objective of the Pilot Poverty Alleviation Project is to increase on a sustainable basis the incomes of the poor, and to improve their access to essential economic and social services. The Project objectives are to: (1) have a modest though quick impact on the incomes of some of the poor; and (2) develop capacity at the national and local level to implement participatory approaches to poverty alleviation. The Project's two components are: scaling-up of on-going nongovernmental organization poverty alleviation programs; and developing the Tajikistan Social Investment Fund (TASIF). The first component further consists of: (1) assisting returned families in the self-help reconstruction of their homes ; (2) expanding existing services and extending activities of the micro-credit program to other districts; (3) strengthening the capacity of social services to support female-headed households with access to and ownership of agricultural assets, and with grants for day-are centers and schools; (4) expanding the agricultural reform program; and increasing staple food crop production; and (5) continued sponsoring of these activities, if they or similar programs modeled after them are successful. The development of the Social Investment Fund has two sub-components. In the first, TASIF will be developed by providing equipment, vehicles, salaries, operating costs, training, technical assistance, and financing for monitoring and evaluation. The second sub-component implements pilot micro-projects in order to train staff and test and modify the targeting, promotion, appraisal, approval, supervision, monitoring and evaluating procedures written in the operational manual.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management,Financial Sector

World Bank Group

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Water Supply and Storage, Fertilizers, Automotive, Waste Processing and Treatment, Raw Materials, Rail, Government