Poverty Reduction Fund III

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The development objective of the Third Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF) Project for Lao People's Democratic Republic is to improve access to basic services for the Project’s targeted poor communities. It will be achieved through inclusive community and local development processes with emphasis on ensuring sustainability. The project comprises of four components. The first component, community development sub-grants will finance carrying out of participatory community and local development planning processes at the village and Kum Ban levels; and provision of sub-grants for the implementation of eligible community infrastructure subprojects based on the Kum Ban development plans prepared under the Project. The second component, local and community development capacity building will finance provision of technical assistance to build the capacity of Kum Bans and villages to assess their needs and prepare Kum Ban development plans, and to plan, implement and monitor subprojects; provision of technical assistance to build the capacity of provincial and district authorities to facilitate community and local development planning processes and to support and supervise the development and implementation of subprojects; provision of technical assistance to the National Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication to promote participatory rural development in coordination with various sector ministries and other entities supporting rural development in the Recipient’s territory; Provision of technical and operational assistance for the development and implementation of partnerships between PRF and other agencies in rural sanitation, nutrition, poverty assessment, and other areas within the mandate of PRF; and Monitoring and evaluation of the activities carried out under part 1 and part 2 of the project. The third component, project management will finance the provision of technical and operational assistance for the day-to-day management of the project and the carrying out of financial audits. This will include remuneration of national, provincial and district PRF staff; associated equipment and operating costs; accounting, procurement, financial management (FM), internal controls, auditing, and other specialized areas. The fourth component, Nutrition Enhancing Livelihood Development will finance provision of capacity building assistance to village self-help group (SHGs), with a focus on women’s SHGs in selected communities, to develop and implement nutrition sensitive livelihood activities and to enhance their knowledge of livelihood activities including financial literary and production cycles; monitoring and evaluation of the activities carried out under Part 3 of the Project, including carrying out of studies on thematic or operational innovations and participatory assessments of nutrition training.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection

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Road, Water Supply and Storage, Raw Materials, Commercial, Government