Primary Education Equity in Learning Program

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The development objective of First Phase of Green Agricultural and Rural Revitalization Program for China is to enhance environmentally sustainable agricultural and rural infrastructure development in selected areas of Guangxi and Guizhou. In 2017, the Chinese government adopted an ambitious national RRP, which is implemented in phases of five-year RRS plans. The national RRS plan provides the overarching rural development vision and broadly defined actions. The RRS plans are framed around the “Three rurals”: agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. The main objectives of the RRS plans are to sustainably increase rural income, increase access to rural infrastructure and public services, and improve the living environment in rural areas. The national RRS plan phase 1 (2018‒2022) focuses on consolidating and sustaining the poverty eradication gains, and has four pillars: (i) green agricultural development, (ii) agricultural modernization, (iii) rural infrastructure and public services, and (iv) rural governance. The national RRS phase 1 overlaps with the transition period (2021‒2025), which also coincides with the 14th FYP (2021‒2025). The PforR contributes to the achievement of the government’s RRP, which is implemented in phased RRS plans. The Bank’s PforR support focuses on three Results Areas (RAs): (i) RA1 ‒ Strengthening institutional capacity for governance to improve institutional coordination and management frameworks for results-based green agriculture and rural infrastructure development (wastewater and solid waste management systems); (ii) RA2 ‒ Greening selected agricultural value chains to sustainably increase rural income by adopting environmentally friendly production practices; and (iii) RA3 ‒ Increasing access to rural solid waste and wastewater services to improve the rural living environment and reduce pollutants. The PforR will support selected sub-programs under Pillar 1 (Green agricultural development) and Pillar 3 (Rural infrastructure and public services) of the government’s RRS plan phase 1 (2018‒2022), which overlaps with the 14th FYP (2021‒2025).