PUNO RURAL DEVELOPME

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The objectives of this project, which would be carried out in the southern Peruvian altiplano near Puno, are to improve living conditions for the approximately 29,500 rural families in the project area now at or below the relative poverty level. Of these, 170,000 families participating directly in the agricultural development components would increase their agricultural and livestock production on about 24,000 ha of the project area through the improvement and construction of irrigation systems, the provision of agricultural credit and intensive research and extension programs. The project would also include the rehabilitation of rural roads a forest plantation component for fuel and soil conservation, improvement of rural health facilities, construction of communal potable water systems, vocational training and preinvestment studies for a follow-up project. The principal risk confronting the project is its administrative complexity. To deal with this risk a Project Unit would be established in ORDEPUNO, the Puno Regional Development Organization, with operational control over most of the executing agencies. In addition, the project would be closely supervised by Bank staff and would receive substantial technical assistance.

World Bank Group

Project

Road, Water Supply and Storage, Raw Materials, Government