Rural Development Program

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The Objective of the Solomon Islands Rural Development Program (RDP) would be to raise the living standards of rural households by establishing improved mechanisms for the delivery of priority economic and social infrastructure and services by the public and the private sector. The project consists of three components with the first being the delivery of local infrastructure and services. The specific objective of this component is to increase access to and use o f infrastructure and services in rural areas through participatory planning, budgeting and execution mechanisms at community and provincial level. The second component involves improving the agricultural services. The specific objective of this component is to improve access of smallholder households to quality agricultural services to support rural income growth. The final component consists of rural business development. This would facilitate rural enterprise development through provision of an equity financing facility and associated training and technical assistance.