Rural Poverty Alleviation - Bahia

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The objective of the Bahia Rural Alleviation Project is to assist the State in alleviating rural poverty and its consequences by: 1) providing basic social and economic infrastructure, and employment and income-generating opportunities for the rural poor; 2) supporting rural communities in planning and implementing their own subprojects; 3) providing safety net for the rural poor during a period of strong fiscal adjustment when the Government's ability to finance essential investments and services is constrained; and 4) leveraging revenue mobilization at the community and municipal levels. The project will ensure that funds are targeted and reliably transferred to the poorest communities, will promote further decentralization of decision making to State, municipal and local levels. The project comprises three main components: community subprojects, consisting of infrastructure, social and productive or small-scale industrial projects; institutional development providing technical assistance and training in implementing new project schemes; and administration, monitoring, and evaluation.