Rural Settlement Infrastructure and Kabupaten Strategic Area Development ((RISE)II)

completed

The Project, covering the areas with high poverty rate of 237 sub-districs(kacamatans) in 34 districts (kabupatens) of 9 provinces excluding Java and Bali, will develop basic infrastructure, including (i) transport/access to infrastructure, (ii) water supply and sanitation infrastructure, (iii) small irrigation infrastructure, (iv) market support facilities, (v) primary healthcare facilities, (vi) primary and junior high school buildings, which are to be based on the needs of residents. In addition, it will strengthen the capacity of administrators and facilitators in the implementation of local participatory development. Based on the above-mentioned activities, the Project intends to create economic opportunities of the unprivileged groups residing in the target areas and to enhance their access to social services, as well as to develop administrative capacity of the local governments. An upper goal of the Project is to contribute to reducing poverty and narrowing disparities based on the self-reliant local economic development.