SOC DEV FUND

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The project will: (a) sustain the government's poverty alleviation efforts; (b) mitigate the social costs of macroeconomic adjustment; and (c) strengthen the institutional capabilities of the National Fund for Social Compensation and Development (FONCODES). The project will: (i) generate employment and improve social services; (ii) promote strong and self-reliant community organizations; (iii) complement other nation-wide projects in education and health; and (iv) maximize support from other potential donors. The project will support the overall operation of FONCODES for the period 1994 to 1996. More specifically, it will: (a) support a range of community-based, labor-intensive projects, with a strong focus on education, health and nutrition, and other areas that would assist poor rural and peri-urban populations; and (b) support the institutional development of FONCODES.