SOCIAL RECOVERY PROJ

closed

The project will fund community initiatives to help mitigate the negative effects on the poor from the economic crisis. It will support the rehabilitation and improvement of existing infrastructure and service delivery through the Microprojects Unit in the Ministry of Finance. The project will strengthen communities' ability to improve their situation through self-help. Further, the project will improve the information base and provide analyses to enhance the Government's planning and policy making in the social sectors. It consists of the following three components: (a) community initiatives which will finance a series of small, simple and locally-generated sub-projects in health, nutrition, education and economic infrastructure; (b) institutional support for the Microprojects Unit; (c) analysis and monitoring which includes support for national statistical surveys, a beneficiary assessment, and a studies fund that will finance a series of studies related to poverty and adjustment.