Third Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Project

closed

The objective of the Third Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Project is to targeted poor are empowered with increased incomes, improved productive capacity, and access to services to achieve sustainable livelihoods. There are five components to the project. The first component of the project is social mobilization and institution building, this component is to target and empower the poor by supporting their organization into Community Organizations (COs) and clustering into higher levels of institutions at village and union council area levels. The second component of the project is livelihood enhancement and protection, this component is to develop the capacity, opportunities, assets and productivity of community members to reduce their vulnerability to shocks, improve their livelihoods initiatives and strengthen their business operations. The third component of the project is micro-credit access, this component is to improve access of the poor to micro-finance to enhance their capacities, productivity and returns from livelihood initiatives. The fourth component of the project is basic services and infrastructure, this component is to establish and upgrade basic services and infrastructure to serve the poor, including basic infrastructure, integrated community infrastructure projects, and improved health and education facilities. The fifth and final component of the project is project implementation support, this component is to facilitate governance, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, learning and quality enhancement efforts in the project.