Poverty Alleviation Pilot Project
| PROJECT LOCATION |
Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur, Districts |
| PROFESSIONAL STAFF |
3 |
| OTHER STAFF |
9 |
| NAME OF CLIENT/DONOR |
International Fund for Agriculture Development, Rome |
| NO. OF PROFESSIONAL MAN MONTHS |
54 |
| NO. OF OTHER MAN MONTHS |
162 |
| START DATE (Month/Year) |
July 1999 |
| COMPLETION DATE (Month/Year) |
December 2000 |
| APPROX. VALUE OF SERVICES |
US $ 71,000 |
| NAME OF ASSOCIATION FIRM, IF ANY: |
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| NO. OF MAN-MONTHS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROVIDED BY ASSOCIATED FIRM: |
Not Applicable |
NAME OF SENIOR STAFF
| Dr. Pitambar Gautam worked as Project Leader and was responsible for study design, project implementation, supervision, data analysis and report writing. |
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
| This was a support project to the Poverty Alleviation Project in Western Terai Districts implemented by the Ministry of Local Development with IFAD's financial assistance. The main objective of the project were to develop and introduce a participatory development methodology, operational methodology and targeting mechanism for poverty alleviation and to improve the household food and income security situation through the active participation of poor. The project activities were implemented in four VDCs of the Mid and Far Western Development Regions. |
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED
- Social mobilization
- Awareness raising
- Participatory planning and targeting
- Group formation and saving and credit activities
- Capacity building through various training activities
- Skill development training and preparation of various manuals
- Capacity building of Ministry of Local Development staff at district level
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