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Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Rural Advancement Programme
Despite strong economic growth and an unprecedented decline in poverty, inequalities in China are increasing and rural poverty persists, mainly in disadvantaged areas in the western provinces. This programme, directly supervised by IFAD, has the aim of reducing the incidence of poverty among rural men and women in a sustainable and gender-equitable way by improving their access to information, technology, rural financial services and markets. While pursuing the goal of achieving sustainable improvement in poor people’s social and economic situations, the programme introduces innovative measures for reducing poverty, and modules that can be scaled up in the future. It contributes directly to the ongoing reform of the rural banking system. Target groups include people who are absolutely poor and people in low-income households, particularly households headed by women. They are people who have low skill levels and limited access to financial resources. The principal objectives of the programme are to:
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