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| Project ID: 1245
Community Development Programme The main objectives of the proposed programme will be to consolidate, expand and improve the wellbeing of the rural poor in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) while being gender sensitive and using community-based participatory planning, implementation, and monitoring process of village development. This will be achieved by: (i) strengthening the role and capabilities of existing Community Organizations (COs) and establishing new COs; (ii) establishing the basis for successful devolution process by promoting effective governance, transparency and accountability through improvements in operational, financial and relationships between central and local institutions; and (iii) improving natural resource management and expanding social and economic infrastructure necessary to increase income and employment opportunities and reduce the conditions of poverty for the vulnerable segments of the communities. The programme will operate through existing and new COs (both women's and men's) to select priority infrastructure and development activities in collaboration with the beneficiaries. Loan Amount: SDR 15.25 million (approximately USD 21.8 million) on highly concessional terms Total project cost: estimated at USD 30.7 million, of which beneficiaries will provide about USD 1.8 million and the national Government USD 7.1 million Cooperating Institution: UNOPS 
Project ID: 1182
North-West Frontier Province Barani Area Development Project The project will: (i) reduce poverty in remote areas of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), particularly among smallholders and landless; (ii) improve the status of women by targeting them in a culturally acceptable manner and increase employment opportunities for the rural people; and (iii) improve the living conditions of the rural population and reduce the burden on women through, for example, investment in drinking water supply and basic infrastructure. Project services will be provided through community organizations to be established/strengthened using local non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The project will directly benefit about 67 000 households (or 7% of the total households in the project area) as a result of crop intensification, improved irrigation and on-farm water management, and improved animal health. In addition, a much larger number of households will benefit from the overall improvement of agricultural services, applied research, water supply and microenterprise and income-generating activities. Beneficiaries, including women, will derive advantages from water-supply development, health and education improvements, training and the creation of income-generating activities. The involvement of newly elected local governments will have a positive impact on good governance, increase the beneficiaries ownership of project investments and improve targeting, implementation and sustainability of the investments. The project will target about 67 000 households, with special emphasis on women. These are mainly small farmers, landless farm labourers, tenants/sharecroppers and those engaged in rural off-farm occupations. Most of the households live in poor conditions with frequent crop failures due to unreliable climatic conditions. The rapid rural appraisal (RRA) and participatory community workshops identified with the target group their priority needs. In general, the poorer villages or communities are small and remote; they have a low average farm size and an above-average number of landless; and their physical and social infrastructure is poorly developed. Loan amount: SDR 11.15 million (equivalent to approximately USD 14.45 million) on highly concessional terms Total project costs are estimated at USD 98.66 million, of which SDR 40.06 million (equivalent to approximately USD 52.00 million) will be provided by AsDB. Cooperating Institution: AsDB |
| Project ID: 1078
Southern Federally Administered Tribal Areas Development Project The objectives of the six-year IFAD-initiated project are to: (i) improve the household food security of vulnerable rural families and the living conditions of the rural poor; (ii) boost farm-family incomes; and (iii) contribute to the empowerment of rural communities by strengthening their capacity to manage and develop their productive resources in a sustainable manner. Secondary objectives are to enhance the status of rural women, thereby increasing their involvement in the development process, and to improve the technical and infrastructure services to rural poor families as a necessary condition for poverty alleviation. Project interventions will focus on three agencies of the Southern Federally Administered Tribal Areas that fall within the poorest 10% of all districts and agencies in Pakistan. The overall area has a population of about 1.1 million and is characterized by a strong tribal structure. The project will target about 60 000 households (about 44% of all households in the project area), with special emphasis on women, since key soci o-economic indicators reveal their particular vulnerability. The target group will consist mainly of small farmers, landless farm labourers, tenant/share croppers and others engaged in rural off-farm occupations. Women will benefit from water-supply development and income-generating activities. Innovative features: All project activities are based on community participation and will exclude political interference. Community savings schemes and matching funds will be promoted to reach the poorest and women so they may undertake income-generating activities. The private sector will be involved in on-lending for microenterprise development and to community organizations/ womens organizations in order to contribute to their sustainability after the project. Close coordination with the Governments social action programme will broaden project impact on rural households by integrating primary health care, primary education and sanitation efforts. Finally, implementation of project-funded activities will be highly flexible in a demand-driven, process-oriented project, where year-to-year activities will respond to beneficiary initiatives and needs. Loan amount: SDR 13.4 million (approximately USD 17.2 million) on highly concessional terms. Total project costs: Estimated at USD 21.9 million, of which USD 173 000 will be provided by the Bank of Khyber, USD 1.9 million by the Government and USD 2.6 million by the beneficiaries. Cooperating institution: UNOPS. |
| Project ID: 1077
Barani Village Development Project The overall goal of this six-year IFAD-initiated project is to improve food security and the livelihood of small farmers and landless in six subdistricts located in two subregions of the Western Potwar Plateau and the Salt Range Zone. To this end, the project will: (i)boost agricultural production and incomes of the rural poor, disseminate tested technologies for the relatively higher rainfall areas and generate adapted technologies for the low-rainfall areas; (ii) increase livestock productivity and the coverage of veterinary services; (iii)enhance the status of women through the promotion of income-generating activities in harmony with cultural mores and increase employment opportunities for rural people; and (iv) improve the living conditions of the rural population, particularly of women and children, through investment in community infrastructure such as water supply, sanitation, access roads, etc. The target group will consist of about 176 000 households (covering about 40% of the project area). Approximately 32 300 households will benefit as a result of agricultural and livestock development, irrigation and soil and water conservation, while a much larger number will benefit from the overall improvement of agricultural services, applied research and water supply development. Income-generating activities specifically targeted at women will benefit at least 1 200. Innovative Features: The barani areas constitute a semi-arid environment subject to erratic rainfall. Through institutional links, IFAD will help the barani poor develop suitable technology and farming systems to counter the problems of variable or inadequate rainfall. In keeping with the theme of beneficiary participation throughout the majority of IFAD projects in Asia, this project adopts a bottom-up approach and enables barani communities to plan and implement their own rural development. By strengthening the community institutions, IFAD can better assist in the provision of technical and social services. Loan amount: SDR 11.2 million (approximately USD 15.3 million) on highly concessional terms. Total project costs: Estimated at USD 25.2 million, of which USD 5.2 million will be provided by the Government and USD 4.7 million by the beneficiaries. Cooperating institution: UNOPS. |
| Project ID: 1042
Northern Areas Development Project The objectives of this seven-year project are to boost agricultural production and incomes, establish and/or strengthen community organizations, improve the status of women, reinforce the resource base and improve rural roads. Project components are: - community and women's development; - village infrastructure development; - agricultural development; - rehabilitation and upgrading of valley roads; - strengthening of regional agricultural support services; and - establishment of a project management unit. The project will benefit the entire population of the northern areas, estimated at about 1 million. The target group will include some 18 000 rural households, consisting of landowners, landless families and women. The project will benefit the Diamer District population, estimated at about 220 000, through project interventions such as access and link roads, river-bank protection and water supply. About 11 500 households will benefit from agricultural and irrigation development, while 250 households of nomadic pastoralists will be served by the animal health programme and about 4 000 women by the income-generating activities. Loan amount: SDR 10.8 million (approximately USD 14.6 million) on highly concessional terms. Total project costs are estimated at USD 22.6 million, of which USD 2.6 million will be provided by the United Nations Development Programme in the form of a grant, USD 3.8 million by the borrower and USD 1.6 million by the beneficiaries. Cooperating institution: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). |
