Project ID: 1565
Project design document
Executive Board Document: EB-2010-101-R-28-Rev-1

Rural Development Programme (RDP)

The project aims is to raise the living standards of rural households by establishing improved mechanisms for the delivery of priority economic and social infrastructure and services by the public and private sector. This is being achieved through: (i) increased, cost-effective and sustained provision of local services and basic infrastructure determined through participatory planning and prioritized by the villagers themselves; (ii) increased capacity of agricultural institutions to provide demand-driven agriculture services at the local level; and (iii) support for rural business development.

The project is designed to support the implementation of key priorities identified under the Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy (ARDS). The RDP incorporates the time needed to rebuild formal institutions and systems as well as their linkages with rural communities. The first phase is expected to test and gradually expand new and participatory approaches for the delivery of local infrastructure and agricultural support services in rural areas. The second phase will focus on the consolidation and institutionalization of those innovative approaches.

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