Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund

TA 4401: Rural Income and Sustainable Development - People's Republic of China
Financed by Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund

Project Summary

This TA builds on the lessons learned from the World Bank-funded China Southwest Poverty Reduction Project (1995-2001) and apply similar community-driven and participatory approaches for increasing rural income and reducing poverty to selected remotevillages of Guizhou and Yunnan.

The key activities of this TA include:

• Development of a participatory action plan at the village level which include a comprehensive assessment of livelihood, assets and agro-ecological conditions of the villages
• Piloting of key sustainable alternative rural livelihood projects to be identified during the participatory planning
• Implementation of policy reforms on local and national policies that directly impact on sustainable alternative rural livelihoods
• Conduct of capacity development and awareness programs
• Establishment of a community based monitoring and evaluation system and a feedback mechanism

• TA Paper [ PDF: 95kb | 19 pages ]
• Consultant's Report [ PDF: 1,465kb | 92 pages ]