1. VIETNAM
Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty
Decentralised Programme
for Poverty Reduction (DPPR)
Quang Binh
Fish sauce processing in Quang Binh.
Programme Rationale
Addressing poverty in Quang Binh province, requires an integrated approach that focuses
on both environmental degradation and high poverty rates. Women are often particularly
disadvantaged in terms of workload and participation in family and community decisions.
The programme design has specific strategies to ensure that women have equal access to
programme resources and appropriate representation in decision-making processes.
Programme Objectives
The goal of this six-year programme is to improve the socio-economic status of the poorest
households here, with particular emphasis on community-driven development approaches.
Programme purposes are to: (i) improve food security and living standards for the poorest
households; (ii) develop strong grassroots institutions that manage community resources
better; (iii) improve decentralised development approaches; (iv) improve the socio-economic
status of women; (v) improve village-level infrastructure; and (vi) improve management of
natural resources.
Programme Area and Target Group
The programme covers four rural districts: Quang Trach, Bo Trach, Quang Ninh and Le Thuy.
Within these districts there are 48 communes encompassing 347 administrative villages. Of
these, 10 communes are coastal; 13 are lowland or riverside; 2 are hilly and 23 are upland.
International The programme primarily benefits hungry and poor households. Women, ethnic minorities and
Fund for unemployed youth are targeted.
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2. Programme Strategy
Enabling poor rural people Areas with the highest incidence of poverty are targeted ensuring the poorest households are
to overcome poverty benefited. The main beneficiaries of DPPR are the poor, especially poor women and ethnic
minorities. Production support and small scale infrastructure are most beneficial for this target
group.
Programme Components
• Capacity building for decentralised development
• Production support
• Small-scale infrastructure development
• Programme management
Programme Cost and Financing
Total costs for the programme are USD $18.3 million.
The proposed financiers of the programme are IFAD (62.2%), the Government of Norway
(13.6%) in the form of debt-swap funds, the Government of Vietnam GoVN (15.6%), and
the beneficiaries (7.0%). The Government will finance 100% of all land purchase costs and
salaries/allowances, 40% of operating costs (excluding village infrastructure maintenance
costs), and the tax and duty element of all project expenditures.
For both Quang Binh and Ha Giang provinces: Besides the IFAD loan, IFAD provided a grant of
USD 0.63 million for the Policy and Programme Development subcomponent.
Benefits and Impact
Up to the end of 2010, 160 infrastructure works have been constructed including 95 road
works with a total length of 97.7 km; 26 irrigation works with a total length of 21.1 km; 39 civil
works and others (such as: market, cultural house, school class, nursery school, electricity line,
broadcasting station, daily use water pipe, workshop). The small irrigation schemes under the
project support have brought considerably positive impacts such as increased crop irrigation
(particularly rice and maize); enhancement of crop yields and increasing the number of crops
per year. These impacts result in improved food production and the transiting of one rice crop
into two ensures rice and food security at village level.
Contact details
Atsuko Toda
Country Programme Manager
Asia and Pacific Division
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Unit 304, UN Apartment Building
2E Van Phuc, Kim Ma Str, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Tel: 0084- (4) 3823 7231; Fax: + 84 (4) 3823 3819
Email: at.toda@ifad.org
Skype: atsuko.toda
Website: www.ifad.org.vn
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