Rural Development and Poverty Eradication 2016-2020

Objective 1: Improved vulnerable groups’ and poor households’ access to and/or control of productive natural resources, financial and support services, and to social protection as a foundation to building capable, resilient, and self-sustaining households and communities. Objective 2: Enabled poor and vulnerable groups to participate in the socio-economic opportunities including through financial innovation and strengthening social enterprise. Objective 3: Strengthened convergence of rural development and poverty eradication initiatives at the local, national and regional levels through improved coordination mechanism, policy coherence and effective localisation of Rural Development and Poverty Eradication programmes and actions.