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CIRDAP to take up poverty alleviation projects worth $2.6m
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) plans to give the rural poverty alleviation programme in Bangladesh a 'major thrust" by applying the "bottom up" approach to pro Ject planning, reports UN8.
The Centre has about 18 poverty alleviation projects to be implemented In the member countries at a cost of 2.6 million US dollar in the biennial 1992-93.
CIRDAP Director Somporn Hanpongpandh told UNB that the "bottom up" approach would be one among other appropriate approaches for Bangladesh than the conventional "top down” strategy which could not change the condition of the rural poor in any country of the Asia Pacific region.
CIRDAP has been experimenting on the "bottom up" approach since its inception because this system ensures Involvement of the rural peo pie in fixing priorities for development planning.
The 18 poverty alleviation projects, he said, would be a modest beginning to demonstrate how the rural poor can make out their own plana for income generation and self-employment.
Somporn said majority of the 80 per cent population in Bangladesh living in the rural areas with their small fluctuating Income has to depend on nature. They have no saving which they could Invest in income-generating ventures.
He said that the amount disbursed by the existing financial institutions despite lots of improvement In the recent past should be further strengthened to meet the requirement of the rural poor.
So far CIRDAP undertook about 50 rural poverty alleviation research projects, 15 action research projects and more than 50 training projects in the region.
More than 1OO Income generating projects were also under Implementation in the member countries — India.
Pakistan. Nepal. Sri Lanka, Indonesia. Laos. Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and the host country Bangladesh.
CIRDAP has Initiated a kitchen gardening (vegetable) pilot project at a village in Comilla, which is one of a dozen of Income generating projects In Bangladesh.
Somporn suggested that action research projects like Community Information and Planning Service (C1PS) could be introduced as adjuncts to the income-generating projects.
Agro-based Industry supported by the financial instltu tions, could not only be an important sources of poverty alleviation in the rural areas but also boost agricultural production.
He said CIRDAP was currently conducting a study on Monitoring Adjustment of Poverty (MAP) to identify the characteristics and the underlying factors of rural poverty in Bangladesh.