Resilience, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Improvement Project

The development objective of Resilience, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Improvement Project for Bangladesh is to improve livelihoods of the poor and extreme poor, enhance their resilience and support rural entrepreneurship in project areas. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Community Institutions and Livelihood Development, has the following sub-components: (i) Development and Strengthening of Community Institutions; (ii) Financing of Community Plans; and (iii) Health and Nutrition Support. 2) The second component, Business Development and Institutional Strengthening, has the following sub-components: (i) Development and Strengthening of Second-tier Institutions; (ii) Commercial Agriculture and Rural Entrepreneurship; and (iii) Employment Generation Support. 3) The third component, Project Management, Monitoring and Learning, aims to support to carry out Project management, monitoring and learning of the Project including provision of Operating Costs. 4) The fourth component, Contingent Emergency Response Component, aims to make provision of immediate response to an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, as needed.