Description

The development objective of the Piaui Pillars of Growth and Social Inclusion Project for Brazil is to: (a) reduce dropout of students in public secondary education; (b) increase access to diagnosis and treatment for patients with chronic diseases; (c) expand the registration of groundwater users in rural areas and land tenure regularization; and (d) increase the participation of rural family farmers in rural productive value chains. The project comprises of two components. The first component, provision of support for the implementation of eligible expenditure programs (EEPs) consists of following five sub-components: (i) improving retention in public secondary education; (ii) expanding access to health care for patients with chronic diseases; (iii) expanding the registration of groundwater users; (iv) strengthening real property rights; and (v) strengthening participation of rural family farmers in rural productive value chains. The second component, provision of technical assistance to strengthen the Borrower’s public management consists of following three sub-components: (i) modernize expenditure and investment management in the public sector; (ii) build the Borrower’s capacity for water resources management, land management, and rural development; and (iii) generate evidence to support policy-making and practice in education, health, gender, and citizen engagement.