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Participative Development and Rural Modernization Project
Panama
Borrower | Panama |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Blend Facility |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 08.10.2008 |
Signed | 14.12.2009 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | IFAD |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) |
Co-financiers | GOVERNMENT, BENEFICIARIES, IFAD |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 1.80 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 12.30 |
The project aims at empowering the rural poor to participate more effectively in the country’s development and improve their income-generating abilities. Another aim is to reduce gender disparities in economic activities. Activities will include:
- provision of workshops and training programs to farmers and community-based organizations;
- provision of labor skills training to the landless and impoverished young men and women;
- establishment of a Productive Investment Fund to teach low-income farmers enhanced irrigation and cultivation techniques;
- development of business plans to support rural entrepreneurship;
- establishment of a dedicated fund to help financial intermediaries expand their services to the target population;
- implementation of institution strengthening and capacity building measures.