6-year National Poverty Graduation Programme Launched Aimed At Assisting Ultra Poor

6-year National Poverty Graduation programme launched aimed at assisting ultra poor

A six-year National Poverty Graduation Programme (NPGP) worth $ 150 million has been started in 2017, aimed at assisting the ultra poor and very poor in graduating out of poverty on a sustainable basis.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Apr, 2018 ) :A six-year National Poverty Graduation Programme (NPGP) worth $ 150 million has been started in 2017, aimed at assisting the ultra poor and very poor in graduating out of poverty on a sustainable basis.

According to Economic Survey released by Miftah Ismail here Thursday, the NPGP programme which was approved by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Executive board and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) would be implemented in 372 union councils in 17 of the poorest districts of Pakistan, and directly impact 313,511 households with 156,240 asset transfers and 157,271 households with access to finance.

PPAF and UNHCR are jointly taking forward the poverty graduation approach with the poorest members of the Afghan refugee population in an effort to graduate them up the poverty scales and simultaneously providing sustainable livelihoods for them and their host families.

A pilot project has also been designed for 18 months till December 2018 which is being implemented in two phases. The first phase had the duration of six months from July to December 2017 with budget of Rs 9 million.

The second phase will be from January to December 2018 with a proposed budget of Rs 123.6 million. During the pilot phase, a total of 2,000 families would be targeted in Swabi and Pishin (by administering PSC of around 3,000 households) out of which 70% households would be those residing in settled camps or with host families 30% of households.

PPAF and KfW signed an agreement of Euro 10 million for implementation of Livelihood support and promotion of small community infrastructure Programme-II (LACIP-II) in KPK.