The Chars Livelihoods Programme: alleviating poverty & building the climate resilience of the poorest families

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2010
Country:
Bangladesh
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2010
Authors:
Marks, M.

Abstract

The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) is one of the largest components in the 鈥淧ro-Poor Growth Portfolio鈥� of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Bangladesh. The CLP has completed its first phase in March 2010 and successfully applied 拢50 million over a six-year period to help around one million people living on the chars (sandy islands) of the Jamuna River in five districts of N-W Bangladesh (Sirajganj, Bogra, Jamalpur, Gaibandha and Kurigram). A second phase, funded at approximately 拢70 million has begun that will continue work in old districts while expanding into five new ones (Nilphamari, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Tangail and Pabna). This brief outlines how CLP works at the start of the second phase.

Citation

Marks, M. The Chars Livelihoods Programme: alleviating poverty & building the climate resilience of the poorestfamilies. (2010) 4 pp.

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