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Rural Development: Adaptation for Smallholders in Hilly Areas Project

The goal of the project is that rural poverty is reduced in the hilly regions exposed to climate change. The anticipated main outcomes at the goal level are: (i) 100,000 direct beneficiary households (70 per cent of target households) reporting at least a 25 per cent improvement in the household asset index compared with the baseline (disaggregated by gender, caste and ethnicity of household head); and (ii) a 15 per cent reduction in the prevalence of child malnutrition compared with the baseline. The development objective is that vulnerability of local communities to climaterelated risks is reduced, and the enabling institutional environment for climate change adaptation strengthened. The anticipated main outcomes at the development objective level are: (i) 100,000 direct beneficiary households (70 per cent of target households) moved down the climate change vulnerability scale by at least one step (disaggregated by gender, caste and ethnicity of household head); (ii) targeted districts and project-relevant ministries have climate-informed policies, programmes, plans and staff capacity; (iii) each US$1 of ASAP financing leverages at least US$2 from other sources for LAPA implementation in at least six ASHA districts; and (iv) 560,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e) avoided and/or sequestered.