Samriddhi

Samriddhi Project Document
its role as facilitator, leaving the activities to be performed by actors in the system. After this
stepwise transformation and consolidation, the phasing-out of the project is envisaged for the
medium term (5-6 years).
4.3 Strategic framework
In order to contribute to poverty reduction, the project follows a systemic approach: the
project’s interventions lead to changes in the socio-economic system in which the poor and
extreme poor live and work in. These changes lead to improved growth in opportunities, but also
to improved access of the poor and extreme poor to opportunities, eventually contributing to
well-being and resilience. The overall logic of the project, linking interventions with the poverty
reduction goal, can be expressed using the strategic framework below.
Table 1: Strategic framework for Samriddhi
Poverty reduction
System changes
Systemic
interventions
To contribute to sustainable well-being and resilience of poor and
extreme poor households of Rajshahi Division and Sunamganj District
through social and economic empowerment.
Better performance of rural MSEs in terms of business management,
market linkages, etc.
Improved performance of value chains in terms of value addition,
chain governance, etc.
Better performance of rural service and input markets
Communities lead their own social and economic development.
Improved integration of community priorities in local governance
leading to an empowering and enabling environment and resilience
against disasters and other shocks
• Improved social capital and inclusiveness within the communities
(gender equality, inclusion of poor and extreme poor, ethnic
minorities as well as disadvantaged)
• Value chain development
• Enterprise development
• Service market promotion (knowledge, information, finance, etc.)
• Building human and institutional capacities (social capital,
participation in local governance, gender, DRR)
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