Fiscal year 2010/11 - Poverty Alleviation Fund, Nepal

shown in the graph below), it is obvious that PAF is focusing on
socially excluded and disadvantageds groups such as Dalit and
Janajati. By and large, PAF has covered almost 100 per cent of
Dalit in initital 25 districts. Also PAF has benefited almost 90 per
cent of the poor households in 25 districts.
Programme Cost Sharing
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400000
200000
Percentage
80.00
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60.00
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Dalit, 11.66
Total HH
Janajati,
18.66
District
Total District Poor
HH
Chart a: PAF Benefited Poor HHs in 25 Districts
Others,
69.69
Dalit,
29.43
PAF Benefitted HH
(93.42% of District Poor HH)
Janajati,
25.92
CO Member
Beneficiaries
Others,
44.66
Chart b: District Population Ethnicity Composition Vs PAF Beneficiary in
25 Districts
PAF is investing 80.6 per cent (i.e. Rs. 9,183m) of the total subproject
cost. Community sharing is 15 per cent (7 per cent in
Cash— i.e. Rs. 761m and 8 per cent in Kind—i.e. Rs. 881m) of the
total sub-project costs whereas VDC/DDC and other development
partners are sharing 5 per cent (i.e. Rs. 564m) in total sub-project
cost. In Income Generating sub projects, community is sharing 9
per cent in cash and 2 per cent in kind whereas in Infrastructure
sub projects, it is 1 per cent in cash and 24 per cent in kind. Apart
from community contribution, DDC/VDC are sharing 1 per cent of
the cost and other collaborating partners are sharing 4 per cent of
the cost in infrastructure sub-projects.
Out of the total PAF investment, 79 per cent is for income
generating sub-projects and 21 per cent for infrastructure subprojects.
About 87 per cent of the PAF investment in income
generating sub-projects is established in community managed
Revolving Fund(RF).
Community Institutional Development
Community institutionalization process is taking place in some
of the districts where community has felt need to federate
themselves for certain purpose. Multi-purpose co-operatives,
co-operatives for single purpose and federation of COs are
formed as per communities’ felt need. Informal networks of COs
are being formed in each VDC as a process of instiutionalization.
A total of 166 CO federations are formed till the end of the
reporting year. Also, 53 cooperatives are established on the
aegis of the PAF supported community organizations to carry
out different activities aiming at alleviating poverty.
Collaboration in Sub-projects Implementation
PAF emphasized in collaboration with different partners while
implementing its program its program at the district level. For
this purpose, PAF has signed MoUs with MLD, WFP, DNPWC,
REDP, Helvetas, USAID/EIG, Heifer, LFLP and FNCCI, among
others so to strengthen synergies between programmes.
PAF Outcomes
The follow-up study in six sample districts, and three
controlled districts, shows that the net program impact on
per capita consumption (in real terms adjusted for price
inflation) increased by 49 per cent for those beneficiaries
who have received the money for at least six months and 28
per cent for all beneficiaries’ who were PAF money recipient
households (HHs) with food sufficiency for six months or less
has decreased by 10 per cent.
The social re-assessment, has shown that the average income
of individual household has increased by 82.5 per cent. The
comparative analysis, with three or more than three years
of maturity period, shows that HH level assets and school
enrollment status of the children have increased while there
was a marked improvement in food sufficiency for individual
households. Also,construction and use of toilet/latrine has
increased.
Also, the revolving fund assessment carried out during the end
of FY 2066/67, shows that communities are managing their
revolving fund satisfactorily. The data collected as of 16 July
2010, shows that the fund provided by PAF has increased by
7.8 per cent. Similarly, among the total CO members, 84.6 per
cent of the members have accessed the fund, at least, for once
to initiate their income generation activities. The assessment
also shows that 83.8 per cent of the total fund has been invested
as loans to its members, 14.1 per cent deposited at the bank
and the remaining fund is with the COs in the form of the cash.
Further, assessment shows that the average rate of repayment
is 76.1 per cent.
vi ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT (2010/2011)