International Development Grant
Institutional Development for Poverty Reduction
Project Number: CA-3-A032212001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $8,460,976.00
Start Date: October 20, 2004
End Date: April 01, 2011
Duration: 6.4 years
Project Description
The project supports the Aga Khan Rural Support Program's (AKRSP) work in Pakistan's Northern Areas and in the district of Chitral. The purpose is to achieve improvement in peoples' livelihoods by increasing their human and institutional capacities and by expanding and diversifying their economic opportunities. AKRSP is acting as a broker and capacity builder as opposed to a direct provider of services and is facilitating partnerships between village organizations and women's organizations government civil society and the private sector. Their strategy aims to increase self-reliance in the region and is comprised of three components: social development; women's development; and policy dialogue and partnership. It targets rural poverty and contributes to a wider process of policy reform and institutional development in the Northern Areas specifically and in the country as a whole.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (January 2011) include: from additional $100 000 given for flood response community organizations quickly responded to the impact of the 2010 floods restoring infrastructure in 151 communities and providing access to food and clean drinking water for 155 329 affected people in 15 981 households (200 villages). AKRSP’s advocacy efforts for women’s development contributed to an increased 33% of elected seats in the project area designated for women. Most of the 125 women elected are members of AKRSP-fostered organizations. Public sector institutions are integrating AKRSP’s data tools and monitoring techniques such as poverty mapping into their policies and practices.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
OGM Indo-Pacific
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Donor country personnel
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP