areas of comparative advantage

Agriculture
Enabling disadvantaged families to grow food products that are wanted by buyers and have a good market price, thus ensuring sustainable incomes.

Health and Nutrition
Improving health through nutrition, health education, greater access to family planning, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV and AIDS.

Education
Increasing school attendance, introducing more active participation in the learning process and raising students' achievement levels, with a special focus on girls, ethnic minorities and the rural poor of the under-served areas.

Water, Sanitation and Environment
Helping communities build and maintain safer water systems and toilets; enhancing capacity to protect water resources; and educating people about good hygiene to reduce the risk of disease.

Building Infrastructure, Relief and Rehabilitation
Supporting the construction of essential infrastructure including roads and shelters, and raising the floor levels of homesteads above flood levels. Community based flood mitigation and disaster preparedness, risk management and building the mitigation skills of vulnerable households.

Small Economic Activity Development
Increasing family income by improving business skills and access to community managed savings and loans.