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Objectives
The program will focus on practical aspects of forest-based livelihoods improvement. This information will help IFAD and other lenders and development organizations choose investments and interventions in alternative strategies which will help generate income and empower the forest-dependant poor.
Specific objectives :
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to evaluate the effectiveness of different income generation interventions for the poor in forest areas.
- to identify leverage points for poor people to increase their influence over income and asset opportunities though more effective local organization and coalition-building.
- to identify policy reforms that support more effective income generation strategies and local organization and coalition building for the forest poor.
- to increase capacity of participating partners and others to improve the implementation of strategies that help improve income generation from forest activities.