Bangladesh Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP) Design Completion Report - Appraisal Main Report

BANGLADESH
CHAR DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT PROJECT (CDSP)
DESIGN COMPLETION REPORT – APPRAISAL
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Bangladesh: Char Development and Settlement Project
Design Completion Report - Appraisal
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BANGLADESH
DESIGN COMPLETION REPORT – APPRAISAL
Table of Contents
Fiscal year i
Currency and Equivalents i
Units and Conversions i
Abbreviations, Acronyms and Glossary i
Map of the Project Area iii
Project Summary v
I. STRATEGIC CONTEXT AND RATIONALE FOR IFAD INVOLVEMENT,

COMMITMENT AND PARTNERSHIP 1
A. Rural development context 1
B. Policy, governance and institutional issues, political and economic issues 1
C. The IFAD country programme. 2
II. POVERTY, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND TARGETING 3

A. Rural poverty, information and analysis 3
B. The target group, including gender issues 3
C. Targeting strategy and gender mainstreaming 4
D. Geographic coverage of the project 5
III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 6

A. The knowledge base: Lessons from previous/ongoing projects 6
B. Opportunities for rural development and poverty reduction 6
C. Project goal and objectives 7
D. Alignment with country rural development policies and IFAD strategies 7
E. Project components 7
IV. IMPLEMENTATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 9

A. Institutional development and outcomes 9
B. The collaborative framework 10
C. Results-based M&E 12
V. PROJECT BENEFITS, COSTS AND FINANCING 12

A. Summary benefit analysis 12
B. Summary cost table 13
C. Project financing 14
VI. PROJECT RISKS AND SUSTAINABILITY 15

A. Risk analysis 15
B. Exit strategy and post-project sustainability 17
VII. INNOVATIVE FEATURES, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 17

A. Innovative features 17
B. Project knowledge products and learning processes 17
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Annex 1: Logframe
Annex 2: Scope of Project Activities
Annex 3: Project Management Structure
Annex 4: Key files
Working Papers
1. Poverty and Gender Analysis
2. Review of CDSP
3. Lessons Learned
4. Water Management
5. Forestry
6. Internal Infrastructure, Water and Sanitation
7. Land Settlement
8. Agriculture
9. Social and Livelihood Support
10. Project Management and Institutions
11. Monitoring and Evaluation
12. Project Costs and Financing
13. Financial and Economic Analysis
14. Environmental Screening and Scoping Note
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Fiscal Year
1 July to 30 June
Currency and Equivalents

Currency Unit = BANGLADESH TAKA (BDT)
December 2009 USD 1.00 = BDT 70.00
Units and Conversions

1 lakh = 100 000
1 crore = 10 000 000
1 acre = 0.407 ha
1 decimal = 0.01 acre
Abbreviations, Acronyms and Glossary
ADB Asian Development Bank

ADC Assistant District Commissioner
AE Assistant Engineer
Aman Main rice crop grown during the rainy season
ASPS-II Agricultural Sector Programme Support – phase II (Danida)
ATDP Agro-based Technology Development Project (USAID)
Aus Early rice crop grown during the early part of the rainy season
AO Area Office
ASA A large NGO
BARI Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute
BBS Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Boro Irrigated rice crop grown during the winter season
BRAC A large NGO
BRRI Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
BWDB Bangladesh Water Development Board
CARE An international NGO
CBO Community Based Organisation
CC Climate Change
CDF Credit and Development Forum
CDSP Char Development and Settlement Project
CDS Coastal Development Strategy
Char Newly accreted land
CLP Chars Livelihood Programme (DFID)
CZP Coastal Zone Policy
COSOP Country Strategic Opportunities Paper (IFAD)
DAE Department of Agricultural Extension
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DC Deputy Commissioner (head of district administration)
DD Deputy Director
DFID Department for International Development (UK)
DLS Department of Livestock Services
DPHE Department of Public Health Engineering
DTW Deep Tubewell
EIRR Economic Internal Rate of Return
EKN Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
ERD Economics Relations Division
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FD Forest Department
FF Farmers’ Forum
FO Field Officer
FY Financial year
GB Grameen Bank
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GoB Government of Bangladesh
GoN Government of the Netherlands
HBB Herringbone brick bond
hh/HH household
HIES Household Income and Expenditure Survey
IA Implementing Agency (of CDSP)
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ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IMSC Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee
IPSWAM Integrated Planning for Water Resources Management
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
Khal Drainage channel (natural or man-made)
Kharif Summer cropping season
LCS Labour Contracting Society
LGED Local Government Engineering Department
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MDTFCC Multi Donor Trust Fund for Climate Change
MDG Millennium Development Goals
MIDPCR Market Infrastructure Development Project in Charland Regions (IFAD)
MFMSFP Micro Finance for Marginal and Small Farmers Project (IFAD)
MFTSP Micro Finance and Technical Support Project (IFAD)
MFI Microfinance Institution
MIS Management Information System
MMC Market Management Committee
MOF Ministry of Finance
MOL Ministry of Land
MOWR Ministry of Water Resources
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MTR Mid Term Review
NAEP New Agricultural Extension Policy
NATP National Agricultural Technology Project
NGO Non–governmental Organisation
NNC Nangulia, Noler and Caring chars
O&M Operation and Maintenance
OSC Operations and Strategy Committee
p.a. per annum
PA Project Agriculturalist
PCD Project Coordinating Director
PCR Project Completion Review
PD Project Director
PDT Project Development Team
PIM Project Implementation Manual
PKSF Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation, government apex funding agency for NGOs
PMC Project Management Committee
PMU Project Management Unit
PO Partner Organisation (of PKSF)
PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PTO Project Technical Officer
PY Project Year
Rabi Winter cropping season
RFLDC Regional Fisheries and Livestock Development Component (of ASPS-II)
RIMS Results and Impact Management System
RNE Royal Netherlands Embassy (now known as EKN)
RRMAIDP Rural Road and Market Access Infrastructure Development Project (part of ASPS-II)
SAE Sub-Assistant Engineer
SCRMP Sunamganj Community Resource Management Project
SFG Social Forestry Group
TA Technical Assistance
UE Upazila Engineer
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNO Upazila Nirbahi Officer
UP Union Parishad
Upazila Sub-district
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WFP United Nations World Food Programme
WMA Water Management Association
WMF Water Management Federation
WMG Water Management Group
WMO Water Management Organisation
XEN Executive Engineer
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MAP OF THE PROJECT DISTRICTS
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MAP OF THE PROJECT AREA
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Project: Char Development and Settlement Project IV
Dates: Inception Mission: April-May 2009

Formulation Mission: June-July 2009
Appraisal Mission: November-December 2009
Loan Negotiations and Loan Approval by EB:
Location: Parts of three districts in the coastal chars of southern Bangladesh:

Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chittagong.
Implementing agencies: Lead agency: Bangladesh Water Development Board (Ministry of

Water Resources).
Implementation partners: Local Government Engineering Department
and Department of Public Health Engineering (Ministry of Local
Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives); Ministry of
Land; Department of Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture); Forest
Department (Ministry of Environment and Forest)
Other agencies involved: Contracted NGOs and consulting companies, and other service
providers.
Goal and purposes: The goal of the project is reduced poverty and hunger for poor people
living on newly accreted coastal chars. This would be achieved via
the purpose of improved and more secure livelihoods for 28,000
households.
Outputs: The project outputs are: (i) water resources managed effectively to
protect land from tidal and storm surges, improve drainage, and
enhance accretion; (ii) climate resilient infrastructure for
communications, markets, cyclone protection, potable water and
hygienic sanitation; (iii) secure land title granted to 20,000
households; (iv) improved livelihoods and household resilience; and
(v) knowledge management and lessons of ICZM.
Components: The project has the following five components: (i) protection from
climate change; (ii) internal infrastructure; (iii) land settlement and
titling; (iv) livelihood support; and (vi) technical assistance and
management support. The project will be implemented over a six
year period.
Benefits: Increase in average household income of 77%.

Economic internal rate of return of 17.2%.
Costs and financing: The total project cost is estimated at USD 89.2 million. Of this, USD
47.3 million will be funded via an IFAD loan, USD 20.6 million by a
grant from the Government of The Netherlands, USD 15.6 million
from the Government of Bangladesh, USD 4.9 million from
participating NGOs (for micro-credit), and about USD 0.81 million
from beneficiaries.
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PROJECT DETAILED DESIGN DOCUMENT – APPRAISAL
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I. STRATEGIC CONTEXT AND RATIONALE FOR IFAD INVOLVEMENT,

COMMITMENT AND PARTNERSHIP
A. Rural development context

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1. With a population of over 150 million living in an area of 147,570 square kilometres (or 1,045
persons per square kilometre), Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the
world. About 80% of the population lives in rural areas and is mainly engaged in agriculture and
related non-farm activities. More than two thirds of the rural population is landless or functionally
landless (owning less than 0.2 hectares of land), 44% are below the national poverty line and 29% are
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classified as very poor . Endowed with limited land and other natural resources, and with a high
population density, poverty is a pervasive problem in rural Bangladesh.
2. Agricultural production has increased substantially in Bangladesh over the past 20 years.
Cropping is dominated by rice and annual rice production has grown from 10 millions tons in 1971 to
just under 30 million tons in 2007/83. This increase has come from a transformation of rice production
from extensive low input subsistence systems to highly intensive high input systems using modern
rice varieties, a large increase in fertiliser use, and a substantial increase in irrigation during the dry
winter. The country is now more of less self-sufficient in rice in a normal year. There is however no
room for complacency as Bangladesh has to import rice following bad floods or droughts at critical
growth periods, and with continued population growth and loss of land to urbanisation, there is an
ever increasing need to produce more rice every year.
3. Bangladesh is the most disaster prone of the least developed countries. Between 1970 and 1998,
171 large-scale water-related hazards such as cyclones, storm-surges, droughts, floods, and river
erosion disasters killed an estimated half million people and affected more than 400 million. The poor
are hit hardest because they live at greater density in the most poorly constructed housing in
settlements on lands prone to hazards - particularly along the 700 kilometres of coast affected by
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storm surges . Annually up to 20,000-30,000 households loose their homes, land and livelihood as a
result of erosion and thus become destitute5.
4. Bangladesh is also one of the countries that will be most affected by climate change, with an
estimate of a 30cm rise in sea level by 2050 having the potential to affect over 35 million people in the
vulnerable low elevation coastal zone6.
B. Policy, governance and institutional issues, political and economic issues

5. Alignment with PRSP: The project fits very well with the government’s second poverty reduction
strategy (National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction 2009-11). In this strategy water
management, agriculture, forestry, rural roads, land policy and disaster management are all focal
areas for pro-poor growth to which the project will contribute. Supporting strategies include actions to
reach extreme poor groups, support for better water and sanitation, especially where groundwater
conditions are unfavourable (such as the saline coastal area), and adapting to climate change.
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Bureau of Statistics of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. 2001. Population Census
Preliminary Report (2001–2008)
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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2005, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
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Rice Technologies: Strategic Choices and Policy Options, Mahabub Hossain et al, BIDS Policy Brief 2009
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Coastal Embankment Rehabilitation Project, Project Performance Assessment Report, World Bank 2005
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The Water Sector Track Record Of Bangladesh, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 2007
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National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA). Government of Bangladesh. 2005
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6. The poverty reduction strategy identifies chars (areas of newly accreted land) as being a pocket
of extreme poverty and it specifically mentions continuation of char development and settlement
programmes – which this project is designed to both scale-up and deepen in terms of the scope of
support for economic development and poverty reduction. The strategy also identifies the coastal
zone as being of special risk from climate change.
7. Harmonization with Donors: The proposed project would be jointly funded by IFAD and the
Netherlands, and would form part of a broader Integrated Coastal Zone Development Programme
which is being planned as a framework for multi-donor support. This cooperation with the
Netherlands follows the on-going Market Infrastructure Development Project in Charland Regions
where the Netherlands has provided a grant of USD 5 million alongside the IFAD loan. The project
would be closely linked to the Danida funded Agricultural Sector Programme Support Phase II, which
would undertake parallel fisheries and livestock development activities in the project area.
8. The project could also link with the new Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Climate Change, which has
been initiated by DFID and is being managed by the World Bank.
9. Institutional issues: the lead agency of CDSP IV would be the Bangladesh Water Development
Board (BWDB). Although of vital importance to Bangladesh, the water sector has not been a political
priority and, over the last 10-15 years GoB funds for new investments dwindled and O&M budget
allocations have fallen far short of the requirement. BWDB has undergone a downsizing operation that
saw its staff number reduced from around 19,000 to some 8,500 today. BWDB has now adopted the
idea of ‘participatory water resources planning’ and so works much more closely with water users.
However BWDB still lacks the right manpower and skill-mix to implement participatory water
management, although the Netherlands, ADB and World Bank are now providing assistance in this
area and a participatory water management cell has recently been established. It also has problems
in efficiently managing projects, such as recruiting the staff required and managing finances. Plans
for CDSP IV have taken these issues into account.
10. The local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is the other major implementing partner,
and would be responsible for roads and other internal infrastructure. BWDB and LGED together
would account for over 80% of project expenditure. LGED has considerable project implementation
capacity, and greater flexibility in terms of staffing and movement of funds. The other government
implementing agencies (Department of Public Health Engineering: DPHE), Department of Agricultural
Extension (DAE), Forest Department and Ministry of Land have relatively small roles in terms of
expenditure and this issue is more one of them being able to focus adequately on a relatively small
programme. This has been addressed in project design by giving them their own budget and flow of
funds so they have full ownership of their activities, and also by ensuring they have adequate staff
and management resources at the local level. A SWOT analysis of implementing agencies is in Key
File 2 in Annex 3.
11. Political and economic issues: Bangladesh has continued impressive economic and social
gains over the past decade with steady annual economic growth of 5% to 6%, relatively low inflation
and fairly stable domestic debt, interest rates and exchange rates. Bangladesh's growth performance
has been remarkably resilient despite multiple natural disasters and some erosion in business
confidence. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in FY2008 remained strong at 6.2%.
Nevertheless, Bangladesh remains a very poor country, with the third highest number of poor people
in the world. The pace of poverty reduction slowed last year due to a sharp increase in food prices,
and Bangladesh is now faced with the challenge of the global economic recession. The twin drivers
of economic growth have been remittances from migrant workers, especially from the Middle East,
and garment exports. These are already being affected by the global recession. As a result the World
Bank has reduced its GDP growth forecast for FY 2008/9 from 5.7% to 4.5% and it foresees a further
decline to 4% in FY 2009/10.
C. The IFAD country programme.

12. The project focuses on adaptation to climate change in the coastal zone of Bangladesh. This is
fully in line with IFAD’s COSOP, and was endorsed by Government at the COSOP MTR wrap-up
meeting in October 2008. The proposed project fits with all five COSOP sub-programmes: in particular
sub-programme 3 (innovations in pro-poor infrastructure development to benefit the extreme poor),
sub-programme 2 (increased access to markets and financial services for rural small entrepreneurs),
sub-programme 4 (increased access to common property resources for the rural poor), sub-
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programme 1 (increased availability of agricultural technologies to small farmers), and sub-

programme 5 (increased access to economic opportunities for women).
II. POVERTY, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND TARGETING
A. Rural poverty, information and analysis

13. The process of erosion and accretion in the world’s largest river delta is the major driver of
poverty in these “chars”, which are lands newly emerged from the water as a result of accretion.
Rapid erosion of farmland makes many people landless, who then move to newly accreted land on
emerging chars which: (i) have unfavourable conditions for agriculture due to salinity and flooding; (ii)
are extremely vulnerable to cyclones and storms; harsh living conditions due to lack of fresh water
and fuel; and (iii) there are very poor communications and minimal services from government and
NGOs. In addition these settlers lack secure title, only occupying land with the consent of powerful
“land grabbers” who illegally control this public land. Without secure title, settlers are unwilling to
invest in improving their land or houses. This further discourages the commercialisation of agriculture.
14. As a result, newly emerged chars are a pocket of extreme poverty. The 2009 RIMS baseline
survey for Noler, Caring and Nangulia chars (which account for 85% of the population of all five CDSP
IV chars) estimated average household income to be Tk3,103 per month – or Tk18.80 per head per
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day. This falls within the poorest 10% of the rural population . The same survey found that 87% of
households report a food shortage, with 72% having a shortage for at least 3 months and 46% for at
least 5 months. Over half (52%) of children under five years of age were stunted, suffering from
chronic malnutrition, 18% of under-five children were wasted, showing acute malnutrition, and 57% of
children were underweight for their age. The rates of wasting and stunting are significantly higher
than for rural Bangladesh as a whole. Further details on the causes and consequences of poverty are
in the Working Paper 1, Poverty Analysis, together with data from baseline studies.
15. As well as being poor, char communities face multiple vulnerabilities including cyclones and storm
surges, floods and drainage congestion, droughts and salinity intrusion, erosion and deteriorating
ecosystems. Apart from these physical risks, these chars are largely out of reach of the state and
this, combined with the illegal nature of land occupation, results in a high degree of lawlessness and
consequent risk of loss and physical harm for char settlers, especially women.
16. These uncertainties are exacerbated by the consequences of climate change, with a greater
probability of cyclones and storm surges, increased rainfall during the monsoon season, less
precipitation in winter, higher temperatures and sea level rise8. All these will have an adverse impact
on livelihoods. Food security will be threatened and conflicts over scarce natural resources are likely
to become more prevalent. Population growth will make the scenario more precarious.
B. The target group, including gender issues

17. The project will target the whole population living on the selected chars who will all benefit from
the development of water management, communications, water supply, cyclone protection and other
infrastructure. A 2006 population survey for the five proposed CDSP chars reported a total of about
20,000 households with 112,000 population, although local people claim a much larger settlement and
the population may well be 50% higher (Table 1). The population is growing rapidly as new settlers
are still arriving from areas suffering from river erosion. For the purpose of this report, an estimate of
28,000 households has been used which implies a total population of about 155,000.
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The average expenditure per head per day for the poorest 10% of rural households is Tk19.94 – Household
Income and Expenditure survey 2005, adjusted to December 2008 prices.
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The process of accretion in more rapid than sea level rise, so new chars will continue to emerge despite rising
sea levels. In fact accretion tends to increase as sea levels rise. However in planning land reclamation it will be
important to take account of sea level rise in the design on embankments and other works. This is discussed in
more detail in Annex 2 of Working Paper 4.
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Table 1: Coverage of area and population

Char Area Feasibility study MissionMaximum
estimates 2006* estimate local
estimate
Hectares Households Population Households Households
Nangulia 8,990 8,430 46,583 12,000 45,000
Noler 2,690 4,760 27,892 6,000 8,000
Caring 6,850 4,000 19,500 6,000 10,000
Ziar 1,943 1,420 8,015 2,000 2,000
Urir 10,300 1,716 10,404 2,000 3,000
Total 30,773 20,326 112,394 28,000 68,000
* for Urir char, population as per survey of 2008
18. Within this population, more disadvantaged sections of the community will be targeted for
additional support. This includes:
(a) Settlers who do not have proper title to the land they are now occupying
(b) Other landless households who can be settled on any public land that is now vacant – in
particular these will be households who loose land they now occupy because of project
infrastructure works.
(c) Women – including female headed households, women involved in capture of shrimp fry and
women whose husbands have migrated to find work. Women will be particularly targeted for
NGO activities and for participation in Labour Contracting Societies (LCS).
(d) Children who are unable to attend school and who are involved the catching shrimp fry and other
work.
(e) Landless, marginal and small farmers who will participate in agricultural development projects.
19. A number of factors, that stem from living on newly accreted and low lying chars, specifically
impact on the lives of women. Life for women is harsh. Lack of fresh water and fuel, and need to
frequently repair homesteads damaged by tidal floods, and absence of men (most migrate to look for
work elsewhere), mean women face a life of unremitting hard work. Unproductive agriculture and the
low level of economic activity means there is little wage employment women. Education opportunities
are minimal (there are no government schools). Lack of secure land tenure, lack of independent
income and voice, widespread polygamy, and absence of male family members, mean women suffer
from high levels of violence, both within and outside the home. Teenage girls are at particular risk so
families arrange for them to be married as soon as they reach puberty. This early marriage, lack of
family planning services (health service providers are absent), and traditional attitudes, mean women
have significantly larger families than is now the norm in Bangladesh – so placing a further burden on
women. Larger families are also an indicator of insecurity – when people have some confidence in
the future they will choose to have smaller families. Further details are in Working Paper 1.
20. The additional burden on women from onerous household and family work makes it difficult for
women to meet their practical needs. The lack of opportunities for women to earn their own income
mean they have little strategic agency in terms of influencing household decision making or getting an
equitable share of family resources.
21. Details of the char population by socio-economic strata and their priority needs are in Key File 4.
C. Targeting strategy and gender mainstreaming

22. By selecting these newly emerged chars, the project has been able to reach a particularly poor
and disadvantaged population. The vast majority (over 90%) of the population fall in IFAD’s target
group in terms of poverty levels (below the poverty line) or land ownership (landless, small and
marginal farmers). Some project activities will be delivered to specifically targeted households, using
the following selection criteria:
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(a) Land settlement – MoL criteria are that households getting land should be a family who depends
on agriculture for their livelihood but have no agricultural land and not more than 10 decimals of
homestead land. Land settlement policy gives priority to the following landless families:
(i) Destitute Freedom fighter family;
(ii) Families who have lost all of their lands in river erosion;
(iii) Widow and abandoned women with adult son;
(iv) Families with no homestead and agricultural land;
(v) Families who become landless due to land acquisition for development work
(b) Agricultural support would target landless, small and marginal farmers (owning under 2.5 acres of
land, as per national land holding classifications).
(c) Labour Contracting Societies (LCS): LGED, DPHE and BWDB will select women who meet the
following criteria:
(i) Unemployed, poor and living in the vicinity of the work site
(ii) Source of income is mainly their physical labour
(iii) Do not possess more than 0.5 acre of land including their homesteads
(iv) Adult and physically fit.
(v) Deserted and widowed
(d) Social Forestry Groups (SFG): the Forest Department will select women and men who meet the
following criteria:
(i) Destitute women
(ii) Landless people
(iii) Fishing/other concerned communities
(iv) Disadvantaged group, including households affected by the construction of infrastructure.
(v) One member from each household (although husband and wife may be joint members)
23. The project will implement a strategy for gender mainstreaming to ensure maximum participation
of women in project activities and the consequent benefits. This includes specific targets for
participation by women in different field level institutions, with the objective of increasing participation
and representation by women from the levels achieved in CDSP III (see Working Paper 3 and
Gender Action Plans for each Implementing Agency in the draft Project Implementation Manual).
24. Existing char settlement policy is to grant land titles in the joint names of both husband and wife,
with the wife’s name coming first. This gives women considerable empowerment and is a major
achievement, which will be continued in CDSP IV (see Working Paper 3 on lessons learned). The
NGO programme, which aims to cover all households, would almost entirely targeted at women, with
homestead agriculture and other livelihoods, formation of women groups, micro-finance, health and
family planning, and human rights and awareness all being delivered to women’s groups. NGOs will
also form women’s tubewell user groups and train women caretakers. The LCS formed by LGED will
be women-led with at least 80% women members. Experience in MIDPCR shows that women’s LCS
comprise the very poorest women.
D. Geographic coverage of the project

25. The project would be located on newly emerged chars in the south-eastern coastal zone – where
the coastline has extended seawards by 40 km over the last 40 years. A feasibility study, carried out
with Netherlands support, has planned the development of five chars (Nangulia, Noler, Caring, Ziar
and Urir chars) covering to about 30,000 ha and mostly located in Noakhali district but with a small
area in Chittagong district. A limited amount of additional development will take place in other chars
where earlier phases of CDSP took place. This includes a road to connect one of the CDSP IV chars,
markets in the CDSP III area and maintenance of roads and drainage khals. Some initial investment,
primarily cyclone shelters, but also water supply and earth roads may take place in newer chars
where development works have not yet started, but where recent settlers face extreme vulnerability
and hardship. This would act as a precursor to a full development when the char becomes more
mature. Such chars may be located in other parts of Noakhali and Chittagong districts, and also in the
neighbouring Laxmipur district.
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III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A. The knowledge base: Lessons from previous/ongoing projects

26. Current and past IFAD-funded projects have generated significant experience and useful lessons
in development of rural infrastructure at the village level, connecting communities to markets
(including access to micro-finance), building cyclone shelters, disseminating new agricultural
technologies, providing the poor with access to common property resources, and helping poor people
improve their livelihoods. Specific lessons from IFAD projects which are being incorporated into the
design of CDSP IV are:
a) SCBRMP has demonstrated how development of village roads, currently overlooked in rural road
development, can generate significant economic and social benefits.
b) MIDPCR is showing how rural markets act as nodes for rural economic growth.
c) The use of LCS for construction of concrete roads in SCBRMP and markets in MIDPCR has
shown that groups of women supervised by LGED can undertake more than just earthwork.
Members of LCS are drawn from extreme poor households so the additional income has a big
impact on family welfare. The Project Management Unit is better than upazila LGED offices at
carrying out formation and management of LCS.
d) The provision of access to micro-finance alongside other support is effective in enabling poor
households to take up new livelihoods and expand existing enterprises. It also leads to significant
empowerment of women. However this support needs to be efficiently managed and sustainable
after the end of the project. IFAD experience over many years shows that micro-finance services
are best provided by PKSF and its NGO partners.
e) Programmes to promote improved agricultural techniques need to be carefully planned. A purely
demand-led approach results in a lack of focus and much effort being used on demonstrations
and training which are not useful or effective.
27. There will be considerable synergy in combining the above IFAD experience with that of the
Netherlands, who have a comparative advantage water resource management and coastal land
reclamation. Working Paper 2 reviews this experience and the results that have been obtained. The
Netherlands has asked IFAD to lead the design process for this integrated project. At the inception
phase the design team has made a thorough review of current char development activities and
outcomes in order to learn lessons for the future. This has involved extensive discussions with people
who live on these coastal chars and the staff of implementing agencies. This review and lesson
learning are in Working Paper 3 with further lessons regarding community organisations in Part II of
Working Paper 10. An approach that combines IFAD support with that from the Netherlands will be
able to go further in developing livelihoods and reducing poverty than these earlier projects – in
particular by doing more to develop internal infrastructure, agriculture and access to markets.
B. Opportunities for rural development and poverty reduction

28. Accreted land on the coastal zone is highly vulnerable to extreme climatic events and climate
change. It is populated by some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Bangladesh. This
project would aim to protect and stabilize this newly accreted land, and enhance the livelihoods of
their population. To productively utilise char lands it is necessary to: (i) provide protection from salt
water intrusion via embankments, sluice gates and drainage channels; (ii) protect people and property
from periodic cyclones with embankments, cyclone shelters, livestock refuges (killas); protective tree
belts, and other cyclone-resilient infrastructure; (iii) ensure people can obtain potable water; (iv)
introduce and disseminate appropriate (salt tolerant) agricultural technologies; and (v) build
communications and market infrastructure (see Key File 1).
29. Ownership of newly accreted land is officially vested in the government, and represents an
opportunity to provide very poor and landless households with secure land titles (in the name of both
wife and husband). Government policy supports such settlement. Poverty reduction can also be
supported through the development of non-crop livelihoods (livestock, fisheries, trading, cottage
industries).
30. There are also opportunities to accelerate the rate of land accretion. The BWDB Estuary
Development Project (Netherlands funded), with support from CDSP III, has been doing studies of
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potential cross dams that could provide links between off-shore islands and accelerate the process of
accretion of new land. A modelling study has concluded that the mainland to Urir char cross-dam
could be technically feasible. This dam would also provide a road link with the mainland (a high
priority for local people) as well as resulting in 9,336 ha of new land. Further studies are required (in
particular an EIA) before a decision can be made to ahead with construction.
C. Project goal and objectives

31. The overall objective (goal) of the Char Development and Settlement Project IV (CDSP IV) will be
to reduce poverty and hunger for poor people living on newly accreted coastal chars. This would be
achieved via the development of improved and more secure rural livelihoods in agriculture, provision
of legal title to land, and through provision of climate resilient infrastructure. The project logframe is
in Annex 1.
32. These objectives are in line with IFAD’s COSOP goal of supporting the scaling up of successful
innovative approaches to poverty reduction. The project will give IFAD an opportunity to continue to
pursue the COSOP policy objective of reform of policies for the management of rural markets.
D. Alignment with country rural development policies and IFAD strategies

33. The Government adopted a Coastal Zone Policy (CZP) in 2005 and a Coastal Development
Strategy (CDS) in 2006. The CZP states that “strategies for new chars will be developed” and “settled
isolated chars and islands will be brought under special rural development programmes”. The CDS
has nine strategic priorities: (i) ensuring fresh and safe water availability; (ii) safety from man-made
and natural hazards; (iii) optimising use of coastal lands; (iv) promoting economic growth emphasizing
non-farm rural employment; (v) sustainable management of natural resources; (vi) improving
livelihood conditions of the people, especially women; (vii) environmental conservation; (viii)
empowering through knowledge management; and (ix) creating an enabling institutional environment.
34.The goal of IFAD’s Strategic Framework, 2007-2010, “Enabling Poor Rural People to Overcome
Poverty”, is that rural women and men in developing countries are empowered to achieve higher
incomes and improved food security. This is to be achieved through six strategic objectives, four of
which are highly relevant to this project. These are that poor rural men and women have better and
sustainable access to: (a) natural resources (land and water), which they are then able to manage
efficiently and sustainably; (b) improved agricultural technologies and effective production services,
with which they enhance their productivity; (c) transparent and competitive agricultural input and
produce markets, with which they profitably engage; and (d) opportunities for rural off-farm
employment and enterprise development, which they profitably exploit.
E. Project components
35. CDSP IV will have a total of five components (including project management). This stems from a
need to adopt an integrated approach to coastal zone development. Although water management, in
building embankments and drains to control flooding and saline intrusion (together with protective
forestry), addresses the major underlying causes of low agricultural productivity, many other activities
are needed if poverty reduction is to be effective. People also need secure access to land together
with access to markets, finance and technology to improve agriculture. Despite reduced saline
intrusion, the shallow aquifer will remain saline at least in the medium term, so potable water is a
major priority.
36. The chars are extremely vulnerable to cyclones, so shelters are needed for people and livestock,
together with disaster preparedness organisation and training. There is now only minimal such
infrastructure (one cyclone shelter in the five CDSP IV chars, few DTW and almost no roads). There
are also no provision for health and no education beyond a very few NGOs and local voluntary and
religious schools. CDSP IV will provide some limited support preventive health and family services
via NGOs and via a sanitation programme. Better health will improve people’s capacity to work and
so directly impact on poverty. Education is another priority for char dwellers but, at the moment,
CDSP IV is not proposing to intervene beyond equipping cyclone shelters for use as schools.
Resources to support the operation of new primary schools are available from existing sector-wide
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programme9, and CDSP IV would lobby for char schools to get such government support. This would
enable schools to pay teachers and so provide better quality education, which would open
opportunities that are now denied to children in the project chars.
37. Components and outputs of CDSP IV will include:
1. Protection from climate change: with the following two sub-components
1a. Water Management – implemented by the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB).
This would protect land on three of the five chars (Nangulia, Noler and Ziar) from tidal and storm
surges, and improve drainage. This would involve 18 km of coastal dykes, 23 km of interior and
13 km of dwarf embankments, six sets of sluice gates, and 148 km of khals (drainage channels).
The other two chars (Caring and Urir) are not yet mature or stable enough to be protected by
embankments, but limited work to improve drainage would be carried out. It is calculated that
about 286 hectares would be required for embankments and other works and households living
on this land (as well as those outside of them embankments on Nangulia and Noler chars) would
be assisted to move elsewhere. They would be paid a shifting allowance, helped to find other
land and possibly accommodated in cluster villages. The component would also focus on
improved O&M via formation of about 31 Water Management Groups and apex organisations,
and funding of maintenance costs (using government funds). Much khal excavation and
maintenance work would be done by LCS, and it is estimated that this could create employment
for 3324 poor people, especially women, who have few other opportunities for work in the chars.
Further details on water management are in Working Paper 4.
1b. Social forestry – implemented by the Forest Department. To complement embankments
CDSP IV will establish on all chars protective plantations of trees on mud flats, foreshores and
embankments using a social forestry approach. It has been shown that such a protective “green
belt” can significantly reduce damage from cyclones – both to the embankment itself and to the
surrounding area. In addition planting mangroves on mudflats accelerates accretion of new land.
In total 344 km of strip plantation, 995 ha of block and foreshore plantation, and 1,800 ha of
mangrove plantation would be established involving 490 Social Forestry Groups with 11,025
members. Further details on forestry are in Working Paper 5.
2. Climate-resilient infrastructure: with the following two sub-components:
2a. Internal infrastructure – implemented by the Local Government Engineering Department
(LGED). Infrastructure for communications, market access and cyclone protection would be built
on all five chars. This would include 160 km of roads, 25 bridges, 72 culverts, 48 cyclone
shelters-cum schools, 16 killas (cyclone refuges for livestock), 6 markets, one bus stand, 9 boat
landing ghats, and one Union Parishad complex. In addition CDSP IV could construct 3 markets
and a Union Parishad complex on Boyer Char (the CDSP III project area). In addition some basic
development (cyclone shelters, killas earth roads) could also take place in other newer chars
where settlers are extremely vulnerable, but which are not yet sufficiently mature for a
comprehensive development programme. Where possible work would be undertaken by Labour
Contracting Societies (LCS) which would channel income directly to some of the poorest women,
and it is planned to form a total of 194 LCS with 3360 members. There would also be support for
road maintenance in the CDSP I, II, III and IV areas. Further details are in Working Paper 6.
2b. Water and sanitation – implemented by the Public Health Engineering Department (DPHE)
The shallow aquifer in the coastal chars is saline so there is a need to provide more expensive
deep tubewells (DTW) to tap fresh water at a greater depth. Each DTW would be shared
between 15 to 20 households (total 1,329 DTW) with rainwater collection ponds or other schemes
in locations where the deep aquifer is saline. The project would also provide a hygienic latrine for
all households. In addition 150 DTW would be installed on newer chars where settlers have no
water supplies. Manufacture of concrete rings and slabs for latrines would be undertaken by 69
female Labour Contracting Societies (LCS). Further details are in Working Paper 6.
3. Land settlement and titling: implemented by the Ministry of Land. CDSP IV will aim to get secure
land titles granted to 20,000 households. This will involve a plot-to-plot survey to identify parcels
of land and their current occupiers, followed by a six step process for registration of title which is
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35% from the government. It is a funded by a group of donors, led by ADB and including the Netherlands.
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carried out by the land staff of the local administration. CDSP IV will also support improvements
to the land record system involving computerisation of records. This will aim to make records less
vulnerable to improper alteration and should make them more accessible to the public. Further
details are in Working Paper 7.
4. Livelihood support: with the following two sub-components:
4a. Agricultural Support – implemented by the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE). This
will aim to enable farmers to make better use of land resources. DAE will form 280 farmer groups
and implement a programme promoting agricultural technologies that are adapted to saline
conditions and resilient to climate change. This will involve technology identification and farm
level testing, demonstrations, training of staff and farmers, and follow-up through DAE field staff
and with publicity material. Further details are in Working Paper 8.
4b. Social and livelihood support – implemented by contracted NGOs who would form women’s
groups covering all char households. NGOs will provide micro-finance services to these groups
(including loans for agriculture), support livelihood development at the homestead level (including
homestead agriculture, forestry and non-farm enterprises), legal rights and awareness raising,
health and family planning, and disaster management and climate change. This support will be
particularly targeted at women. NGOs would also support the water and sanitation component by
collecting contributions towards the cost of DTW, forming female Tubewell User Groups, training
women caretakers, and by supervising the installation of latrines by households. Further details
are in Working Paper 9.
5. Technical assistance and management support – implemented by a contracted Technical
Assistance team. The team will, in particular, be responsible for learning and disseminating
lessons for coastal zone development and planning the future development of new chars. A
consortium of international and local consulting companies would provide the TA team. The TA
Team Leader would be an international consultant and the other 10 senior-level and 20 mid-level
specialists would be national consultants. There would also be provision for short-term
specialists, field and support staff, and studies and surveys.
38. A list showing the scope of project activities is in Annex 2. In addition it is envisaged there would
an initiative to develop fisheries and livestock production to be implemented via the Regional
Fisheries and Livestock Development Component of the Danida-supported ASPS-II. Such
development would be implemented via Community Based Organisations, which would be formed
within CDSP Water Management Groups.
IV. IMPLEMENTATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
A. Institutional development and outcomes

39. Institutional development is an important element in a number of components. Water
Management Organisations (WMOs) will be established to manage water control infrastructure.
These WMOs would operate at three levels: Water Management Groups (WMG) represent farmers
within a geographically defined water management area. At a polder level (i.e. one char with a
surrounding embankment) a number of WMG would be federated together into a Water Management
Association (WMA), with a Water Management Federation (WMF) at the district level. WMG are
registered as cooperatives. NGOs would establish groups to would receive micro-credit and other
services from NGOs, as well as Tubewell User Groups. DAE would establish Farmer’s Forums as the
focal point for the agricultural development activities. Social Forestry Groups would be formed by the
Forest Department to carry out tree planting, look after the trees, and share in the ensuing benefits of
firewood, fruit and timber. BWDB, LGED and DPHE will form Labour Contracting Societies to
undertake labour-intensive construction and maintenance works. Table 2 shows the projected number
of these institutions and their membership.
40. Working Paper 10, Part II contains a review of project field level institutions in earlier phases of
CDSP and linkages with local government. It also makes some recommendations for institution
building and local level participation in CDSP IV – such as coordination of the different field level
institutions through representation of these groups in WMG.
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Table 2: Membership of Field Level Institutions

Households People
Population of CDSP IV chars 28,000 155,000
Field level institutions Groups Member % of all Organised Note

hh by
Water Management Group 31 775 2.8% BWDB Represent all households
Farmers' Forums 280 5,600 20.0% DAE
Social Forestry Group 441 11,025 39.4% FD
Tubewell User Group 1,380 20,700 73.9% NGO Also for alternative water supplies
NGO groups 1,120 28,000 100.0% NGO For credit, savings and other support
LCS1 BWDB 166 3,324 11.9% BWDB In CDSP IV chars only
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LGED 194 3,880 13.9% LGED In CDSP IV chars only
DPHE 69 1,380 4.9% DPHE Produce latrine rings and slabs
Notes: 1. Number of LCS members are based on approximately 100 days work for each member (one season).
In practice an LCS member may carry out work in more than one season.
2. In addition to the numbers shown, BWDB will create about 1,600 additional LCS jobs through maintenance
works in the earlier CDSP areas, while LGED will create another 1,060 LCS jobs.
B. The collaborative framework

(a) The main implementing agencies and their roles
41. The core activity in land reclamation is water management, and the overall programme would
therefore be led by the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), and the Secretary of the
Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR) would chair an Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee (IMSC).
Other line agencies would be responsible for other activities: (i) the Local Government Engineering
Department (LGED) for roads, markets, cyclone shelters & killas, and Union Parishad complexes; (ii)
Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) for water supply and sanitation; (iii) Ministry of Land
(MoL) for land settlement; (iv) Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) for agricultural
development; and (v) Forest Department (FD) for forestry. Further details are in Key File 5.
42. Each of these agencies would have its own government project document (Development Project
Proforma – DPP), so coordinated implementation could proceed with only a minimal need for
combined activities in the field. This approach has worked well in previous char development projects
funded by the Netherlands. Where coordination is needed, it will be ensured by the IMSC and by a
Project Management Committee (PMC), chaired by the Project Coordinating Director of the BWDB
component with the Project Directors for each component as members. Coordination would also be
ensured by having a single Technical Assistance (TA) consulting advisory team for the entire
programme (to be funded and procured by the Netherlands). The TA Team Leader would be a
member of the PMC. The TA Team would contract and manage the NGOs implementing Social and
Livelihood Support. Details of project management arrangements are in Working Paper 10 and an
organogramme is in Annex 3. Terms of Reference for Project Directors and the TA consulting
company are in the draft Project Implementation Manual (PIM).
43. The project would be supervised by IFAD with active participation from the Netherlands embassy
in supervision missions. The Netherlands would contribute its expertise in water resources and land
reclamation, while IFAD’s country team for Bangladesh has considerable experience of infrastructure
development, agriculture, rural livelihoods, poverty reduction, NGOs and M&E.
(b) Technical partners in implementation
44. Implementation would also involve a range of other organisations. NGOs would be contracted to
implement specific poverty, livelihood, social and gender-focused programmes. Research agencies,
such as BRRI, BARI and IRRI may support agricultural development through the identification,
development and testing of appropriate technologies for saline land. The Soil Resources
Development Institute would provide testing services for soil and water samples at its laboratory in
Noakhali. Local government at district, upazila and union level would also be involved in providing
complementary services (e.g. health, education), supporting O&M with additional resources,
organising market management and other regulatory functions, and would be including in local project
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coordination meetings. Further details on the role of local government are in Working Paper 10, Part
II, and local government is included in the institutional SWOT analysis in Key File 2.
(c) Links with complementary projects
45. The project would work very closely with the Danida-funded ASPS-II and, in particular, two of its
sub-programmes, Regional fisheries and Livestock Development Component (RFLDC) and Rural
Road and Market Access Infrastructure Development Project (RRMAIDP). RLFDC would have an
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CDSP IV to take responsibility for fisheries and livestock
development in the project area. RFLDC would do this by working through the Water Management
Organisations formed by CDSP. RFLDC is also supporting local government and CDSP IV would
also seek to use this and other local government initiatives to strengthen the involvement of Upazila
and Union level government in the project. RRMAIDP has used LCS to build some earth roads in the
project chars. These roads will be upgraded by CDSP, which will also adopt an LCS approach to road
construction. Modalities and guidelines for use of LCS will be developed in consultation with
RRMAIDP and well as MIDPCR and IPSWAM. RRMAIDP has also being supporting new
approaches to road maintenance through performance based service contracts, and it is hoped that
this approach will be replicated by CDSP IV.
46. The key institutional development initiative of CDSP IV is the establishment of three tiers of Water
Management Organisations (WMO). BWDB has had support in this work from the BWDB-
Netherlands Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Management (IPSWAM) project which has
been piloting participatory water management systems and has supported the establishment of a
participatory water management cell in BWDB. This cell will be able to help in the training and
support of WMOs. The possible implementation of cross-dams and the planned studies for future
char development would involve the BWDB-Netherlands Estuary Development Project which carries
out studies on the morphological processes of accretion and erosion in the Meghna estuary and so
provides the basic information for development planning.
47. Primary education in Bangladesh is being supported by the Second Primary Education
Development Programme (PEDP-II) – a multi-donor funded sector-wide approach. CDSP IV will
lobby the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education to agree to an MoU to recognise and fund school
operations using PEDP-II resources in the 48 multi-purpose cyclone shelters that CDSP will build.
Likewise CDSP IV will also press the Ministry of Health to provide resources to establish government
clinics within the two Union Parishad Complexes to be constructed on Char Nangulia and Boyer Char.
CDSP IV will also seek, through an MoU, to link its NGO health programme to government
vaccination campaigns and other public health initiatives. Similarly NGO legal & human rights,
disaster management and climate change initiatives may benefit from links to other programmes – for
example Oxfam has a climate change and disaster management programme in some CDSP IV chars
with pilot activities that could be up-scaled during CDSP IV.
48. CDSP IV may also link with the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Climate Change, which has been
established with initial funding from DFID and is managed by the World Bank. This fund may provide
additional resources for climate change adaptation, such as saline and flood tolerant agriculture and
household-level resilience. Further information is in Key File 3.
(d) Integration within the IFAD country programme
49. CDSP IV will be well integrated with the IFAD country programme. Cooperation with the
Netherlands started with on-going Market Infrastructure Project in Charland Regions (MIDPCR) which
is developing roads and markets in more developed coastal chars. CDSP IV will also develop
markets, and will follow the example of MIDPCR in making much greater use of LCS to directly
channel work in construction directly to the poorest women. MIDPCR had contracted NGOs to
provide micro-credit loans using their own capital resources, an approach that will be taken up by
CDSP IV. NGOs will also be asked to focus on lending for agricultural inputs and investments –
which is possible as PKSF (the wholesale provider of micro-finance funds) is up-scaling the PKSF/
IFAD Micro-Finance for Marginal and Small Farmers Project which has pioneering lending to farmers
by NGO-MFIs.
50. Agricultural development activities will focus on increasing production in an unfavourable
environment constrained by flooding and salinity. In identifying suitable technologies CDSP IV will
benefit from close links with the grant funded Support to Agricultural Research for Climate Change
Adaptation in Bangladesh. This project will be implemented from 2009 to 2011 by IRRI and partner
research institutes. Agricultural development activities will also benefit from links to the World Bank-
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IFAD/Ministry of Agriculture National Agricultural Technology Project. Although the current phase of
NATP is not supporting agricultural extension in the project area, a research agency or NGO could
access the competitive grants for agricultural research to develop technologies for coastal agriculture.
Lessons on participatory water management and Water Management Organisations, and on
complementary agricultural development, will be shared between CDSP IV and the forthcoming ADB-
IFAD/LGED Participatory Small Scale Water Resources Project. Further information is in Key File 3.
C. Results-based M&E
51. Principal M&E indicators are shown in the logframe. At the goal level these include IFAD RIMS
anchor indicators of chronic malnutrition, food security and asset ownership to be collected by a
standard RIMS anchor indicator survey. Additional indicators would be collected at the goal and
purpose level would include housing, women’s mobility, income earning occupations, and agricultural
production. This, together with the RIMS indicators, would be collected via sample surveys to be
carried out at the start (for baseline), mid-term and completion of the project. Indicators at the output
level relate to delivery of outputs and also the functioning of community groups (to provide evidence
for RIMS level 2 ratings for effectiveness and sustainability). Output indicators would be reported in
the progress reports of implementing agencies, supplemented by participatory feedback from
beneficiary groups and studies on the effectiveness of training.
52. M&E indicators in the COSOP Results Framework that link directly with the project include:
number of hhs getting secure access to land; number of infrastructure schemes constructed and
employment generated through construction; number of farmers receiving new agricultural
technology; number of farmers reporting increased yields; number of water supply points and number
of households with access; number of households with hygienic latrines; number of people with
improved skills; and number of community organisations and their membership. Further details of the
proposed M&E system are in Working Paper 12.
V. PROJECT BENEFITS, COSTS AND FINANCING
A. Summary benefit analysis

53. Benefited population: the project will benefit the entire population of the project chars – estimated
at 155,000 people in 28,000 households. All households will benefit from the development of water
management, communications and cyclone protection infrastructure, and protective belts of trees.
Water supplies from DTW or alternative sources will reach about 21,000 households, with latrines for
26,700 households (the remaining households already have adequate access to potable water and
sanitation). The 48 cyclone shelters can shelter 24,000 families, and act as schools for about 10,000
children. The project will aim to provide a secure legal title for land to almost all of the 28,000
households. However a few households may already have a title and administrative delays (such as
uncertainties regarding upazila boundaries) may cause delays in some areas, so 20,000 titles may be
a more realistic expectation – along with around 1,000 titles carried over from CDSP III).
54. DAE will form groups for 5,600 farmers. This is about 20% of the total number but it is expected
that most farmers will benefit from increased production due to improved water management and
access to markets. Around 8,000 farmers in Urir and Caring Chars will not benefit from new
embankments, and so will continue to face severe constraints. However they may benefit from limited
improvements to drainage, adoption of saline tolerant crops and varieties, and though horticulture on
raised homestead plots. Overall it is expected that 20,000 farmers will report increased crop
production. Social Forestry Groups will have a total of 11,000 members – so almost 40% of
households will gain from benefit-sharing in the plantations to be established as well as opportunities
for forestry employment. Around 8,600 mostly female members of LCS will each get about 100 days
of employment on project construction work. NGOs will aim to cover all households with a range of
livelihood and social support services (micro-finance, health, rights, homestead enterprises etc.).
55. Almost 500,000 people living in the 45,000 ha covered by the CDSP I, II, and III project chars will
also benefit from infrastructure maintenance and related employment opportunities funded by CDSP
IV. Three rural markets will also be built in the CDSP III area.
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56. Reduction in poverty: Based on information in baseline surveys, it is estimated that average
household income in the pre-project situation is Tk40,489. Calculations in Working Paper 13 show
that CDSP IV interventions would increase average household income by Tk39,348 per year.
Allowing for a 20% reduction in current income sources as people switch income sources (in particular
less seasonal out-migration), then with-project total income would be Tk71,740 per household. This is
a 77% increase over Tk40,489 and amounts to Tk35.73 per head per day, only just below the national
rural upper rural poverty line of Tk35.83.
57. Economic rate of return: char development involves a considerable investment spread over a
limited area and population. Although cost per head may be high, the investment can be justified in
terms of economic benefits stemming from increased crop and forest production and from the
development of non-crop enterprises. An economic analysis has been carried out assuming a modest
stream of benefits from cropping (increase in cropping intensity from 144% to 160% and average
yields of around one third), income from forest plantations, and increased income of Tk10,000 per
household from non-crop enterprises and employment. Wider benefits from improved communications
have not been included, nor have the costs and benefits of cyclone shelters, water and sanitation or
health activities. Based on these assumptions the EIRR for the overall project is estimated to be
17.2% (see Working Paper 13).
58. Wider welfare benefits: project interventions will also have wider benefits for the population –
including: (i) protection from disasters (cyclone shelters and disaster preparedness programmes); (ii)
better health (though access to health services and improved water and sanitation); (iii) opportunities
for education (schools in cyclone shelters and roads to reach schools); and (iv) more secure lives
(through dissemination of information on human and legal rights (especially for women), secure land
tenure and easier access to government services). These gains will, in particular, benefit women and
children.
59. Lessons for the future: lessons will be learned on how to reach some of the poorest people in
Bangladesh, and on the impacts of a range of interventions. In particular, very few programmes have
intervened in both livelihood and health fields. CDSP IV will be able to monitor the impact of such
interventions. Studies would be carried out to plan further char development. Given the likely impact
of climate change on coastal areas – including rising sea levels and more extreme weather events – it
will be vital to engage coastal communities to adapt to climate change. The project, through
developing community organisations, especially Water Management Organisations, will provide an
opportunity for such community participation – and so learn lessons for Integrated Coastal Zone
Management
B. Summary cost table

60. The base cost of the project, at current 2009 prices, is estimated at USD 76.6 million
(BDT 5.36 billion). Physical and price contingencies add an additional 16% to the cost in USD and
20% in BDT, making a total cost of USD89.2 million (BDT 6.46 billion). A summary of cost by sub-
component is in Table 3. Details of project cost calculations, including taxes and foreign exchange,
are in Working Paper 12. Project costs have been estimated on the basis of a six year project
implementation period, but there may be challenges in implementing such a large programme within
this time-frame. The IFAD loan will therefore allow for a seven-year project implementation period in
case life of the project needs to be extended.
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Table 3: Project cost summary

Component/sub-component Taka US Dollar
‘000 % ‘000 %
1. Protection from climate change
a. Water Resources Management 1,469,562 27 20,994 27
b. Social Forestry 253,897 5 3,627 5
2. Internal infrastructure
a. Communications and Cyclone Protection 1,959,581 37 27,994 37
b. Water and Sanitation 219,586 4 3,137 4
3. Land Settlement and tilting 44,945 1 642 1
4. Support for Livelihoods
a. Agriculture Development 57,065 1 815 1
b. Social and Livelihood Support 679,178 13 9,703 13
5. Technical Assistance and management support 679,357 13 9,705 13
Sub-total 5,363,170 100 76,660 100
Physical Contingencies 348,910 7 4,984 7
Price Contingencies 748,861 14 7,612 10
Grand total 6,460,942 120 88,697 116
61. Addition IFAD resources could be made available for the possible cross dam from the mainland to
Urir char cross-dam (see Section III C above). The approximate cost is Tk340 million (USD 4.85
million). The possible funding of the cross-dam can be mentioned in the Project Financing Agreement
between IFAD and GoB, but IFAD would only allocate funds via a top-up to the IFAD loan if the
scheme is viable and agreed by the government. It is appreciated that the government may be able to
mobilise other sources of funds for this project, so support from an increase in the IFAD loan is only
one of a number of options.
C. Project financing
62. The Project will be financed by IFAD, the Government of the Netherlands (GoN), and the
Government of Bangladesh as well as by NGOs and project beneficiaries. The IFAD loan of
USD 47.3 million will cover 53 percent of the total project costs, and a grant from the GoN of USD
20.6 million will cover 23 percent of total costs. The IFAD loan will cover 75% of civil works, 90% of
office equipment, furniture and computers, 85% of operating costs (vehicle running, office costs etc.),
and 100% of training, studies and other items (including forest planting) implemented by the GoB
partner agencies. The Government of Netherlands (GoN) would finance the whole component of
Technical Assistance and Management Support and the NGO Social and Livelihood Support sub-
component (except for capital for micro credit that will be financed by NGOs and beneficiaries). GoN
will also fund 10% of the cost of all civil work.
63. The Government of Bangladesh contribution would pay taxes and duties, estimated at 25% of the
cost of vehicles and 15% of the cost of construction equipment (a dredger). The Government is also
expected to contribute to 15% of civil works, 15% of operating costs (office and vehicle running) and
10% of office equipment, computer and furniture. These contributions should be sufficient to cover all
taxes on these items (which otherwise can be difficult to quantify). GoB will also cover 100% of the
cost of incremental salaries and infrastructure maintenance in the CDSP I, II, III and IV areas. NGOs
will provide USD 4.9 million in funds for microcredit lending, while beneficiaries will contribute a total
of USD 0.81 million; this being savings used for micro-credit, and a cash payment of Tk4,500 for each
deep tubewell. Table 4 provides a summary of project financing by component. Further details are in
Working Paper 12.
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Table 4: Financing plan by component

Source of funding (USD thousand)
IFAD GoN GoB NGO Benefic. Total
1 Protection from climate change
a. Water Resources Management 16,245 1,763 6,155 24,164
b. Social Forestry 4,157 5 370 4,532
2 Internal infrastructure 0
a. Communications and Cyclone Protection 23,237 3,028 7,889 34,154
b. Water and Sanitation 2,447 312 732 135 3,626
3 Land Settlement and Tilting 395 338 733
4 Support for Livelihoods
a. Agriculture Development 818 114 932
b. Social and Livelihood Support 4,427 4,876 676 9,980
Technical Assistance and management
5 10,911 10,911
support
Total project cost 47,300 20,628 15,599 4,876 811 89,213
53% 23% 17% 5% 1% 100%
VI. PROJECT RISKS AND SUSTAINABILITY
A. Risk analysis
64. Key risks and assumptions are identified in the logframe. At the goal level the risk is that there is
a real increase in the price of rice relative to wages. This can mean that even if livelihoods improve
as a result of economic development in the chars (the project purpose), malnutrition may increase as
food consumption falls in response to higher prices. This happened in Bangladesh last year with the
sharp increase in food prices and there is evidence that this led to an increase in indicators of child
malnutrition. Although rice prices have now fallen back there is a risk that in future there could be
national or worldwide food shortages that could lead to another price hike. Although such price hikes
may be short lived, the risk is that they could coincide with impact surveys and thus the
anthropometric indicators would show a negative outcome.
65. There are three significant risks to the purpose level objective of developing and protecting
economic opportunities in project chars. These are: (i) the risks of a major natural disaster; (ii) overall
economic growth and stability; and (iii) law and order in the chars. The chars are very vulnerable to
cyclones and there is no doubt that a major cyclone could put back development some time –
damaging livelihoods and disrupting project implementation. The experience of cyclone Sidr, which
hit an area to the west of CDSP in late 2007, shows that a massive relief effort in itself can delay the
return to normal livelihoods as people look to new opportunities funded by relief. However this risk
will be mitigated by the comprehensive disaster risk reduction measures that CDSP IV will support –
including: (i) cyclone shelters and killas (refuges for livestock). (ii) embankments and tree shelter belts
designed to withstand or greatly reduce storm surges; (iii) roads as access to shelters and for disaster
relief; and (iv) formation of community disaster management groups to prepare for disasters and link
to higher level government disaster planning. In addition NGOs will implement house plinth raising
and house strengthening on a pilot scale to help protect some of the most vulnerable households.
66. To emerge from poverty the chars need to link into a growing national economy and so if
economic growth were to falter, this would impact on the chars. Even now, men from most
households migrate to find work elsewhere – so poverty would increase if this work were no longer
available, - notwithstanding that CDSP IV will be working to increase income earning opportunities at
home on the chars.
67. Law and order is another risk at purpose level – in particular to women’s mobility and other
indicators of empowerment. Law and order has greatly improved in the last five years with police
camps being established in all chars. However it is still not good, and is said to be a factor that
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contributes to early marriage. CDSP IV will improve road communications that will bring the chars
into a closer orbit with the state which should help further improve law and order, but there is a risk
that underlying governance will deteriorate allowing criminal gangs to operate with greater impunity.
68. At the output level, there is a risk that lack of O&M funding from the government may reduce the
sustainability of the water management and internal infrastructure. A review of water sector O&M in
the CDSP I and II areas was carried out by the Appraisal Mission (see Working Paper 10, Part II).
These phases of CDSP were completed 13 and 5 year ago, but WMOs continue to be active drawing
up O&M plans, organising regular cleaning and de-silting of drainage khals, and in operation of sluice
gates. Overall O&M in the CDSP I and II areas is good and CDSP infrastructure continues to operate
effectively. Moreover continued movement of the coast is now making some of these embankments
and sluice gates redundant.
69. It is worth noting that the government has been significantly increasing funding for maintenance of
BWDB water sector infrastructure. Annual funding from GoB’s own resources for BWDB’s
maintenance programme is now Tk2,800 million having increased from Tk400 to Tk600 million four or
five years ago. Other sources of funds are also used for maintenance of CDSP infrastructure - the
appraisal mission found a group from the government’s seasonal employment creation programme
cleaning one khal. For rural roads, GoB funding for LGED’s maintenance programme has increased
from Tk300 million in 1992-3 to Tk10,000 million, an average annual increase of 22% per year over 17
years. It is therefore concluded that inadequate O&M is not a major risk to the success of CDSP IV.
70. Another output level risk is that it will not be possible to carry out foreshore plantations. Other
projects, such as the World Bank funded Coastal Embankment Rehabilitation Project, have faced
difficulties in foreshore planting as land is needed for other purposes, and trees may need to be
planted on mounds above flood level. This risk can be mitigated by setting realistic targets for CDSP
IV and by involving local people in drawing up plans and implementing foreshore planting in a way
that provides them with direct benefits.
71. The supply of potable water using deep tubewells (DTW) assumes that the deep aquifer has good
quality fresh water and that it does not become saline due to overuse or increased saline intrusion.
This risk has been mitigated by: (i) reports that DTW recently installed by Danida and Oxfam in these
chars produce fresh water; (ii) inclusion of test DTW to identify areas where groundwater is saline10;
(iii) inclusion of funds for rainwater collection ponds and sand filters in places where groundwater is
saline; and (iv) limiting use of the deep aquifer to water for domestic use extracted by hand pumps –
no irrigation wells will be developed (such a limitation is consistent with a conservative assumption on
the capacity of the deep aquifer).
72. The land settlement component assumes that vested interests and local elites do not disrupt the
settlement process. In particular some powerful interests have already occupied some land for large
fish and shrimp farms. However the settlement process is already well established, is part of
government policy, and has been publicly backed by a local MP. The official system for land
settlement seeks to minimize the risk of settlers loosing the land that they have been allocated. The
Upazila Committee include non-official representatives (including NGOs) to safeguard the interests of
settlers. Legally land can only be settled with landless people who meet the required criteria, and
there is no evidence that elites have been able circumvent this process to grab land for themselves. In
any case the title deeds for khas land (kabuliats) are not transferable except by inheritance.
Monitoring in the CDSP-I area shows that, since receiving their land titles 12 to 15 years ago, only
14% of settlers have left the area. In CDSP-II, only 8% of the settlers have left their land over a
period of 5 years. Further details are in Working Paper 2, page 3.
73. For the support for livelihoods and household resilience component to be successful requires the
land settlement component to provide farmers with secure access to land, for DAE to disseminate
appropriate agricultural technologies, and for NGOs to be able to operate effectively. The main for
DAE is a lack of staff to implement its programme – which is mitigated by allowing DAE to contract
project staff to make up for any shortages in its regular manpower. There is also a risk that increases
in agricultural production will be limited by a slow reduction in salinity levels. This will be mitigated by
identifying salt-tolerant crops and technologies – and the project has funded for adaptive research to
test possible solutions in the project chars. In addition appropriate agricultural technologies will be
developed by the IFAD grant funded Support to Agricultural Research for Climate Change Adaptation
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In addition DPHE is about to sink an additional 10 test tubewells in CDSP IV chars using funds left over in
CDSP III.
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in Bangladesh, which will be implemented by IRRI for two years prior to the start of CDSP IV and
during the first year of CDSP operation.
74. A final risk for the livelihoods and household resilience component would be that NGOs are not
able to operate effectively. The major issue here is their freedom to operate micro-finance services –
as income from micro-finance provides NGOs with a care income to ensure their sustainability. This
risk has been mitigated by the recent Micro-Credit Act, which provides a legal framework for NGO-
MFIs to provide micro-finance services. However the regulations under the Act could result in onerous
restrictions on MFI activities – such as setting of interest rate ceilings that do not allow for reasonable
operating margins. This risk is limited by the size and influence of the micro-finance sector, with
major institutions such as Grameen Bank, BRAC and ASA.
B. Exit strategy and post-project sustainability

75. CDSP IV will follow a well-defined exit strategy that has been shown to work by the char
development programme. The various implementing agencies will take over responsibility for their
different activities and continue to provide the support needed. Although BWDB does not have
adequate funding for O&M, (see above) evidence from chars areas developed over the last 25 years
is that polders that were developed continue to provide a favourable environment for agriculture and
have developed into a zone of prosperous agriculture with considerable areas of high value cash
crops. Monitoring of these developed areas has continued and show that salinity levels are still
falling. Monitoring also shows that the vast majority of settlers have retained their land so land titling
has led to sustainable benefits.
76. Where NGOs have been able to develop viable micro-credit operations, they have also sustained
their presence in the area and offer a range of services to their members. In addition other
businesses and public agencies have been attracted by the economic growth – for example Milk Vita,
a national milk producers’ cooperative, has recently set up a chilling plant in one of these chars.
Water Management Organisations also continue to function with only limited support from BWDB.
VII. INNOVATIVE FEATURES, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
A. Innovative features
77. The project has a number of innovative features, with opportunities of learning by the
implementing agencies, the government and the donors. First of all, unlike earlier char development
projects, over half the area to be covered will not be protected by embankment (as it is too immature
and unstable for empoldering). To generate benefits for people living in these very vulnerable chars,
innovations such as salt-adapted agricultural technologies, house plinth raising and house
strengthening will be needed. CDSP IV also plans to construct killas as refuges for livestock on such
chars – something that earlier char development programmes have not done.
78. CDSP may test new ways of surfacing village roads to make them suitable for light wheeled
traffic. CDSP is planning to build rural markets – going further than earlier char development projects
in improving market access. Working with the Danida funded ASPS-II for fisheries and livestock
development is another innovations – with ASPS-II itself trying innovative approaches for supporting
these sectors. Land settlement and titling is a new field for IFAD in Bangladesh, and CDSP IV will
aim to introduce a practical system for computerised land record management at the upazila level.
B. Project knowledge products and learning processes

79. CDSP IV represents an important opportunity for IFAD to learn more about the connections
between poverty, nutrition and health. Previous IFAD projects in Bangladesh have not involved
health interventions, and CDSP will have an enhanced capacity to collect and analyse information on
outcomes and results as there will be a dedicated M&E unit within the TA team. This M&E unit will
also be responsible for knowledge management and learning.
80. Processes for learning start with the various implementing agencies. CDSP IV will implement a
process of internalisation, which involves identification of key lessons for each of these agencies and
the adoption of these lessons in the processes used by these agencies such as training modules.
Lessons will also be shared more widely through regular project progress reports, special studies and
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impact surveys. Information will be disseminated via a project website, newsletters (at project, IFAD
Bangladesh and IFAD Asia Pacific levels) and through workshops and seminars.
81. The range of project activities presents an opportunity to participate in a range of networks and
activities such as the NGO Drinking Water and Sanitation Forum, the Credit and Development Forum,
the Market Development Forum, and various human rights, gender and land rights forums. At an
international level CDSP IV could contribute to learning via IFAD’s network on Learning and
Knowledge on Innovations in Water and Rural Poverty (Innowat).
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Annex 1: Logical Framework
Narrative summary Indicators Means of verification Assumptions

Goal - Reduction of 25% in number of children
Reduced poverty and hunger for stunted and number under-weight Impact surveys at baseline, Real price of rice does not rise
poor people living on newly - 50% increase in household assets mid-term and completion relative to wages
accreted coastal chars - No. hh with 5 months or more of food (RIMS)
shortage reduced from 46% to 23%.
Purpose - 20,000 hhs reporting increased
Improved and more secure rural agricultural production Impact and outcome surveys No major natural disasters
livelihoods for 28,000 households - 28,000 hhs with more livestock undertaken by the M&E unit. Economic growth and stability
in coastal chars - 40,000 people* in income earning
occupations; Law and order in char areas
- 21,000 hh with access to improved
water supply and sanitation
Outputs Immediate oucomes in italics
1. Water resources managed - 10,000 ha of land empoldered. - Field surveys of soil sanity - Sufficient allocations for O&M
effectively to protect land from - 41 km of embankment and 17.5 km of and drainage. by the Government.
tidal and storm surges, improve foreshore protected by plantation - Project reports from -
drainage, and enhance accretion - 31 water management and 490 social BWDB and FD - Possible to carry out successful
forestry groups foreshore plantation
- 80% WMG rated effective/ sustainable - Participatory monitoring of
- 70% empoldered land has reduced soil community orgs.
salinity and flooding
2. Climate resilient infrastructure - 160 km road constructed - Project reports from - Sufficient allocations for O&M
for communications, markets, - 25 bridges & 72 culverts built LGED by Government.
cyclone protection, potable water - 9 markets constructed
and hygienic sanitation. - Reduction in transport costs
- 60 cyclone shelters & 24 livestock - No unexpected changes in
refuges constructed. - Participatory monitoring groundwater quality due to sea
- No. people* using cyclone shelters feedback and surveys water intrusion.
- No. children* at school in shelters
- 1380 water supply points operational & - Project reports from
no. of hh supplied. DPHE
- 26,735 hygenic latrines operational
- 17,600 women earning from LCS
3. Secure land title granted to - 26,000 target group hh getting secure - Project reports from MoL - Vested interests & elites do not
20,000 households. title to land disrupt land settlement.
4. Improved livelihoods and - 5,600 farmers* attending agric. - Participatory monitoring - DAE able to post staff to
household resilience extension events feedback and surveys implement agricultural
- 20,000. farmers* report adoption of - KAP surveys development programme.
improved agricultural technologies - Project reports from DAE - Appropriate technologies for
- 28,000 women in 1120 NGO group and NGOs salt affected land available.
- Amount of savings and no. of loans - NGOs not subject to undue
- 234 health workers & 13 clinics regulatory interference.
- No. people* using health services
- 28,000 women trained in IGA
- No. people* with improved employment
& own enterprises
- 28,000 women attend rights-based
training and events
- Indicators of improved rights
5. Knowledge management and - Project reports, studies workshops - Project reports - Government continues to
lessons for Integrated Coastal and other events support coastal development
Zone Mgt (ICZM).
Activities
1. Protection from climate change: (a) sea dykes; (b) internal embankments; (c) drains and canals, (d) water control sluices, (e) Water
Management Organisations; (f) water infrastructure maintenance; (g) formation of social forestry groups; (h) tree planting on embankments,
roadsides, foreshores & mudflats roadsides etc; (i) plantation caretaking
2. Climate resilient infrastructure: (a) village and union roads and bridges; (b) cyclone shelters & killas; (c) rural markets; (g) deep tubewells; (e)
drinking water ponds and rainwater collection; (f) hygienic latrines; (g) Labour Construction Societies for construction. (h) O&M user groups; (I) market
management committees; (j) infrastructure maintenance
3. Land settlement and titling: (a) Surveys to assess availability of land and current ownership status; (b) selection of target group households; (c)
process of land titling; (d) computerised land record management system.
4. Livelihood support: (a) formation of groups; (b) identification of appropriate technologies; (c) capacity building of service providers; (d) crop
training and demonstrations; (e) other skill training; (f) access to livelihood opportunities and markets; (g) promotion of better health and hygiene; (h)
social support and rights; (i) disaster preparedness and climate change resilience.
5. Technical assistance and management support: (a) support from TA team for implementing agencies; (b) quality control; (c) specialised
training; (d) M&E system; (e) studies of development of new chars; (f) dissemination and sharing of experiences.
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Annex 2: Scope of Project Activities
Component Scope of works and project support

1. Protection from climate change
(a) Water management Drainage sluices 3 large and 3 small
Embankment: 17.5 km sea dyke, 23.5 km interior dyke, 13.25 km dwarf embankment
247.5 km khal excavation / re-excavation
31 WMG and 31 WMG group centres – approx 620 members, 3 WMA, 1 WMF
Land acquisition – 5 ha
Rehabilitation (resettlement) of 384 households from khas land
LCS – approx 166 LCS with 3324 members for khal excavation plus 80 LCS with 1600
members for maintenance work in CDSP I, II and III areas.
Mini-dredger and operating costs
Maintenance in CDSP I, II, III, IV areas
BWDB PMU Staff: PCD, 2 XEN, 3 SDE, 2 AE, 3 SAE, 33 other staff
WMO strengthening: 390 training, visit and workshop events
4 cars, 11 motorcycles, office equipment
PMU operating costs
(b) Forestry Plantation: Embankment 41 km, foreshore 350 ha, mangrove 1800 ha, block plantation 645
ha, khal 205 km, road 98 km, killa 16, institutions 95
Social Forestry Groups – 490 SFG with 11,025 members
Rehabilitate (resettle) 350 households from foreshore plantation area
SFG training: 1,477 events, other training and workshops: 128 events
DoF PMU PD (DFO Noakhali), 41 staff, 5 motorcycle, boat, office/dormitory, office equipment
PMU operating costs
2. Climate resilient infrastructure
(a) Internal infrastructure Communications infrastructure: 160 km roads, 25 bridges, 72 culverts, 9 boat ghats
48 cyclone shelters-cum-schools (plus 12 on other chars)
16 killas, plus 6 on other chars
Cluster village 2, Rural market 6 (plus 3 on Boyer Char), Bus stand 1, UP complex 2
LCS – 194 LCS with 3,880 members, plus 53 LCS with 1060 members for work outside of
the CDSP IV chars on road maintenance and also market construction in Boyer Char.
LGED PMU PD, 2 AE, 3 SAE, 12 other staff
Up to 46 staff to support LCS
Staff and member training for LCS
2 cars, 12 motorcycle, 38 bicycle, office equipment
PMU operating costs
Road maintenance in all CDSP areas
(b) Water & sanitation DTW 1,329 (plus 150 on other chars), test TW 17,ponds with sand filters 36,
Rainwater collection schemes 15.
26,735 household latrines
LCS – 69 with 1360 members to manufacture latrine rings and slab
DPHE PMU PD, 1 AE, 2 SAE, 4 other staff
Up to 16 staff to support LCS
Staff and member training for LCS
1 car, 8 motorcycle, 10 bicycle, office equipment
PMU operating costs
3. Land settlement and Land settlement process for 20,000 households
titling Computerised land record system (hardware and software)
Training in Bangladesh and internationally
PD (DC Noakhali), AC-Rev, other staff, car
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Component Scope of works and project support

4. Livelihood support
(a) Agricultural support Crop productivity zone mapping and PRA
DAE staff training, workshops and ToT
Group formation – 280 Farmer Forums with 5,600 members.
Farmer training – 1200 batches
Crop demonstrations – 1150 plots
Field days, seasonal workshops, reports
DAE PD (DDAE Noakhali), 1 PA, 2 PTO, 6 FO, 4 other staff
Car, 3 motorcycle, 6 bicycle, computer, PMU costs
(b) Social and livelihood
support
Group formation and 3-5 NGOs appointed, 10-12 new NGO branches set up
micro-finance 1120 NGO groups covering women from all households (28,000)
Staff training (including gender analysis) 858 training places , computer & internet, furniture
Initial subsidy for staff and overheads
Provision of micro-finance services using NGOs own capital
Health and family 1 Paramedic and 2 facilitators in each branch (39 in total)
planning Training and allowance for 195 TBAs
Training for village doctors and elites
Key inputs (contraceptives, de-worming, micro-nutrient, ORS) distributed/sold
Clinic held at 13 branch offices
Health campaigns and linkage with government
Legal and human rights Rights awareness training for all NGO group members
Building consensus on legal issues with elites
Campaigns and publicity
Staff training on HR
Homestead agriculture Training of all women group members
and forestry Demonstrations of new technologies (9,000) plus field days and local visits
Agricultural facilitator in each branch office (13)
NGO staff training
Livelihoods and value Training on non-farm IGAs for all group members
chains Implementation of small value chain projects
Water and sanitation Establishment of 1329 TW user groups and collection of cost contribution for DPHE
Training of TW caretakers (2 per TW)
Organisation of latrine installation for DPHE (26,735 latrines)
Disaster preparedness & Training members on disaster management (90 batches plus annual refresher)
climate change Establishment of Climate Change and Mitigation Centres
Meetings with Union disaster preparedness committee (one per branch per year)
Pilot scheme for house plinth raining (500 plinths)
Pilot scheme for house strengthening (500 houses)
Introduction of improved stoves
Training in construction of biogas plants
5. Technical assistance and management support
Technical Assistance Specialist expertise, quality control, monitoring, financial coordination,
Team Studies for development of new chars
Impact evaluation surveys
Monitoring of CDSP I, II and III areas
Website and knowledge management
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ANNEX 3
PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
D r a ft P r o je c t M a n a g e m e n t S t r u c t ur e
In t e r M in ist e r ia l S t e e r in g C o m m it t e e
Sec . M W R (chair), JS : M L G RD C, M F E, M oL, M o A, Plan C o m . O b s erv e: E K N , T A
P r o je ct M a na g e m e nt C o m m it t e e
P D B W D B (chai r), P D s : LG E D , D P H E, Do F, D A E ; D C ; T A-T L /CTA; N GO -P C
BW D B LG E D D P HE Do F DA E M oL
PM U : P D PM U : P D P M U : X EN P M U: DFO P M U: D DAE D C , A C (R e v )
TA Tea m NGOs
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KEY FILE TABLES
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Key File Table 1: Rural Poverty and Agricultural Sector Issues
Priority Area Major Issues Actions Needed
Rural poverty in  The process of erosion and accretion in the world’s largest river delta is a major  A process of land reclamation is needed to make newly emerged chars productive
coastal areas driver of poverty in these chars. Rapid erosion of farmland makes many people for agriculture
landless, who then move to newly accreted land on emerging chars which: (i) have  Grant landless people settling on chars a secure title to a plot of land
unfavourable conditions for agriculture due to salinity and flooding; (ii) are  Build infrastructure on chars, including protection from cyclones.
extremely vulnerable to cyclones and storms; harsh living conditions due to lack  Provide public services needed for local economic growth – such as support for
of fresh water and fuel; and (iii) there are very poor communications and minimal agriculture, fisheries and livestock, as well as education, health and law and order.
services from government and NGOs.  Enable social and livelihood support for poverty reduction.
 As a result, newly emerged chars are a pocket of extreme poverty, with a survey
showing 73% of households being below the lower poverty line.
Coastal zone  Coastal communities face multiple vulnerabilities including cyclones and storm Integrated approach to development of coastal zone involving:
development surges, floods and drainage congestion, droughts and salinity intrusion, erosion  Development of land resources , including accelerating the process of accretion
and deteriorating ecosystems.  Policies to ensure landless people get secure access to land
 These uncertainties are exacerbated by the consequences of climate change, with a  Protection from man-made and natural hazards
greater probability of cyclones and storm surges, increased rainfall during the  ensure availability of safe drinking water,
monsoon season, less precipitation in winter, higher temperatures and sea level  promote economic growth and non-farm rural employment
rise.  improve livelihoods, especially for women
 Land on newly emerged chars is grabbed by criminal gangs who allow poor  environmental conservation
people to occupy plots in return for illegal rents and other obligations.  create an enabling institutional environment.
Agriculture  Saline soils, tidal flooding, drainage congestion and lack of fresh water for water  Improve water control and prevent saline intrusion
limit agricultural production on coastal chars  Develop appropriate technologies for coastal agriculture
 Farmers use local crop varieties, which are low yielding but may be better adapted  Introduce profitable diversified crops
to saline conditions  Provide producers with improved market access
 Government advisory services are almost absent  Develop public-private-NGO partnerships to support processing and related value
 It is difficult to obtain modern inputs, and linkages with private sector is weak addition of agricultural raw materials.
 Lack of access to markets – farmers need to transport products themselves and  Form groups of farmers to access micro-credit from NGOs and technical support
may need to go some distance by land and boat to get to a market. If local from DAE and other providers.
markets exist, prices can be very low.
Gender  Women have low status and are significantly disadvantaged  Promote employment for women in road works, and self-employment through
 Low levels of education & skills, and poor understanding of potential. access to credit.
 Minimal access to assets and employment opportunities.  Enable women to access livelihood opportunities through micro-credit, training and
 Lack of raw materials and market access means existing handicraft skills cannot access to markets
be used  Enhance education, literacy and skill training
 Women burdened with household tasks: lack of drinking water and fuel, poor  Increase awareness amongst men and women on gender issues and legal rights.
housing and sanitation, large number of children
 No access to health and family planning services.
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Key File Table 2: Organisation Capabilities Matrix
Organisation Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
BWDB  Expertise in water management and  Centralised management and divided line of control to project level.  Streamlining of management systems  Continued sidelining by national
water infrastructure construction  Separation of responsibility for payments from project management could reduce delays in government. Water sector not
 Long experience of land reclamation for – cause delays implementation giving the attention it requires.
coastal chars  Lack of mid-level manpower for field supervision and unable to  Newly established cell for
recruit project staff on contract basis participatory water management
 Delays in project implementation
LGED  Outreach – stall in all upazilas  Centralised management in Dhaka  Establishment of a district-level PMU  Maintaining quality of
 Capacity to implement large rural  Large number of projects stretch management resources and weaken would decentralise management management
infrastructure projects using contracted quality control  CDSP can enhance quality control
staff.
 Interface with local government
 Efficient management
DPHE  Expertise in rural water supplies  Usually work through local government institutions which are absent  Work with NGOs and project groups  Work could also be undertaken by
 Staff at district and upazila level (but in project chars to implement basic water supply and other agencies
numbers limited).  Little resource for follow-up and sustainability sanitation
Department  Expertise in coastal forestry and  Attempts to prevent illegal clearance of trees by settlers damage  Acceptance of social forestry  Most work, other than mangrove
of Forestry programme for mangrove afforestation relations with local communities. approach can rebuild community planting, could be undertaken by
on emerging chars  Problems in organising foreshore planting in CDSP III acceptance for afforestation other agencies
 Few women staff
Department  Skilled manpower.  Limited budget for operations – have to rely on projects for funding  Agriculture is a priority sector for  Reduced pipeline of new projects
of  Countrywide mandate  Staff lack incentives and motivation for extension as pre-occupied government could reduce field activity
Agricultural  Staff posted at village level with fertiliser distribution and other regulatory functions.  Pipeline of other projects allow DAE  Little recent recruitment mean
Extension  Experience of working with NGOs  Overall shortage of staff and none in project chars – posts vacant and activities to continue after char staff are ageing, and becoming
posted staff often spend little time in remote areas development complete. technically out of date.
 Bureaucratic – slow decision making, inflexible  Private sector including NGOs will
 Very few women staff be seen as competitors.
 Difficult to sustain own extension groups.
Ministry of  Clear policies allow settlement of char  MoL has no provision for district level project management structure  Manage land settlement component  Some risk of allocation of large
Land land by poor people  Lack of a modern records management system through District Administration with areas of land for use by army and
 MoL functions integrated into local DC as Project Director commercial fish farms - although
government administration  Development of computerised land MoL has assured IFAD that this
record system will not happen.
NGOs  Local presence and knowledge of local  Limited presence on remote chars  PKSF provides wholesale funds for  Danger of inappropriate govern-
circumstances.  Some have weak management and limited technical knowledge. micro-finance ment regulation reducing viability
 Source of innovation in terms of  Some lack financial resources to invest in micro-credit and to sustain  Competent NGOs can be selected of micro-finance and removing
approaches and services. activities after project support ends. using appropriate criteria. incentives to expand in remote
 Some already operating on CDSP chars areas.
Local  Local presence and contact with local  Reflect local power structure, not pro-poor  Involvement helps enlist local support  MPs and central government
government people  Very limited financial resources for the project. extend reach down to local level.
(Upazila and  Responsible for delivering a number of  UP standing committees mostly inactive  New UP office may be built in CDSP  May not support CDSP Field Level
Union) government services such as safety nets  Chars now largely out of reach of local government IV char and election held for UP Institutions.
 Regulatory, justice and disaster members
management functions
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Key File Table 3: Complementary Donor Initiative/Partnership Potential
Donor/Agency Nature of Project/Programme Project/Programme Coverage Status Complementarity/Synergy Potential
DANIDA/DoF Regional Fisheries and Livestock Component (RFLC) of Five districts including Noakhali, Current phase of RFLC will work closely with CDSP to support
DANIDA/DLS Agricultural Sector Programme Support II (ASPS-II) ASPS ends in 2011, fishery and livestock development in CDSP
ASPS III expected chars.
from 2012
Danida/LGED RRMAID P (ASPS-II) rural infrastucture – rural roads and Greater Barisal and Noakhali Extended up to 2011 Has built earth roads in some project chars
markets – using LCS for construction work districts witch CDSP can up-grade.
IFAD-Netherlands/LGED Market Infrastructure Development Project in Charland Five districts including Noakhali, On-going, due to end Lessons from developing roads and markets
Regions (MIDPCR in 2014 using LCS will be applied in CDSP.
Netherlands-BWDB Estuary Development Programme Whole of coastal zone On-going – current EDP has carried out studies for cross-dams
phase due to end in that may link one CDSP char to the mainland
2010 and to other islands.
Netherlands-BWDB Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Management Two zones: Barisal-Patuakhali On-going – due to Development of approaches, guidelines and
and Khulna end in 2010 training material for Water Management
Organisations – of considerable relevance for
CDSP
Netherlands-World Bank Water Management Improvement Project National On-going – due to Institutional strengthening of BWDB including
/BWDB end in 2015. revised staffing plans
World Bank/LGED Rural Transport Improvement Project 21 districts – not include On-going – due to Improved systems for road maintenance by
Noakhali end in 2009 LGED and local government – may be adopted
in CDSP
IFAD/IRRI Support to Agricultural Research for Climate Change Coastal areas – could include Due to start in 2009, Plan to work in CDSP chars to develop and
Adaptation (SARCCAB) in Bangladesh CDSP area 3 year project test salt-tolerant cropping systems before and
after the start of CDSP
IFAD/PKSF Micro-Finance for Marginal and Small Farmers Project 113 upazila in 14 districts – but On-going, due to end Micro-finance for agriculture is now being up-
none in CDSP area in 2011 scaled by PKSF through its NGP partners to
other districts including Noakhali.
World Bank-IFAD/Ministry National Agricultural Technology Project – agricultural 120 upazila in 25 districts – but On-going, phase 1 Will fund agricultural research including climate
of Agriculture research and extension support none in CDSP area due to end in 2013 change adaptation
Gates Foundation/IRRI Stress-Tolerant Rice for Farm Households in Africa and 17 countries including On-going, ends in Aims to develop stress (including salt and flood
South Asia Bangladesh 2010 tolerant) varieties.
Danida/DPHE Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Support in the Eight districts including Noakhali Ends in 2009 Provided some DTW in CDSP chars, but more
Coastal Belt will need to be provided by CDSP
ABD-other donors/Ministry Primary Education Development Project II USD 780 m National Ends in 2011, follow- Providing resources to expand primary
of Primary Education from donors plus 35% contribution from GoB. Sector up likely education. Potential to fund school operation
development programme (SWaP) in cyclone shelters built by CDSP.
Oxfam/local NGOs Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation – A number of locations in coastal On-going, may be Could have a formal linkage with CDSP NGOs
disaster preparedness plans, watsan, house plinth raising chars including 2 CDSP chars expanded in project chars and support NGO actvities
& strengthening
DFID-other donors / World Multi-donor trust fund for climate change All Bangladesh Start-up in 2009 Will provide funding for small climate change
Bank projects. However funds will be channeled
through the GoB project mechanism, so
potential to provide additional resources for
CDSP is limited.
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Annex 4
Key File Table 4: Target Group Priority Needs and Project Proposals
Typology Poverty Level Coping Priority Needs Support from Other Programmes Project Response
And Causes Actions
Power brokers,  Non poor  Have connections to  Need cyclone  Existing programmes have to work  Not a target group. Aim to remove their power
land grabbers &  Own large number of cattle/buffalo powerful groups outside protection and through these people to be allowed over land by providing settlers with secure land
their henchmen:  Own boats of the chars. infrastructure as do access to the char population as a title, and reduce other power by reducing poverty
5% to 10% of  Have flood-proof houses. other groups. whole. and building community organisations.
population
Settlers in newly  Newly emerged chars are a pocket of  Men migrate  Protection from Very limited support now available.  Water management infrastructure to improve
accreted chars: extreme poverty, with a survey showing seasonally to find work cyclones with shelters, Programmes that have worked in conditions for agriculture.
70% to 80% of 73% of households being below the elsewhere leaving and killas CDSP chars include:  Road communications and boat landing
the population lower poverty line. women to cope by  Water supplies  Danida funded earth roads and stages
 Most (90%) of households have themselves.  Roads and bridges DTW – very limited coverage and  Cyclone shelters (used fro schools) and killas
moved to new chars as have lost land  Some women also  Better draining this funding is now exhausted.  Supply points for potable water
elsewhere due to erosion. migrate to garment  Embankments to  Oxfam (via local NGOs) disaster  Domestic sanitation
 Conditions on these new chars are factories. reduce flooding and management programmes  Support for improved and resilient agriculture
unfavourable for farming and  Take loans from salt intrusion  Creation of employment for local people,
livelihoods: (i) low crop productivity due moneylenders to buy  Land settlement  Local government units (Union especially women, on project works
to salinity and flooding; (ii) vulnerable to food at times of scarcity.  Health services Parishads) now yet elected and only  Forestry to protect from cyclones, and to
cyclones and storms; (iii) harsh living  Tend large herds of  Education minimal programmes provide fuel and livelihoods
conditions due to lack of fresh water cattle belonging to  Formation of groups and local institutions to
and fuel; and (iv) very poor outsiders.  Few government agencies are plan and participate in development.
communications and minimal services  Some women resort active (no government schools or  Land settlement provides secure tenure, with
from government and NGOs. to self-induced abortions clinics, no resident agricultural staff). title in mane of both wife and husband.
 Poor housing and sanitation, large to attempt to limit
families. number of children.
 No security of land tenure
Female headed  Abandoned, divorced or widowed.  Women may sleep in  Opportunities to  Almost no support now as no  Employment in project works via LCS and
households: 15% High rate of male out-migration means others’ houses for earn income. targeted programmes for these SFG will focus on providing
to 20% of many men start second families outside safety.  Better water supply women in the project chars.  NGO programme to provide women with
population the chars and abandon first family.  Catch shrimp fry and housing livelihoods, promote health, hygiene & family
Polygamy is also common. (environmentally  Security from planning, and campaign on social issues (such
 Vulnerable to violence from men – destructive and illegal). persecution by men. as early marriage).
lack of secure tenure means men  Risk of harm to girls  Pilot NGO programme to increase access to
continually extract money and favours means early marriage fuel for cooking and make houses more resilient
from women headed households. contributing to large to climate change.
 No rights of property or inheritance. families  Women fully participate in water management
organisations.
 Land title in name of women
Main Report
Annex 4
Key File Table 5: Stakeholder Matrix/Project Actors and Roles
Component Activity Coverage Perennial Institution(s) Potential Contractors/ Other Possible Partners in
Involved Periodic Inputs Execution
Water  Construction of embankments and  Three out of five project chars  BWDB (PMU and XEN in  Construction contractors  BWDB participatory water
Management sluices, and deepening drainage khals (Nangulia, Noler and Zia), plus Noakhali)  Labour Contracting management cell (established
 Establishment and support for Water possible limited drainage works  TA consultants Societies with support from IPSWAM).
Management Organisations in Urir and Caring chars  Water Management
 Infrastructure maintenance  Maintenance works in CDSP I, II Organisations
and III areas
Internal  Construction of roads, bridges culverts  All five CDSP chars plus markets  LGED (PMU & district XEN,  Labour Contracting  ASPS-II/III (LCS approaches)
infrastructure  Construction of multipurpose cyclone and UP offices in Boyer char Upazila Engineers) Societies  Ministry of Education: official
development shelters and killas (CDSP III)  Union Parishads  Construction contractors adoption by government of
 Construction of rural markets  Road maintenance works  Market Management schools in CDSP cyclone
 Construction of cluster villages Committees shelters.
 Construction of Union Parishad offices  TA consultants  Ministry of Health: funding of
 Road maintenance (off and on clinics in UP centres built by
pavement, routine and periodic) CDSP
Water supply  Installation of deep tubewells  All five CDSP chars  DPHE (District XEN is PD)  Well drilling contractors  NGO Water and Sanitation
and sanitation  Construction of rainwater collection  Tubewell user groups  Labour contracting Forum
ponds with sand filters  TA consultants societies
 Manufacture of rings and slabs for  Project NGOs
latrines
Forestry  Mangrove afforestation  All five CDSP chars  Department of Forestry  Private tree nurseries  Bangladesh Forest Research
 Foreshore afforestation  Social Forestry Groups Institution
 Embankment afforestation  Embankment settlers
 Roadside afforestation  BWDB and LGED
 TA consultants
Agriculture  Crop development via demonstrations  Four CDSP chars (not Urir char)  DAE (DD DAE is PD)  National research  NATP competitive grants for
and training  Farmers’ Forums organisations agricultural research
 Plant Health Clinics  TA consultants  International research
 Adaptive Research organisations
 NGOs
Land settlement  Provision of land title to settlers  Four CDSP chars (possibly Urir  MoL  Computer software and
 Land acquisition for project char later)  District Administration training organisations
infrastructure  Completion of settlement work  TA consultants
in CDSP I, II & III areas
Livelihood and  Group formation & micro-finance  All five CSDP chars  NGOs  Training providers for  Link with Oxfam for climate
social support  Homestead crops and enterprises  TA consultants health worker training change and gender issues.
 Livelihood training & support  DPHE for water and sanitation and non-farm IGAs  Shouhard (USAID) project with
 Health and family planning  Suppliers of drugs and health-  Agricultural research SDI is Urir Char
 Latrine installation related products agencies – new  RFLC (Danida) re homestead
 Tubewell user groups  Union Disaster Management technologies for development
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Annex 4
Component Activity Coverage Perennial Institution(s) Potential Contractors/ Other Possible Partners in
Involved Periodic Inputs Execution
 Disaster management Committees homestead agriculture  Ministry of Health for
 Climate change resilience  PKSF provides vaccination campaigns
 Human rights and social campaigns wholesale funds for  Advocacy NGOs on legal rights
micro-credit & social issues
Livestock and  Development of aquaculture and  All five CSDP chars  RFLC of ASPS II  NGOs supporting CBOs
fisheries livestock  CBOs established within  Private sector linkages
WMGs
Policy,  Project management  All five CSDP chars  Interministerial Steering  ICZM cell of WARPO  Media and communications
Institutional and  Project coordination.  Manage some works in older Committee  EKN & IFAD organisations
Management  Monitoring and evaluation CDSP areas  Project Management committee  Academic & research institutions
Support  Lesson learning and dissemination  Coastal zone development policy  Project management units in
issues implementing agencies
 TA consultants
Main Report
Annex 4
Key File Table 6: Expenditure Accounts by Components BDT’000
Protection from Internal Infrastructure Technical

clim ate change Com m unications Land Assistance
Water and Cyclone Settlem ent Support for Live lihood and
Resources Social Protection Water and and Agriculture NGOs M anagem ent
M anagem ent Forestry Infrastructure s Sanitation tilting De velopm ent Support Support
I. Investm ent Costs
A. Civil Works 1,271,936 3,425 2,197,289 218,930 - - - -
B. Plantation establishment and maintenance - 263,832 - - - - - -
C. Vehicles and Equipm ent
Vehicles /a 25,991 567 14,092 7,212 6,186 6,526 - -
Construction equipment 199,165 - - - - - - -
Equipment, furniture,and computers 1,256 2,420 1,256 1,256 1,949 1,812 - -
Subtotal Ve hicles and Equipm ent 226,412 2,987 15,347 8,468 8,135 8,339 - -
D. TA Activities - - - - - - - 720,446
E. Compensation and Contribution - 4,468 - 9,727 - - - -
F. Studies, Contract Staff, Training and w orkshops
Studies - - - - 12,242 3,406 - -
Contract Staff - - - - - 20,449 - -
Training, Workshops and Meetings 17,286 21,933 18,824 3,137 3,477 24,703 - -
Subtotal Studies, Contract Staff, Training and w /shops 17,286 21,933 18,824 3,137 15,719 48,559 - -
G. NGOs Activities - - - - - - 723,167 -
Total Investm ent Costs 1,515,634 296,646 2,231,460 240,262 23,853 56,897 723,167 720,446
II. Recurrent Costs
A. Salaries and Allow ances 54,824 24,783 52,355 14,290 20,887 5,755 - -
B. Infrastructure O&M 148,800 - 185,517 2,232 744 - - -
C. Operating Expenses
Vehicle O&M 21,004 1,166 5,094 2,806 2,186 2,186 - -
Equipment and Building O&M 3,720 6,458 3,720 1,860 5,357 2,678 - -
TA activities - - - - - - - 84,155
Subtotal Operating Expense s 24,724 7,624 8,814 4,666 7,543 4,864 - 84,155
Total Recurrent Costs 228,348 32,407 246,687 21,188 29,174 10,619 - 84,155
Total PROJECT COSTS 1,743,982 329,053 2,478,146 261,450 53,027 67,516 723,167 804,601
Taxes 36,373 142 3,523 1,803 1,546 1,632 - -

Foreign Exchange 415,826 6,014 613,575 65,914 5,797 7,554 - 1,706
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\a All vehicles are locally purchased.
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Annex 4
Key File Table 7: Expenditure Accounts by Financiers

USD’000
IFAD GoB_Cash GoB_Taxes Dutch Gov Ngos Beneficiaries Total For.

Am ount % Am ount % Am ount % Am ount % Am ount % Am ount % Am ount % Exch.
I. Investm ent Costs
A. Civil Works 38,250 75.0 7,650 15.0 0 - 5,100 10.0 - - - - 51,000 57.2 14,280
B. Plantation establishment and maintenance 3,634 100.0 - - - - - - - - - - 3,634 4.1 -
C. Vehicles and Equipm ent
Vehicles /a 612 72.8 11 1.3 210 25.0 8 0.9 - - - - 841 0.9 169
Construction equipment 2,351 85.0 - - 415 15.0 - - - - - - 2,766 3.1 555
Equipment, furniture,and computers 125 90.3 13 9.5 0 - 0 0.3 - - - - 138 0.2 41
Subtotal Vehicles and Equipm ent 3,088 82.4 24 0.7 625 16.7 8 0.2 - - - - 3,746 4.2 764
D. TA Activities - - - - - - 9,933 100.0 - - - - 9,933 11.1 24
E. Compensation and Contribution 61 31.2 - - - - - - - - 135 68.8 196 0.2 -
F. Studie s, Contract Staff, Training and w orkshops
Studies 217 100.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - 217 0.2 52
Contract Staff 282 100.0 - - - - - - - - - - 282 0.3 -
Training, Workshops and Meetings 1,231 100.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - 1,231 1.4 224
Subtotal Studies, Contract Staff, Training and w /s hops 1,730 100.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - 1,730 1.9 276
G. NGOs Activities - - - - - - 4,427 44.4 4,876 48.9 676 6.8 9,980 11.2 -
Total Inves tm e nt Costs 46,763 58.3 7,674 9.6 625 0.8 19,469 24.3 4,876 6.1 811 1.0 80,218 89.9 15,344
II. Re current Costs
A. Salaries and Allow ances - - 2,376 99.7 8 0.3 - - - - - - 2,385 2.7 -
B. Infrastructure O&M - - 4,648 100.0 - - - - - - - - 4,648 5.2 -
C. Ope rating Expenses
Vehicle O&M 258 54.4 216 45.6 0 - - - - - - - 475 0.5 86
Equipment and Building O&M 279 85.0 49 15.0 0 - - - - - - - 328 0.4 -
TA activities - - - - - - 1,160 100.0 - - - - 1,160 1.3 -
Subtotal Ope rating Expenses 537 27.4 266 13.5 0 - 1,160 59.1 - - - - 1,962 2.2 86
Total Recurrent Cos ts 537 6.0 7,290 81.0 8 0.1 1,160 12.9 - - - - 8,995 10.1 86
Total PROJECT COSTS 47,300 53.0 14,965 16.8 634 0.7 20,628 23.1 4,876 5.5 811 0.9 89,213 100.0 15,430
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\a All vehicles are locally purchased.

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BANGLADESH

CHAR DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT PROJECT (CDSP)

DESIGN COMPLETION REPORT – APPRAISAL

CHAR DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT PROJECT (CDSP)

DESIGN COMPLETION REPORT – APPRAISAL

I. STRATEGIC CONTEXT AND RATIONALE FOR IFAD INVOLVEMENT,

II. POVERTY, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND TARGETING 3

III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 6

IV. IMPLEMENTATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 9

V. PROJECT BENEFITS, COSTS AND FINANCING 12

VI. PROJECT RISKS AND SUSTAINABILITY 15

VII. INNOVATIVE FEATURES, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 17

Currency and Equivalents

Units and Conversions

Abbreviations, Acronyms and Glossary

ADB Asian Development Bank

ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management

MAP OF THE PROJECT DISTRICTS

MAP OF THE PROJECT AREA

Project: Char Development and Settlement Project IV

Dates: Inception Mission: April-May 2009

Location: Parts of three districts in the coastal chars of southern Bangladesh:

Implementing agencies: Lead agency: Bangladesh Water Development Board (Ministry of

Benefits: Increase in average household income of 77%.

CHAR DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT PROJECT (CDSP)

PROJECT DETAILED DESIGN DOCUMENT – APPRAISAL

I. STRATEGIC CONTEXT AND RATIONALE FOR IFAD INVOLVEMENT,

A. Rural development context

B. Policy, governance and institutional issues, political and economic issues

C. The IFAD country programme.

programme 1 (increased availability of agricultural technologies to small farmers), and sub-

II. POVERTY, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND TARGETING

A. Rural poverty, information and analysis

B. The target group, including gender issues

Table 1: Coverage of area and population

C. Targeting strategy and gender mainstreaming

D. Geographic coverage of the project

III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A. The knowledge base: Lessons from previous/ongoing projects

B. Opportunities for rural development and poverty reduction

C. Project goal and objectives

D. Alignment with country rural development policies and IFAD strategies

IV. IMPLEMENTATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

A. Institutional development and outcomes

Table 2: Membership of Field Level Institutions

Field level institutions Groups Member % of all Organised Note

B. The collaborative framework

V. PROJECT BENEFITS, COSTS AND FINANCING

A. Summary benefit analysis

B. Summary cost table

Table 3: Project cost summary

Table 4: Financing plan by component

VI. PROJECT RISKS AND SUSTAINABILITY

B. Exit strategy and post-project sustainability

VII. INNOVATIVE FEATURES, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

B. Project knowledge products and learning processes

Annex 1: Logical Framework

Narrative summary Indicators Means of verification Assumptions

Annex 2: Scope of Project Activities

Component Scope of works and project support

Component Scope of works and project support

PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

KEY FILE TABLES