The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction provides grants for projects supporting poverty reduction and related social development activities that can add value to projects financed by Asian Development Bank.
Priority is placed on the poorest and most vulnerable groups living in destitution in ADB developing member countries (DMCs), primarily on innovative programs designed or implemented by local communities or NGOs which contribute to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals especially in health and education.
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, People’s Republic Cook Islands, Fiji, Georgia, India, Indonesia [Bahasa Indonesia], Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated States of Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam.
Focus Areas
- Energy
- Information and Communications Technology
- Transport
- Urban Development
- Water
- Agriculture and Food Security
- Education
- Environment, Climate change and Disaster Risk Management
- Finance Sector Development
- Gender and Development
- Governance and Public Management
- Health
- Regional Cooperation and Integration
- Social Development and Poverty
- Sustainable Development Goals
Eligibility Criteria
- The grants are intended to focus on activities which
- respond directly to the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable groups through new and innovative methods;
- support initiatives that lead to rapid, demonstrable benefits with positive prospects of developing into sustainable activities; or
- build ownership, capacity, empowerment and participation of local communities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other civil society groups to facilitate their involvement in projects financed by ADB.
- All ADB Developing Member Countries are eligible for JFPR grants.
For more information, please visit JFPR.
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