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Poverty in Bangladesh is still a widespread phenomenon and becomes particularly accentuated for people living on small sand bars and river islands. — in Bengali termed Chars, — which form throughout Bangladesh's river system. Access to basic services are extremely limited on the Chars, assets and economic opportunities scarce and overall vulnerability to external shocks high. DFID initiated the Chars Livelihood Program (CLP-1) in 2004 with the goal to help extreme poor people on the Chars "graduate" out of poverty and become "economically active poor". The core package delivered to each beneficiary household included a choice of assets (e.g. livestock, rickshaw, sewing machine) and access to basic services. Whereas CLP-1 results are impressive on various levels. — an estimated 250 000 people have been lifted out of poverty, — concerns about long term sustainability of the market systems underlying to its asset transfer persist. DFID has committed to expand market development work within CLP-2 (2011, — 2016), whereas M4C will help to bring these experiences to scale and pilot new interventions with a strong focus on M4P. The impact logic for M4C reads as follows: "...if people on the Chars have a minimum of assets to become economically active and if market systems function better and offer greater income opportunities to these people in a sustainable manner, then Char communities will become less vulnerable and more prosperous." SDC will assign the mandate for the management of M4C to an organisation or a consortium with a strong track-record in the management of M4P projects and with the ability to effectively organise a knowledge and experience exchange between CLP-2 and M4C, as well as being able to feed experience on linking asset transfer and market development into global debates. M4C is scheduled to start in December 2011 with an inception period leading into a first phase ending in November 2016 (5 years). The overall budget envelope will be 8 000 000 Swiss Franks, whereas additional DFID money may be channeled through M4C at a later stage. A follow-up and completion phase for M4C until 2019 will have to be reassessed based on progress and sustainability considerations.

Making markets work for the Jamuna, Pabna and Teesta Chars (M4C), Bangladesh.

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