The Mitigating Poverty in Western Rajasthan (MPOWER) is a poverty reduction initiative that is supported IFAD within its framework of the current Country Strategic Opportunities Paper1 (COSOP). In line with India’s and that of the Government of Rajasthan efforts in mitigating poverty in the Western Rajasthan, the MPOWER builds on experiences and lessons learnt under ongoing programmes, and introduces some innovative features. The project is designed to reduce poverty through the development of the grassroots community institutions and support to various livelihoods activities and setting up of services delivery systems initially.