The ADPB is implemented since January 1999 in 8 valleys of Balochistan with the innovative technique of involvement of communities in need identification, planning, design and implementation rather than the traditional top-down approach adopted by government departments. The funding agencies include UNDP, GoB, WFP and the beneficiary COs. The current phase of the Programme is till December 2004. The Project has implemented a number of activities to improve resource management and introduction of high return initiatives aimed at poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihood through community involvement.