Transforming Lives Across Gilgit-Baltistan
ETI-GB is a $133.72 million programme of the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan, supported by IFAD and AICS. It aims to improve incomes, reduce poverty, and build resilient rural communities across all ten districts. First approved for 2015–2022 at $120.15 million, it was later extended, and in 2025 ECNEC approved the revised PC-1 through June 2029.
$133.72M
Programme value
100,000
Rural households
10
Districts of GB
2015–2029
Programme duration
A decade of impact — extended to 2029
The Economic Transformation Initiative was launched in 2015 with a development goal of improving incomes and reducing poverty and malnutrition in rural Gilgit-Baltistan. Following ECNEC approval in 2025, the programme is extended through 2029, working across all ten districts with the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan, IFAD and AICS.
Economic Infrastructure
Irrigation & Land Development and Farm-to-Market Roads connecting remote valleys to economic opportunity.
Value Chain Development
Support for apricot, potato and dairy producers, social mobilization, extension, research and Value Chain Support Fund.
Policy & Management
Water Policy, Roads O&M Policy, Land Titling, Gender & Poverty mainstreaming, and programme coordination.
Latest news from the field
Programme updates and stories from across Gilgit-Baltistan, as shared on the ETI-GB Facebook page.
ہُکلَشَل بونِش، ہُوپر (نگر) میں زیرِ تعمیر 3.4 کلومیٹر ایریگیشن چینل کی تعمیر آخری…
ہُکلَشَل بونِش، ہُوپر (نگر) میں زیرِ تعمیر 3.4 کلومیٹر ایریگیشن چینل کی تعمیر آخری مراحل میں داخل ہو چکی ہے۔سکیم کی تکمیل…
1.82 km Farm to Market Road, including a suspension bridge at Dari Faqirkot, Astore,…
1.82 km Farm to Market Road, including a suspension bridge at Dari Faqirkot, Astore, is at the completion stage. The project will…
Ongoing 2.1 km Farm to Market Road, Dirlay Chillum, Astore #FarmToMarketRoads #RoadConnectivity #ImprovedInfrastructure AICS…
Ongoing 2.1 km Farm to Market Road, Dirlay Chillum, Astore #FarmToMarketRoads #RoadConnectivity #ImprovedInfrastructure AICS Islamabad
Update from the field
Photos from ETI-GB's post
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Where we work
ETI-GB operates across all ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Click or hover a district marker for details.
Voices from the Programme
“The new farm-to-market road has cut our travel time to the bazaar from six hours to ninety minutes. We can finally sell fresh produce instead of dried.”
Stories collected from beneficiaries across the 10 districts of Gilgit-Baltistan.