Barrio-Ciudad Project

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The Barrio Ciudad project's objective is to improve the quality of life for the urban poor in Honduras and to enable their municipal governments to continue and sustain such improvements through capacity building and improved access to credit. The project consists of the following components: Component 1) includes city-level infrastructure projects to promote urban development and attract new investment, such as markets, transportation terminals and road infrastructure, cemeteries, slaughterhouses and extensions/improvements to the city water and sanitation systems. Component 2) urban neighborhoods will be selected by their respective municipal governments on the basis of eligibility criteria for upgrading to improve their quality of life and connect them to the formal city. Component 3) technical assistance: neighborhood development activities; municipal government strengthening; strengthening the recently created General Directorate for Housing and Urban Development (DGVU) in the Secretariat of Transportation, Public Works and Housing (SOPTRAVI) - the DGVU is the designated policy-making and regulatory entity for the housing and urban development sectors. Component 4) Urban crime and violence prevention which will take advantage of the project's social infrastructure investments and two-tier intervention - municipal and neighborhood - to develop public works and prevention strategies that enhance community security and integration. Component 5) project staffing, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and audits.

FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

World Bank Group

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Road, Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Commercial, Government