Community-Based Urban Development Project

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The Community Based Urban Development Project will demonstrate inclusive, and replicable approaches for the sustainable delivery of basic municipal services, in poor un-served, or under-serviced settlements, and, facilitate partnerships between poor urban communities, local, and state governments for decision-making, related to on-site public expenditures in settlements, thereby fostering good governance. Project components will finance: 1) upgrading of basic municipal infrastructure in seven cities within seven states; 2) fund infrastructure subprojects in cities within thirteen states, based on criterion to improve urban poverty; 3) capacity building, and training to develop strategic infrastructure, and knowledge sharing networks; 4) implementation support, and monitoring and evaluation systems to assist in the establishment of project implementation units (PIUs) in all states; 5) development, and implementation of an appropriate AIDS education information, and communication campaign in the project areas, namely in project-supported schools and clinics, and along the solid waste collection, transport, and disposal network; and, 6) a project preparation facility (PPF) to enable project preparation for the cities under the first component, to be reimbursed from project funds once the project becomes effective.