DRC Urban Development Project FY13

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The development objective of the Urban Development Project for Congo, Democratic Republic of is to improve access to basic services and strengthen urban and municipal management of the targeted cities. Achieving the project development objective (PDO) will require investments in infrastructure combined with strengthening of the legal and regulatory framework and capacity building (technical, organizational, financial) of the principal actors at all levels (central, provincial, and city) charged with planning and delivering basic services. The project will support the establishment of accountability between local authorities (nominated mayors, to be elected in the future) and city inhabitants centered on a local development plan (LDP) flowing from a participatory priority-setting process. The primary infrastructure component (US$50 million) will finance investments to rehabilitate or construct major socio-economic infrastructure in project cities, in coordination with investments being implemented by the central and provincial governments to strengthen the cities’ role as centers of economic growth. The urban governance component (US$48 million) aims to improve urban governance at both national and local levels while improving municipal and urban management and fiscal performance.