EARTHQUAKE RECONST

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The project consists of: (i) sites and services and materials credits for about 10,000 housing units to be developed in three locations in the Guatemala City metropolitan area; (ii) material credit program for ten departmental capitals severely affected by the earthquake that would help about 8,000 families rebuild homes; (iii) small business development program that would provide credit to producers of building materials for housing construction, and also provide commercial and industrial outlets to be leased to entrepreneurs in the three sites that will be developed in Guatemala City metropolitan area; (iv) technical assistance equivalent to 108 man-months of specialists services; equipment and vehicles would also be provided; (v) construction of about 13 primary schools to replace destroyed primary schools, of 14 primary schools to be included in the sites and services component of the project, and of 5 lower secondary schools to replace destroyed schools; (vi) limited rehabilitation of Puerto Barrios by converting the existing 350 m long access bridge into a two-berth pier, dredging alongside the pier, and provision of cargo handling equipment; and (vii) a port organization study to help improve the port institutions and planning the Guatemala, and a feasibility study.