First Resilient Infrastructure Development Project

dropped

The Integrated Development Project will support investments in the provinces of Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa tostrengthen the resilience of key infrastructure services. Located in the South Central Coast region which is highly susceptible toclimate change and natural disasters, the three project provinces are currently preparing their respective medium-term SEDPs thatare expected to align with the central government’s forthcoming SEDP for 2020-2030, which calls for “proactive policies (to) beadopted to respond to climate change and mitigate natural catastrophe impacts.” Hence, the provinces are increasingly prioritizinginvestments that will reduce the exposure of key economic assets and vulnerable communities. As consistent with approved provincialmaster plans, the proposed project will provide financing for resilient infrastructure that will help the project provinces improveaccess to resilient infrastructure services that will: (i) benefit the bottom 40 percent of the population; (ii) support continuedsocio-economic growth (e.g., by provincial economic development strategies, removing infrastructure constraints, improvingconnectivity, facilitating local job creation, etc.); and (iii) promote women’s opportunity to access paid work.