Recife Swap Education and Public Management

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The development objective of the Recife Education and Public Management Project for Brazil is to expand coverage of improved early child education (ECD), create conditions more conducive to learning in fundamental education, and improve municipal public management, all within the borrower's territory. There are two components to the project. The first component is expand coverage of improved Early Child Education (ECE) and creates conditions conducive to learning in fundamental education. This component will provide support for the implementation of the Eligible Expenditure Programs (EEPs), including activities to: (i) rehabilitate ECE centers; (ii) promote multi-sectoral early child development; (iii) create conditions more conducive to learning in fundamental education; (iv) professional development of the municipal teaching force; and (v) education management. The second component is strengthening institutions for more efficient and effective public management. This component will provide technical assistance to strengthen the Municipality of Recife (MOR)'s public management in the following areas: (a) educational evaluation and administration; (b) tax administration; (c) public debt management; (d) increasing efficiency of public expenditures; (e) municipal planning, results-based management, and Project management; and (f) urban mobility management.