TOGO Community Development and Safety Nets Project

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The development objective of the Community Development and Safety Net Project for Togo is to provide poor communities with greater access to basic socio-economic infrastructures and social safety nets. There are three components to the project. The first component is community subprojects. This component will continue to rely on a Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach to promote community development by financing two subcomponents: the first subcomponent is infrastructure construction and rehabilitation. This subcomponent will continue to facilitate beneficiary access to improved health, education, water, sanitation and other socio-economic infrastructures. It will finance approximately 170 basic infrastructure subprojects of a maximum cost of US$60,000 each (average of US$35,000 per sub-grant). The second subcomponent is income generating activities. The Community Development Project (CDP) facilitated 150 income generating activities (IGAs) that benefited small groups of people within the targeted communities. An evaluation carried out prior to project appraisal concluded that, overall, results were satisfactory and this sub-component should be continued, albeit with some adjustments. The second component is social safety nets. This component will contribute to establish the essential building blocks for a national social safety nets system by financing two subcomponents: the first subcomponent is labor intensive public works. Labor Intensive Public Works (LIPW) represents an effective safety nets mechanism to protect the poorest households from the consequences of a shortfall in revenues due to seasonal unemployment, decreased economic activity or loss of jobs. The second subcomponent is pilot cash transfers. Cash transfers have proven to be highly effective and efficient in reducing long-term vulnerability in contexts similar to Togo. The third component is management and operating costs. This component will finance the salaries and operating costs of the five regional implementing agencies and of the Technical Secretariat as well as all monitoring and evaluation activities, information and communication campaigns, the financial and technical audits and other consulting services.

FY17 - Education,FY17 - Health,FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

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Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Seaport, Commercial, Government, Education