URBAN DEV. I

closed

The proposed project consists of three components: environmental improvements, area development and basic shelter, and institutional development. The environmental component involves surface storm water drainage and flood control, solid waste collection and disposal, low-cost individual and community sanitation and small-scale improvements in low-income areas. The area development and basic shelter component includes area development for urban plots and building material loans for basic shelter in a pilot project in Chittagong. The third component supports institutional development through technical assistance for establishing project implementation units. It further provides for studies of traffic management, area wide drainage in Chittagong, manpower development and organizational and managerial reforms in local government.