URBAN II

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The project is structured as a sector loan under which the Government will undertake to appraise individual projects in urban areas based on criteria acceptable to both the Government and the Bank. Specifically, the project will: (i) support the provision of primary urban infrastructure, including water supply, sewerage, and roads and drainage, as well as provide for maintenance of related vehicles and equipment; (ii) support the provision of urban housing for 500,000 people under the next 5 year capital development plan; (iii) introduce a regional development strategy, a corridor town development plan, and district development investment plans; and (iv) strengthen the institutional capacity of central government to appraise proposed projects, and local authorities to perform their functions.