URBAN II

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The main objective of the Second Urban Development Project is to strengthen the economy of secondary towns and of their hinterland. The project will include the following components in five secondary centers. The promotion of artisans through the provision of technical and financial assistance, workshops and stores, machine/training centers and the provision of equipment and installation credits. Roads and drainage in low-income areas will be upgraded. Also financed will be the provision of housing and the upgrading of existing housing developments. Community facilities, such as markets, cold storage rooms, health centers, social centers and slaughterhouses will be constructed. Institutional strengthening in the form of technical and financial assistance will be provided to the communes. Communal financial and technical staff will be provided with training and a project coordination unit will be established in Bujumbura.