Urban Infrastructure and Pilot Decentralization
Sector: Road • Location: Mauritania
Source: World Bank Group
The objectives of the Urban Infrastructure and Pilot Decentralization Project are to: 1) create new temporary employment opportunities in rapidly growing urban and peri-urban areas; 2) help municipalities create or rehabilitate basic, urgent infrastructure assets; and 3) develop municipal capacity to manage these assets and help the Ministry of Interior, Posts, and Telecommunications (MOI) to play
- Status
- Closed
- Sector
- Road, Commercial, Government, Education
- Location
- Mauritania
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- World Bank Group
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Description | The objectives of the Urban Infrastructure and Pilot Decentralization Project are to: 1) create new temporary employment opportunities in rapidly growing urban and peri-urban areas; 2) help municipalities create or rehabilitate basic, urgent infrastructure assets; and 3) develop municipal capacity to manage these assets and help the Ministry of Interior, Posts, and Telecommunications (MOI) to play its tutorship role. The project will have two components: 1) a program of poverty-oriented, labor-intensive works sub-projects which will fall into the following categories: (a) economic infrastructure projects; (b) social infrastructure projects; (c) municipal income-generating projects; and (d) municipal management projects; and 2) capacity building (pilot decentralization) including: (a) infrastructure planning and urban space management; (b) management reform; (c) training of municipal staff and elected officials; (d) capacity strengthening of the Directorale of Local Government of MOI (DCL), the Decentralization Technical Coordination Committee (DTCC), and the Association of Mayors; and (e) reform of the legal and regulatory municipal framework. |
Original sector | FY17 - Education,FY17 - Health,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Public Administration,Transportation |
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Country | Mauritania |
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Source | World Bank Group |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Road, Commercial, Government, Education |
Article published date | 2025-12-17 |
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