URBAN (SEC.TOWNS)

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The Secondary Town Project continues efforts to strengthen local capacity and procedures for urban development. Its objectives will assist in the development of an integrated urban network to support rural economic growth and to improve the population holding capacity and urban employment base of five secondary towns, to improve the financial and project management capabilities of these towns, to encourage a larger role for the private sector in lower-income shelter delivery, and to assist in the development of a central government institutional structure capable of supporting urban development on a decentralized basis. The project objectives will achieved through the servicing of urban land and the provision of construction loans for residential and small enterprise development, community facilities, and financial, project management, and maintenance support, and urban policy studies. This project also includes a vital feature of assistance to women in the sphere of urban development.