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The La Paz Municipal Development Project is designed to assist the Municipality of La Paz in strengthening its institutional capacity to discharge service, administrative and fiscal functions while addressing critical shortcomings in the city's infrastructure. It seeks to help in alleviating the impact of the current economic adjustment process on the population of the capital city by providing temporary employment opportunities through public works needed to arrest the deterioration of municipal services and urban infrastructure. Other major objectives of the project include: a) strengthening municipal financial and investment planning; b) raising revenues through better tax administration and updating the cadastre; c) a more rational management of human resources and improvements in operations and maintenance. To this end, the project consists of: (a) low cost urban transport improvements; (b) labor intensive urban upgrading works in low income areas; (c) civil works to prevent and control landslides; (d) civil works and equipment to improve solid waste collection and disposal, and sanitation works; (e) equipment needed to modernize municipal administration; and (f) technical assistance.