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                                       Papua New Guinea Rural Service Delivery
                                       and Local Governance Program




                                                                                                        Improving
                                                                                                      service delivery
                                                                                                          for rural
                                                                                                       communities.



Develop a community-driven               Background
development model to improve             Papua New Guinea has experienced strong, resource-led, economic growth over the past 10
access to, and the quality of, basic
services in rural communities,           years, yet basic development outcomes have remained the same or improved only marginally
which will be scaled-up by               over the same period. Efforts from the government and key partners to improve systems and
government.                              capabilities are helpful but are yet to reach the local-level government (LLG) and ward levels
                                         where the most basic services are needed.
Communities will be empowered
to identify and prioritize their
needs in an inclusive manner, and        Often the lowest levels of government do not have the resources or staff to provide regular or
to design, and implement their           adequate social and economic services to the community.
own projects.

                                         About the Project
                                         This project will pilot a community-driven approach to improve the access, quality and
                                         management of basic public services delivered in rural communities. The pilot will work with eight
                                         LLGs in the two pilot areas of Western and Central provinces. It will provide important
                                         information to government on how successful the approach is and whether it could be used
                                         elsewhere in the country.

                                         The project has three components:
                                         Component 1: Systems and Financing of Ward Development Grants — this will provide sub-
                                         grants for local projects, such as the construction of latrines, water supply, rehabilitation of local
                                         roads ,and construction or repair of schools. Projects will be selected by needs-basis in one
                                         province and competitive selection in the other.

Locations: Western and Central           Component 2: Capacity Building of National and Sub-National Entities — activities that
          provinces.                     strengthen the capacity of government entities to provide basic service delivery and to manage
                                         and implement the project.

Approval Date: 8 January 2014            Component 3: Project Management — activities that will strengthen the project management
                                         team at the national level and project management teams in targeted provinces around the day-
Closing Date: 31 August 2016             to-day management of the project. It will include a real-time management information system to
                                         allow the uploading of progress reports and photos to a website directly from rural communities
Total Project Cost: US$5.3 million       as well as other mobile phone-based systems to enhance project accountability.
Donors: PNG Sustainable
Development Program, World               In addition to monitoring and evaluation conducted by the project management team, an
Bank, Australian Government              independent monitoring group will be contracted to periodically visit communities to assess the
                                         extent to which the project is being implemented as designed, and to recommend ways to adapt
Implementing Agency:                     the project to be more responsive to community needs.
Department of Provincial and Local
Government Affairs
                                       Contact: World Bank Task Team Leader                                        www.worldbank.org/pg
                                       Erik Caldwell Johnson, ejohnson1@worldbank.org