The objectives of the Integrated Urban Development Project for Yemen are to: (i) improve access to basic services in select informal settlements in urban areas in Taiz; and (ii) strengthen dialogue on a national framework for urban upgrading. There are three components to the project, the first component being infrastructure in Taiz. This component will finance provision of goods, works, and consultants' services for the upgrading of public infrastructure in selected settlements in Taiz, including road and pedestrian ways, water, drainage and sewage systems, and street lighting. The initially selected settlements include: (1) Al-Maftash, (2) Madinet Al-Nour, and (3) Al-Haraziya and Al-Arous. The second component is the institutional strengthening and capacity building. Provision of goods, training and consultants' services for: (a) strengthening the dialogue on a national framework for urban upgrading including through the identification of an appropriate line ministry for urban upgrading, strengthening the knowledge base on informal settlements, the establishment of guidelines for identifying areas in need of upgrading, and the development of a short and medium-term plan for investment planning, implementation of an awareness-raising campaign and capacity building; and (b) building government capacity in Taiz for carrying out urban upgrading, including establishment of and support for a core geographic information system unit in the Governor's office, the development of a public land inventory and information technology systems and provision of goods to Taiz governorate to operate the Accounting-based Financial Management Information System (AFMIS). Finally, the third component is the project management.
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Document Date
2010/04/22
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Document Type
Project Appraisal Document
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Report Number
53810
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Country
Yemen, Republic of
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Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Yemen - Integrated Urban Development Project
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Keywords
budget balance, Capital goods, Consumer prices, creditors, Current account, Current account balance, debt, debt outstanding, Development Economics, Disbursements, Domestic prices, expenditure, Export price, exports, EXTERNAL DEBT, GDP, GDP deflator, Government finance, income, Indebtedness, Inflation, Interest payments, net inflows, price index, Terms of trade, Total debt, URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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Yemen - Integrated Urban Development Project (Arabic). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/935551468339550215/Yemen-Integrated-Urban-Development-Project