“Bottom-up” Community-Based Development : Gabon Urban Development Project
The Gabon Urban Development Project is being conducted through a series of pilot projects in the poorest, most densely populated neighborhoods in three cities. Reducing poverty hinges on increasing the access of the poor to employment opportunities...
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okr-10986-113932021-04-23T14:02:55Z “Bottom-up” Community-Based Development : Gabon Urban Development Project World Bank BUDGET ALLOCATIONS CITIES COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEVEL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH INDICATORS HOUSING LESSONS LEARNED LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL CONTRACTORS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PILOT PROJECTS POOR COMMUNITIES POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC HEALTH REDUCING POVERTY ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR SANITATION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TASK TEAM LEADER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY URBAN RESIDENTS URBAN SECTOR COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MONITORING & EVALUATION PILOT PROJECTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE DELIVERY LOCAL CONTRACTING INDUSTRY PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING TARGETING MICRO-PROJECTS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE The Gabon Urban Development Project is being conducted through a series of pilot projects in the poorest, most densely populated neighborhoods in three cities. Reducing poverty hinges on increasing the access of the poor to employment opportunities. This requires improving infrastructure, which includes establishing water and sanitation systems, as well as creating roads, safe walkways, and transport services. This work is being carried out by local contractors and employs the local poor. The project's bottom-up approach is a key strategy for sustainability. The pilot project focuses on the construction of roads through targeted neighborhoods to improve access and create direct, complementary benefits such as services, local employment, and support for local construction companies. To increase employment of local unskilled laborers, the project uses concrete blocks for paving roads. At the community level, each targeted neighborhood provides help to identify the location and alignment of the road that would make the area more accessible. One of the criteria in the exercise is that the proposed road should not involve involuntary resettlement. Working with the assistance of NGOs, each neighborhood organizes its Community Finance Plans (CFP) around micro-projects that complement the construction of the main road. The NGOs provide technical assistance such as engineering and architectural expertise to the communities to ensure that their micro-projects are linked to the provision of local public goods and services. In addition, each micro-project must meet certain standards: that environmental conditions are improved and that no adverse environmental impact will result from implementation or construction. Local NGOs assess and certify these standards while the Ministry of Planning oversees the process. After the project is completed, it is expected that, to generate their own source of activity as advocate planners on behalf of communities, NGOs will pressure local governments to target poor communities. Targeting will include allocating appropriate budget. 2012-08-13T14:56:43Z 2012-08-13T14:56:43Z 2001-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/2819928/bottom-up-community-based-development-gabon-urban-development-project Social development notes. -- Note no. 54 (March 2001) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11393 English Social Development Notes; No. 54 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Gabon |
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BUDGET ALLOCATIONS CITIES COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEVEL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH INDICATORS HOUSING LESSONS LEARNED LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL CONTRACTORS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PILOT PROJECTS POOR COMMUNITIES POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC HEALTH REDUCING POVERTY ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR SANITATION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TASK TEAM LEADER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY URBAN RESIDENTS URBAN SECTOR COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MONITORING & EVALUATION PILOT PROJECTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE DELIVERY LOCAL CONTRACTING INDUSTRY PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING TARGETING MICRO-PROJECTS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE World Bank “Bottom-up” Community-Based Development : Gabon Urban Development Project |
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The Gabon Urban Development Project is
being conducted through a series of pilot projects in the
poorest, most densely populated neighborhoods in three
cities. Reducing poverty hinges on increasing the access of
the poor to employment opportunities. This requires
improving infrastructure, which includes establishing water
and sanitation systems, as well as creating roads, safe
walkways, and transport services. This work is being carried
out by local contractors and employs the local poor. The
project's bottom-up approach is a key strategy for
sustainability. The pilot project focuses on the
construction of roads through targeted neighborhoods to
improve access and create direct, complementary benefits
such as services, local employment, and support for local
construction companies. To increase employment of local
unskilled laborers, the project uses concrete blocks for
paving roads. At the community level, each targeted
neighborhood provides help to identify the location and
alignment of the road that would make the area more
accessible. One of the criteria in the exercise is that the
proposed road should not involve involuntary resettlement.
Working with the assistance of NGOs, each neighborhood
organizes its Community Finance Plans (CFP) around
micro-projects that complement the construction of the main
road. The NGOs provide technical assistance such as
engineering and architectural expertise to the communities
to ensure that their micro-projects are linked to the
provision of local public goods and services. In addition,
each micro-project must meet certain standards: that
environmental conditions are improved and that no adverse
environmental impact will result from implementation or
construction. Local NGOs assess and certify these standards
while the Ministry of Planning oversees the process. After
the project is completed, it is expected that, to generate
their own source of activity as advocate planners on behalf
of communities, NGOs will pressure local governments to
target poor communities. Targeting will include allocating
appropriate budget. |
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“Bottom-up” Community-Based Development : Gabon Urban Development Project |
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“Bottom-up” Community-Based Development : Gabon Urban Development Project |
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“Bottom-up” Community-Based Development : Gabon Urban Development Project |
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“Bottom-up” Community-Based Development : Gabon Urban Development Project |
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“Bottom-up” Community-Based Development : Gabon Urban Development Project |
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“bottom-up” community-based development : gabon urban development project |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/2819928/bottom-up-community-based-development-gabon-urban-development-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11393 |
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