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Environment
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934-002CENTRAL OPERATING UNIT: Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade: Environment (EGAT/ENV)
PROGRAM TITLE: Making Cities Work
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Improved Management of Urbanization in Target Areas, 934-002; (Formerly notified as IR 2.1 Expanded and equitable delivery of urban environmental services and shelter; and IR 2.2- More Effective Local Governments.)
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $3,300,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $3,300,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2008Summary: World population growth trends reflect unprecedented numbers of poor, disenfranchised, and vulnerable families reside in cities of the developing world. USAID seeks to improve the lives of the urban poor by engaging public, private, and community groups in implementing programs which:
- improve living conditions and minimizing disaster risks, especially for urban poor slum settlements;
- increase equitable delivery of water, electricity and waste disposal;
- expand the private sector's role in partnering with cities to provide services and shelter for the poor;
- incorporate people and community needs into urban planning; and
- share knowledge and experience among U.S. and foreign partners to increase effectiveness of urban poor programs
Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will address the rapidly growing problems of the urban poor in priority countries. The Agency's urban program will enter a period of transition in this fiscal year, with the existing program revised to reflect the Agency's "Making Cities Work" (MCW) strategy. Building and sustaining partnerships will result in scaling up programs at local and national levels to improve quality of life for the urban poor. USAID will provide technical assistance, training, exchange of information, and promote public-private partnerships that enable national governments and local authorities to successfully manage the urbanization process. Low-income urban residents - - especially children, whose chance of survival is enhanced through access to clean water, sanitation, and improved air quality - - are the direct beneficiaries of USAID urban activities.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources requested in this Budget Justification to concentrate assistance efforts under the new MCW program in three areas: urban poverty alleviation, urban governance, and urban health. Building strategic alliances and assisting development partners in planning and carrying out operational plans to respond to the needs of the urban poor will be the centerpiece of this work. In addition, the office will enhance its capabilities to monitor progress and inform decision-makers on urban issues of strategic importance across development sectors.
In FY 2001, over 874,000 households were assisted with improved environmental infrastructure and shelter solutions. Performance and Results: The Team helped 874,373 households benefit from improved urban environmental infrastructure and shelter solutions, such as water supply, sanitation and sewerage, drainage and flood prevention, and solid waste management. The breakdown of beneficiary households by RUDO is as follows: South Asia (76,800), Southeast Asia (85,665), sub-Saharan Africa (707,691), Latin America and Caribbean (225), and Near East and North Africa (3,992). A selective description of USAID's urban work by country is described as follows. In Morocco, 3,992 low-income households directly benefited from the USAID Urban Environmental Credit program. Five new private concessions were negotiated in the municipalities of Fez, Rabat, Oujda, Meknes, and Casablanca for garbage collection and landfill management. Revenue collection in Azrou, Sefrou, Ouled Teima, and Meknes-Hamrya reported a five percent increase as a result of improved management practices. In South Africa, seven new Municipal Service Partnerships were completed that expanded water and sanitation services to some 830,000 households and leveraged $160 million in investments. Working through indigenous non-governmental organizations (NGOs), more than 2,000 families received homes during the year. In addition, 60,000 families were given training in various aspects of community development or received assistance in legal areas such as homeowner's rights and responsibilities. Energy-efficient features were incorporated into 5,000 homes as a direct result of NGO actions. In the Dominican Republic (DR), strategically targeted technical assistance (TA) was carried out in response to the country's huge housing needs for its low-income families, including victims of Hurricane Georges. This successful initiative centered on the design and creation of the Low-Income Housing Fund (FONDOVIP) through a private sector consortium of banks, savings and loan associations. Less than $300,000 of TA and policy dialogue resulted in leveraging over $3 million of private capital from the Dominican savings and loans institutions and National Housing Bank for secondary mortgage operations.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: USAID anticipates the continued involvement of key partners in urban activities including Abt Associates, Community Consulting International, International City/County Management Association, PLAN International, Planning and Development Collaborative, Inc., Research Triangle Institute, Urban Institute, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, National Association of Counties, Cooperative Housing Foundation, Center for Nations in Transition, Deloitte Touche, and Price Waterhouse Coopers.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
934-002 Improved management of urbanization in targeted areas DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 6,396 Expenditures 5,151 Unliquidated 1,245 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 3,084 Expenditures 1,365 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 9,480 Expenditures 6,516 Unliquidated 2,964 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 408 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 3,300 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 3,708 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 3,300 Future Obligations 15,000 Est. Total Cost 31,488
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