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p. 26 of 26 BACK | NEXT Executive Summary I. Introduction II. The Urban Sector III. The Bank's Involvement in the Urban Sector IV. Objectives and Policy Priorities V. The Bank's Urban Sector Strategy VI. Implications for Bank Operations VII. Conclusion

Urban Sector Strategy

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132. The proposed strategy implies an incremental and systematic expansion of the Bank’s involvement in the urban sector in terms of volume of lending, the range of subsectors to be addressed, and interrelationships of project components. The increasing complexity of the sector and the relative weakness of sector institutions points to the need for more careful preparation of projects, including increased emphasis on institutional aspects to maximize project benefits and increase sustainability, and greater project flexibility. The strategy calls for more in-depth sector analysis focused on policy and institutional issues, in turn requiring more emphasis on capacity building, in DMCs and within the Bank.

133. Tables 1-4 summarize the proposed strategy in terms of (i) overall urban development goals and objectives, (ii) the urban strategy framework, (iii) strategy outputs, and (iv) strategy inputs.

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