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Bangladesh
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PPTA: BAN29041-02
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Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement
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Location
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Sector
Law, Economic Management & Public Policy /Subnational Government Administration
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Initial Listing
16 April 2001
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Most Recent Update
12 May 2006
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Executing Agency(ies)
Local Government Engineering Department
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TA Fact-Finding Mission Undertaken/Scheduled: 26 Apr-3 May 2001
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TA Approval Date
27 July 2001
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Estimated Completion Date
30 April 2002
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- Cost and Financing Plan (in US$)
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350,000.00 |
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350,000.00 |
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- Thematic Classification
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- Poverty Classification
- Poverty Intervention
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- Objectives and Scope
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The TA will prepare a project that will support the economic development of secondary towns to improve the welfare of town residents, including the urban poor, and enhance the quality of the urban environment. It will also develop effective measures to improve urban governance at both national and local levels and recommend suitable modalities for supporting necessary policy and institutional changes in the administrative, legal, and financial systems in secondary towns. The TA will include (i) a review of the institutional setup of the urban sector; (ii) a review of tax assessment and collection procedures for public and private holdings; (iii) an update of town-specific information for the secondary towns identifies in the TA for the Third Urban Development Project, and (iv) preparation of a sector project proposal for improving urban local governance and infrastructure services suitable for ADB financing.
- Policy Dialogue
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- Environment Category:
B
- Environment Impact and Mitigation
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- Social Aspects and Remedies
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- Benefits and Beneficiaries
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- Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
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- Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
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- Consulting Services
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A total of 35 person-months (7 international and 28 domestic) of consulting services will be required. International consultants will be selected on an individual basis and domestic consultant through a firm. The international consultants will include a team leader with expertise in local government management, and a municipal finance and taxation specialist. The domestic consultants will include a deputy team leader with expertise in local government administration and institutional development, municipal engineering specialist, municipal finance expert, project economist, financial analyst, environmental specialist, and social and gender development specialist.
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- Bank
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Md. Nurul Huda
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Head, Project Administration Unit
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BRM
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Tel. No.:
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(632) 632-5512
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E-mail:
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mnhuda@adb.org
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- Executing Agency
- Local Government Engineering Department
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Contact Person
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Mr. Md. Shahidul Hassan, Chief Engineer
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