Mozambique Northern Urban Development Project

The development objective of the Northern Urban Development Project for Mozambique is to improve basic urban infrastructure and living conditions in selected cities in the North of Mozambique. The project comprises of five components. The first component, urban infrastructure and basic services will support the participating municipalities to improve priority urban infrastructure and basic services, benefiting an estimated 460,000 people and promoting a more inclusive, productive, and climate-resilient urban environment. It consists of following sub-components: (i) priority urban corridors; and (ii) urbanization of peri-urban neighborhoods. The second component, urban land and housing will help address the large qualitative housing deficit in the selected cites, benefiting approximately 8,200 of the most vulnerable households with resilient housing improvement interventions. It consists of following sub-components: (i) housing improvement; and (ii) land tenure regularization. The third component, urban policy and institutional strengthening will strengthen national-level urban policy and institutional frameworks, and local-level urban management capacity. It consists of following sub-components: (i) improving municipal urban management capacity; and (ii) strengthening national urban and housing policy and institutional frameworks. The fourth component, project implementation support will support the project’s implementation. The component will finance the engagement of a third-party monitoring agency (TPMA) to provide an independent perspective on project performance. The fifth component, contingent emergency response component aims to facilitate access to rapid financing through the reallocation of uncommitted project funds in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency.