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Accra, May 31, GNA – The World Bank has
approved $ 200 million to fund the
the Resilient and Integrated Development Project of Greater Accra (GARID),
that would benefit more than 2.5 million people in the Odaw River Basin
In the region.
The project seeks to improve the flood conditions
risk management, solid waste and better access to commodities
infrastructure and services in targeted communities.
A statement issued by the Bank to the media
Thursday, its board of executive directors approved the fund on
Wednesday, May 29th.
The GARID project should bring
transformation in RBM, focusing on the Odaw River Basin in
first phase and expand to other priority areas of the region
subsequent phases, supporting a gradual improvement of integrated flood risks
management.
The Odaw River Basin is identified as the
entry point of the intervention for the first phase given its high flood risk,
population and density of businesses.
This would indirectly benefit 4.6 overall
millions of people from RPGs through improved flood warning and prevention systems.
intervention system and improvement of solid waste management capacity.
& # 39; "Improving infrastructure investments is
The ultimate goal of the World Bank is to end extreme poverty and
stimulate shared prosperity, as well as the resilience of African countries.
cities, "said Henry Kerali, director of the World Bank in the country
for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
& # 39; "It will also help fight the climate
vulnerability and inequality by focusing investments on poor neighborhoods
targeted informal settlements, which are more likely to be inundated ".
The GARID project would directly benefit
dense urban agglomerations and important downstream economic activities
of the confluence between Odaw and Onyasia flows through the
development of upstream water retention basins, performance-based dredging
main channel of the Odaw River and its tributaries, and the rehabilitation of some
drainage cbads and bridges.
The inhabitants of Accra, especially the floods
low-income communities will benefit greatly from comprehensive programs
infrastructure and service improvements.
& # 39; "About $ 3.2 billion in economic savings
badets are at risk of being flooded in the Greater Accra region. The GARID
The project brings an integrated, multi-sectoral and long-term approach
mitigate the impacts of perennial floods in the region and thus enable
stronger economic growth, social inclusion, disaster and climate change
preparation, resilient areas and environmental sustainability ", said
Asmita Tiwari, Senior Specialist in Urban and Disaster Risk Management, and Task Manager
Team leader for the GARID project, according to the release.
& # 39; & # 39; It will therefore contribute directly to
Ghana's vision of a high-income industrialized country and its medium-term vision
National Development Framework. & # 39; & # 39;
Interventions under the project, the
statement said, were complementary and integrated with the existing
Government, the World Bank and technical and development partners
badistance in the GAR.
This includes GAMA funded by the World Bank
Sanitation and Water Supply Project and the Land Administration Project Number Two.
The project preparation was supported by the
Global Mechanism for Disaster Reduction and Disaster Recovery (GFDRR).
"In addition, the Netherlands
The government provides technical badistance on the state of the art,
performance-based dredging in the Odaw River Basin. Collective efforts in the
RBM must result in profound changes on the ground ",
statement said.
The World Bank for International Development
Association (IDA), created in 1960, helps the poorest countries in the world by enabling them to
providing zero-to-zero grants and loans for projects and programs
stimulate economic growth, reduce poverty and improve the lives of the poor.
IDA is one of the largest sources of
badistance to the 75 poorest countries in the world, including 39 in Africa.
IDA resources bring positive change to the 1.5 billion people who live in
IDA country. Since 1960, IDA has supported development work in 113 countries.
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