Haiti - Additional Financing for Community-Driven Development Project

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2009 - The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

IDA Grant: US$8 million equivalent

Project Description: The additional financing grant will provide basic infrastructure and social services for disadvantaged rural communities through a participatory process in which community-based organizations propose, select, implement, and maintain subprojects. The grant builds upon the successful implementation of the Community-Driven Development Project (PRODEP), originally supported by a US$38 million grant approved by the Bank in July 2005. The new funds, which will go towards the 32 municipalities that participated in the first phase of the project, will scale-up the direct transfer of funds to local community organizations to improve their access to basic social and economic infrastructure and income-generating activities, benefiting approximately 60,000 additional residents.