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1 Adapting to climate change, Reducing poverty a German Financial Cooperation project in Khulna The KfW-ADB City Region Development Project Peter Rooney Christian Schönhofen Monika Wiebusch Bonn, June 3, 2011

2 Khulna Bangladesh`s third city 2

3 Khulna a poor city affected by climate change Characteristics: About 1 million inhabitants 3rd city in Bangladesh, 40% poor Increasing urbanization Challenges: Stagnating poverty rates, low growth rates Inadequate infrastructure for economic development and poverty reduction Inadequate infrastructure to cope with current and future climatic conditions Annually affected by flooding, low elevation More extreme weather events expected National climate strategies need for infrastructure improvement 3

4 From the challenges of Khulna to a development project 2009 CDIA multi-sector study; Mayor of Khulna addresses German DC 2010 ADB Feasibility Study for City Region Development Project (CRDP), special study on Water Sector & Climate Change; German DC provides funds to support Khulna with road/transport infrastructure 2011 Additional CDIA study Pro-poor & Green Urban Transport in Khulna ; Joint ADB/KfW appraisal mission; 2015 Estimated completion of ADB/KfW project 4

5 ADB/KfW City Region Development Project Overview Major multi-sector infrastructure investment programme in the Dhaka city and Khulna city regions Capacity Building of municipalities in urban planning, tax collection, public participation and human resource management Phased investments linked to improvements in local governance (performance based funding) Total Investment USD 185 Mill. (ADB/GOB/KfW) Long-standing ADB/KfW cooperation with Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) 5

6 ADB/KfW City Region Development Project Project components in Khulna First phase projects in Khulna plus drainage (ADB) roads/transport (KfW), Capacity Building for KCC Performance based second phase also including energy efficiency, urban centers, solid waste handling, and water supply projects 6

7 City Region Development Project KfW-component in Khulna 1/3 Strengthening resilience of road and transport infrastructure to extreme weather events Road network development with focus on provision of drainage Improving road function as river embankment / flood protection Other embankment protection e.g. at ferry river crossings Coordination with ADB funded drainage measures joint impact on making Khulna resilient to climate change 1. Adaptation to climate change 7

8 City Region Development Project KfW-component in Khulna 2/3 2. Taking account of Urban Poor Increased Social safeguards in project planning and implementation Improvement of links to poor areas (synergy with UNDP project) Support to non-motorized transport (lane separation, footpaths, road safety measures) 8

9 City Region Development Project KfW-component in Khulna 3/3 3. Promoting public and non-motorized transport Improved lane separation and other simple traffic management measures Improvement of bus stations and ferry ghats Improvement of pedestrian access to public transport 9

10 City Region Development Project Objectives and Impact in Khulna Project objective (KfW component) Sustainable utilization of climate-adapted and pro-poor road and transport infrastructure, based on effective regional and urban planning Overall development-policy objective Living conditions for the city population have sustainably improved with enhanced growth potential and environmental sustainability 10

11 Contact Christian Schönhofen KfW Bankengruppe Project Manager Palmengartenstraße 5 9 KfW Bankengruppe Frankfurt am Main Peter Rooney Senior Civil Engineer Tel KfW Bankengruppe Fax Monika Wiebusch Sector Economist KfW Bankengruppe [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] KfW Thema der Präsentation Ort Datum 11

12 Thank you for your attention

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