Indonesia: National Slum Upgrading Project

OBJECTIVE

The objective is to improve access to urban infrastructure and services in targeted slums in Indonesia. It will support the Government’s (GoI) program of urban slum infrastructure investments for 154 cities in the central and eastern parts of Indonesia.

DESCRIPTION

The Project consists of the following five components:

(1) Institutional and policy development.

(2) Integrated planning support and capacity building for local governments and communities.

(3) Urban infrastructure and services in selected cities.

(4) Implementation support and technical assistance.

(5) Contingency for disaster response.

PROJECT FINANCING

For more information about project financing, please review the project summary.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INFORMATION

The AIIB has decided to use the World Bank’s ESSP since (i) they are consistent with AIIB’s Articles of Agreement and materially consistent with the provisions of AIIB’s Environmental and Social Policy and relevant Environmental and Social Standards; and (ii) the monitoring procedures that the WB has in place to ascertain compliance with the WB ESSP are appropriate for the project. Under the WB ESSP, the project has been assigned Category B, as the potential impacts are expected to be site specific, readily identified and addressed through mitigation and monitoring measures that were defined in an Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) prepared for the project.

Please review the project summary for additional information.