Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Other: 49-Press Release on Board Discussion (English)

...Vice President for Africa Region. “While we understand the opposition of the communities to have landfills in their neighborhood, it is crucial to site these facilities in technically and financially feasible locations, provided that potentially affected people are properly consulted and compensated. The Bank should not be risk averse towards such projects but rather continue its commitment to support solid waste management as a key part of the broader health agenda in Africa,” she said. Managem...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Management Action Plan: 49-Third Management Progress Report (English)

...vices. In particular, the Bank introduced “Taarifa,” a tool developed on a Smartphone-based ICT platform for citizen-based monitoring of services delivery, which will be implemented with the help of CSOs and support from the GAMA Sanitation and Water Project. V. GoG Decision to Reverse the Expropriation Process at Kwabenya 15. As explained in the previous Progress Reports, in anticipation of the landfill being constructed at Kwabenya, the GoG issued an Executive Instrument (E...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Management Action Plan: 49-First Management Progress Report (English)

...Vice President for the Africa Region launched this effort with the coalition and other civil society organizations in March 2009. 5 Formerly NACONWAM. 6 Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS). ISSUE PROPOSED ACTION IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS a survey was completed in December 2009 for the entire AMA as part of a parallel Citiz...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Management Action Plan: 49-Second Management Progress Report (English)

...Vice President for the Africa Region launched this effort with the coalition and other civil society organizations in March 2009. 4 Formerly NACONWAM. 5 Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS). ISSUE ACTION IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS found suitable, not implemented. (To be closes. Compensation entitlements will vary depending on the GoG’s decision with regard ...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Eligibility: 49-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...vice Act, passed in June 2003, provided legal and administrative support for decentralizing the provision of basic services, such as urban sanitation.1 However, existing revenue mechanisms, like property tax rates, add minimal 1 The central government provides subsidies to the Metropolitan/Municipal Assemblies (MAs) for solid waste collection, and assists the MAs in establishing better institutional arrangements for the management of the urban environment. In principle, the responsibility for ...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Compliance Report: 49-Investigation Report (English)

...vice, as well as attrition to the private service and frequent transfers within the civil service, have been mentioned as some of the main constraints of urban environmental sanitation.46 Waste management is one of the biggest problems for the MAs; more than half of the revenues of the MAs are spent on waste management, and yet the situation is far from satisfactory.47 2. Solid Waste Management Issues in Accra 57. Accra is a booming city with a very high population growth rat...