District Towns II : Support to Local Administration
Project / Program Summary

Sector(s):	Good Governance/Town Development
Title:	District Towns II
Donor country/ organization:	Germany/Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau KfW
Other donors / organizations involved:	Germany/Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
Beneficiary countries / regions:	Republic of Ghana
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	Ministry for Local Government and Rural Development
Duration:	3 years
Starting Date:	1999
Project / Program budget:	US$ 8 million
Finance / Type of cooperation:	Grant / Financial and Technical Cooperation

Objectives
- reinforce the capacities of local administration
- increase income of local administration
- improve the supply of communal services (e.g. market places, bus terminals etc.) to the population in and around central towns
Activities / contents
- training of local administration
- financing of communal investments via an open demand-driven program-approach (communal investment fund)
Expected outcomes / impacts
- enhance the decentralization process by creating local capacities
- alleviate poverty by improving basic need services
- create employment and economic growth on a decentralized level
Features in line with the Agenda for Action
- capacity building
- decentralization
- poverty alleviation
- economic development

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Department L II a
Palmengartenstrasse 5-9
60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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