Democratic Republic of Congo: Emergency Social Action Project

GRANT AMOUNT: US$60 million
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project will improve access for the poor to social and economic services and increase the availability and management of development resources at the community level. It will provide income-generating opportunities to ex-combatants as well as to civilians formerly associated with, or victims of the fighting in the country.  It will also help build local and provincial capacity for planning and implementing sustainable economic and social activities. The target is to increase self-reliance and social capital and to encourage initiatives aimed at strengthening the local population and civil society participation in development. For more information, please call Herbert Boh at (202) 473-3548, or email: hboh@worldbank.org  For more  information,  visit the Democratic Republic of Congo homepage.