Cambodia: Rural Investment And Local Governance Project

TERMS:  Grace period = 10 years; Maturity = 40 years

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  This project will support the newly decentralized planning process at the commune level, and a pilot of a deconcentrated planning process at the provincial level, as well as the provision of grants for priority rural infrastructure and services identified through such planning processes.  More specifically, the proposed Project will support: (i) integration of the National Seila Program into the new local government institutional structures and development planning, budgeting and implementation processes at the commune level established as part of the recent decentralization reforms; and (ii) technical assistance for strategic studies to inform the ongoing dialogue on deconcentation reforms, as well as to review and strengthen the regulatory framework for decentralization.   For more information, please call Kimberly Versak at (202) 458.0352 or e-mail Kversak@worldbank.org.