Country: Pakistan
Location within Country: Faisalabad, Gujrat, Sialkot (Punjab), Mardan, Mansehra (KP), Hyderabad, Kotri and Sukkur (Sindh)
Approx. value of the contract:
USD 138,340
Name of PE: World Bank
Duration of assignment (months):
9 months
Start date (month/year): January, 2022
Completion date (month/year): September, 2022
Narrative description of project:
The Government of Pakistan has requested the World Bank for targeted support to secondary cities. The World Bank is therefore undertaking analytical work focused on filling current knowledge gaps with regards to secondary cities in Pakistan. This analytical work will inform future policy dialogue with government counterparts and possible future investments. The World Bank has hired Associates in Development to conduct an assessment to review the institutional and financial arrangements of 8 sampled cities as well as assess and describe the existing municipal service levels, climate resilience challenges and infrastructure in these cities. The sampled cities are: Faisalabad, Gujrat and Sialkot from Punjab; Mardan and Mansehra from KP; and Hyderabad, Kotri and Sukkur from Sindh.
Description of actual services provided in the assignment:
The Consultants are required to:
- Design in detail the need based, prioritized, and most cost-effective municipal services infrastructure subprojects in the sectors given in the following sections for benefiting the maximum population with optimal possible investments whereby the cost vs. benefits are considered, after due deliberation and assessments from all stake holders of the MC
- Prepare the holistic Sectoral Plans for the sectors given in the following sections in each Program MC to
serve as a true development framework in that sector in next 30 years to keep in pace with the growing
trends of the cities, for benefiting the maximum population with optimal possible investments whereby the cost vs benefits are considered instead of ad hoc and piece meal development wasting time and financial resources and bringing smaller benefits (as compared to investments) to the growing population of the cities.
Resident supervision of the sub-projects during execution for quality control.
Develop the list of prioritized, need based and most cost-effective municipal services infrastructure sub-projects in the said sectors, over the planning horizon of the Sectoral Plans with their time frame of execution departments/private institutes such as HUD & PHED.
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