Niger: disaster risk management and urban development project

Report No: PAD817

This appraisal report to the Republic of Niger disaster risk management and urban development project presents the objectives and initiatives in improving the country's resilience to natural hazards. The document emphasizes that country's disaster risk management and urban development initiative can be achieved through: 1) selected disaster risk management interventions in targeted project sites, and 2) strengthening of the government's capacity to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible crisis or emergency.

This report presents the following project components: (i) flood risk management investments, which include drainage, irrigation and priority socio-economic infrastructures, flood protection infrastructure and rehabilitation of watersheds, (ii) capacity building for urban development and disaster risk management; consisting of support to elected officials, municipal services and civil society, support to central government, and strengthening of disaster risk management capacities, (iii) project management; consisting of fiduciary aspects and communication, and integration of project activities within national frameworks, and (iv) a contingency component, including re-allocation of project funds and an Immediate Response Mechanism (IRM), to re-allocate project funds to support mitigation, response, recovery and reconstruction in the occurrence of an adverse natural event.