Republic of Congo Strengthening Urban Resilience Project (WB-P179190)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Congo, Republic of
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Oct 30, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Congo - Ministry of Construction, Urbanism and Housing; and other
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Infrastructure
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 60.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 75.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Media Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Oct 29, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Nov 3, 2023

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the Project Development Objective is to improve access to urban and electricity services, and increase resilience to climate hazards.

The development objective of the Strengthening Urban Resilience Project for Republic of Congo is to reduce erosion and flood risks and improve access to climate-resilient and sustainable infrastructure and services in selected areas in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire. The project comprises of four components.

The first component, strengthening urban resilience and access to infrastructure and services consists of following sub-components: (i) investments for increasing erosion and flood resilience; (ii) infrastructure upgrading and improved access to urban services in vulnerable neighborhoods; and (iii) support to community engagement and development and resettlement management.

The second component, policy support, institutional strengthening and capacity building aims to support policies, action-oriented plans, and operational tools, and to enhance capacities and institutions, at both central and local levels, to address persistent issues affecting urban development. It consists of following sub-components: (i) support to urban policy, programming and planning for resilient and sustainable development; and (ii) strengthening of institutions and capacities for sustainable and resilient urban management.

The third component, project management and coordination will finance the costs associated with project coordination, implementation, supervision, financial management (FM), audits, communication and outreach, procurement, project monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and environmental and social (E&S) management (including supervision of the environmental and social commitment plan (ESCP) and E&S instruments).

The fourth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will allow for rapid reallocation of uncommitted loan funds in the event of an eligible emergency.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The Environmental and social risks for this project are rated as substantial. The project might result in potential environmental and social risks. Due to the fact the project will be implemented in densely populated urban areas and to the anticipated physical footprint of project, activities involving construction and rehabilitation in the project areas under component one might result in potential economic and physical displacement due to civil works along with the risk of exclusion and discrimination against vulnerable and marginalized groups. It is also possible that project activities would result in labor risks due to labor influx, difficulty in conducting significant and inclusive stakeholder consultations in certain project areas, potential gender-based violence (GBV) risks and/or sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), social conflicts between host communities, refugees and IDPs, etc. Some project activities might occur in areas where Indigenous Peoples are present, careful considerations are therefore needed to ensure they are fully included in project activities, and that the activities themselves will not have adverse impacts on those communities and their access to natural resources.

Investment Description
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Total Project Cost: US$ 75.00 million
IBRD Commitment: US$ 60.00 million


Contact Information
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CONTACT POINT - World Bank

Task Team Leader: Hazem Abdelfattah
Title: Senior Urban Development Specialist
Email: habdelfattah@worldbank.org

TTL Contact: Isabelle Celine Kane
Job Title: Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Email: ikane@worldbank.org

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