Resilience, Early Action, and Disaster Readiness for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (WB-P512715)

Regions
  • Middle East and North Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Pakistan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Voting Date
Oct 30, 2026
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 Pakistan - Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and others
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Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Infrastructure
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 250.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 265.00 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Sep 17, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Sep 29, 2025

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to improve flood resilience in selected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

This project aims to improve flood resilience in selected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through structural and non-structural measures and enhanced institutional capacity for disaster risk management and emergency response.

Component 1 - Improving Infrastructure and Planning for Resilience: The component implemented by the provincial Irrigation Department will include construction and rehabilitation of flood protection infrastructure, such as embankments, spurs, revetments, retaining walls, flood carrier channels, gabion works, and check dams, complemented by nature-based solutions such as slope stabilization using afforestation/reforestation, terracing, and riverbank restoration. An infrastructure investment plan will also be developed, containing a framework of phased short-, medium-, and long-term investments and informing related future feasibility studies and design work.
Component 2 - Establishing Flood Early Warning System: The project will also establish and operationalize a province-wide integrated Flood Early Warning System through collaboration between the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and Irrigation Department, by linking hydrometeorological observations, forecasting and modeling, decision support systems, and standardized alert dissemination to enable timely and coordinated preparedness and response to climate-exacerbated flood events.
Component 3 - Strengthening Institutional and Community Preparedness: This project will enhance the capacity of provincial institutions and local communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to prepare for and respond to climate-induced multi-hazard disasters, with a particular focus on floods. PDMA and Rescue 1122 will be strengthened through upgraded facilities, improved risk analysis and planning, equipment, specialized training, communication and dispatch systems, and expanded rescue stations. Community-level resilience will be facilitated through improved early-warning dissemination and community-based disaster risk management.
Component 4: Project Management
Component 5: Contingent Emergency Response

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The overall Environmental and Social (E&S) of the project is assessed as Substantial. These are associated with the project’s flood risk management investments across KP, including flood protection civil works, NBSs, and the provision of FEWS. Environmental risks include localized hydro-morphological impacts on environmental flows and downstream areas, erosion and sedimentation, construction-related nuisances such as air and noise pollution and waste management, risks from improper handling of fuels and chemicals, and occupational and community health and safety concerns linked to works in or near waterways and in glacial lake outburst flood prone areas. Social risks may be heightened where interventions occur in conflict and disaster-affected areas and may include land acquisition and encroachment issues that could result in physical or economic displacement, livelihood impacts, and social tensions. Additional risks stem from local socioeconomic conditions and intradistrict disparities, particularly in newly merged areas, which could lead to unequal distribution of benefits and perceptions of inequity.

Investment Description
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Total Project Cost: US$ 265.00 million
IDA Credit: US$ 250.00 million


Contact Information
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CONTACT POINT - World Bank

Task Team Leader: Bilal Khalid
Title: Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Email: bkhalid@worldbank.org

TTL Contact: Yohannes Yemane Kesete
Job Title: Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Email: ykesete@worldbank.org

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