The World Bank has approved $200 million in funding for the Resilient Cities and Land Use Planning Project in Cameroon.
This project aims to improve access to climate-resilient infrastructure and strengthen land administration services in targeted urban areas of Cameroon.
Through a multisectoral approach, the project will impact approximately 2.1 million people in Cameroon, who will directly or indirectly benefit from improved access to urban infrastructure and land administration services. Individuals and institutions involved in urban development and land administration will also benefit from enhanced capacity, efficiency, transparency, and accountability.
The project is part of the World Bank’s programmatic support for the urban development sector in Cameroon and adopts an integrated approach.
The first component of the project will focus on investing in transformative, climate-resilient urban infrastructure in Yaoundé and Douala, along with technical assistance for the sustainable development of cities across Cameroon.
The second component will complement the first by investing in the improvement of land administration services, which currently pose major challenges to sustainable urbanization and private sector growth in the country.
The project preparation received technical assistance from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), the City Climate Finance Gap Fund, the Global Partnership for Results-Based Approaches (GPOBA), and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA).