Urban Development Operations

People’s Republic of China and

Mongolia

Presented by:

Sergei Popov
Principal Environment Specialist
Urban and Social Sectors Division
East Asia Department
 Support for Urban Development in PRC

Strategic Objectives and Operational Focuses

• Support sustainable urban development and urban
environmental improvement
• Promote balanced development by allocating more
support for the cities in the less-developed Central and
Western Region, and Northeast
• Place greater emphasis on support for smaller cities
and towns development
• Provide support for integrated urban-rural development
projects as well as the focused multi-sector integrated
interventions for urban water supply, sanitation, roads,
flood control, river improvement, heating, and waste
management (wastewater and solid waste)
 Support for Urban Development
in Mongolia

Strategic Objective
• Support sustainable and regionally integrated growth

Operational Priorities
• Provide support to address the urban transportation
and municipal services gap in Ulaanbaator caused by
the massive rural-urban migration
• Provide support for urban development in the other
cities in the context of development of economic
corridors
 Loan Projects Approved in 2009

PRC
• Loan 2526-PRC: Xinjiang Urban Transport
and Environmental Improvement for $100
million
• Loan 2550-PRC: Liaoning Small Cities and
Towns Development Demonstration Sector
for $100 million
• Loan 2574-PRC: Hebei Small Cities and
Towns Development Demonstration Sector
for $100 million
 Loan Projects in 2010 Pipeline
PRC

• Shanxi Small Cities and Towns Development

Demonstration Sector for $100 million (PPTA
completed)
• Chongqing Urban-Rural Infrastructure Development
for $100 million (PPTA for $900,000 approved July
2008 and ongoing)
• Guangxi Southwestern Cities Development for $150
million (PPTA for $800,000 approved November
2008 and ongoing)
• Wuhan Urban Environment Improvement for $100
million (PPTA for $700,000 approved November
2008 and ongoing)
 Loan Projects in 2011 Pipeline

PRC
• Guangxi Beibu Gulf Cities Development for $200
million (PPTA approved in Oct 2009; shortlist
approved and RFP due for issuance)
• Xinjiang Altay Urban Infrastructure and Environment
Improvement for $100 million (PPTA for $800,000
approved in Aug 2009 and ongoing)
• Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development for
$100 million (PPTA for $700,000 approved in Sep
2009; shortlist approved and RFP due for issuance)
Loan Projects in 2011–2012 Pipeline
Mongolia
• Ulaanbaatar Urban Transport Project for $27
million (2011); PPTA for $1.2 million
approved in 2008 and completed
• Ulaanbaatar Urban Development Project for
$19 million (2012); PPTA TBD