The Central
African Republic (CAR) is a highly fragile country with a history of...
The Central
African Republic (CAR) is a highly fragile country with a history of recurrent
conflict, the most recent of which took place in 2013 between multiple armed
groups. The violence that followed the 2013 crisis greatly damaged public
assets and infrastructure, disrupted service delivery, further weakened the
social fabric, and exacerbated people’s poverty and vulnerability to shocks. As
a result, roughly one-quarter of the population was internally displaced or had
to flee as refugees to neighboring countries. Forced displacement has disrupted
livelihoods, depleted the assets of the poor, and put an additional strain on
service delivery in areas of displacement.
Improvements
in the security situation have resulted in the voluntary return of displaced
populations, primarily in the northwest and southwest of the country. It is
estimated that about 15 to 20 percent of the displaced population has returned
spontaneously. However, the return of the displaced to the areas of origin
remains fragile and dependent on the overall security situation. The reintegration
of displaced populations and provision of social safety nets is a short term
priority and essential to the stabilization and economic revitalization of the
country.
To this
end, the World Bank is supporting the Government of CAR to increase access to basic
services, infrastructure and safety nets by communities affected by forced
displacement. The project – PACAD- is implemented through UNOPS and includes 3
components:
- Access
to basic services and infrastructure: the objective of this component is to
improve access by communities affected by displacement to basic services and
infrastructure by financing the construction and rehabilitation of
infrastructure
- Safety
nets: The objective of this component is to provide timely and regular cash
transfers (CT) to selected households.
-
Community mobilization, capacity building, technical assistance, and project management
This component will cover the costs associated with community mobilization and accompanying
measures foreseen for components 1 and 2, capacity building, technical
assistance to national and local institutions and costs associated with project
management.