Karachi Neighborhood Improvement Project (World Bank Funded Project)

The development objective of Karachi Neighborhood Improvement Project for Pakistan is to enhance public spaces in targeted neighborhoods of Karachi, and improve the city’s capacity to provide selected administrative services. This project comprises three components. 1) The first component, Public Space and Mobility Improvements in Selected Neighborhoods, aims to enhance the usability, safety, and attractiveness of public spaces; improve mobility and pedestrian access to key destinations; and improve traffic safety in public spaces in three targeted neighborhoods of Saddar downtown area, Malir, and Korangi. This component is divided into three sub-components as follows: (i) Saddar Downtown Area Revitalization; (ii) Malir Area Road and Public Spaces Enhancement; and (iii) Korangi Neighborhood Mobility Improvements. 2) The second component, Support to Improved Administrative Services and City Capacity Development, aims to improve selected administrative services to ease doing business in Karachi, lay the foundations for better city management, and support the sustainability of Component 1 investments. This component is divided into two sub-components as follows: (i) Automation of construction permits and business registration in Karachi; and (ii) Laying the foundation for better city management. 3) The third component, Support to Implementation and Technical Assistance, will finance technical assistance and advisory services to the project implementation unit (PIU) and the Karachi Transformation Steering Committee (KTSC), including project management and coordination costs associated with project implementation; consultancy services for feasibility, conceptual, and detailed designs, safeguards instruments for subprojects, and the preparation of follow‐on operations; and consultancy services for the preparation of a study on parking management in Saddar downtown