WORLD BANK INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND (IDF) PROGRAMME: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF YOLA-JIMETA PROJECT
WORLD BANK INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND (IDF) PROGRAMME: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF YOLA-JIMETA PROJECT
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2004-12
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TOM, EDWARD TERKIMBI
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Abstract
It has been observed that, most Institutional and Academic evaluation
studies of projects carried out do lay more emphasis on establishing the
extent to which set goals are met and their impacts on surrounding influence
zone(s). The sustainability of project benefits is rarely given due
consideration. This study has however delved into this neglected area by
analyzing the sustainability of benefits of the Yola – Jimeta Infrastructure
Development Fund (IDF) Project. Based on a random choice of
infrastructure, analysis was made of the level of performance and
determinants of sustainability of benefits of interventions in the solid waste
management and water supply sector.
The outcome of the research suggests that, the benefits that came with the
project could not be sustained to the present. Major shortcomings were
traced to the non-implementation of critical areas of the project, long
gestation period, lack of community involvement, collapse of cost recovery
efforts through property taxation, lack of effective capacity development
amongst others which crippled the sustainability of the benefits. The study
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pointed out lessons for future intervention and consideration in urban
Infrastructure development projects in Nigeria.
Finally, the study decried the use of loans with high interest rates to fund the
provision of social services like Urban infrastructure while calling for a
diversification and search for other methods of Infrastructure finance to
enable the nation cope with the tide of globalization and technical
advancement. It also calls for the need for government to set policies that
will address issues of urban poverty to enhance the provision of urban
infrastructure on cost recovery basis that will guarantee sustainability.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST- GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF M.SC (URBAN AND REGIONAL
PLANNING) DEGREE, DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING,
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA.
DECEMBER, 2004
Keywords
WORLD BANK,, INFRASTRUCTURE,, DEVELOPMENT,, FUND,, PROGRAMME,, ANALYSIS,, SUSTAINABILITY,, YOLA-JIMETA,, PROJECT