Projects proposed by the CDIA project are bearing fruit. More than 200,000 urban poor in Khulna City, Bangladesh now have better health conditions and are now more resilient towards environmental risks and climate change following the implementation of the road and transport project that CDIA helped plan in 2008. CDIA’s December 2016 sustainable urban mobility project preparation study for Jinan City, China is now being used by the ADB as an important reference for its 150 million USD loan process for the project.
An estimated 500,000 commuters in Peshawar, Pakistan are set to benefit from the implementation of the CDIA proposed Integrated Bus Rapid Transit System, in which ADB and its partners are investing 485 million USD. More than 6,000 vendors in Central Java, Indonesia are looking forward to the revitalization of their largest traditional market that will increase its competitiveness as a trade center while preserving its historic buildings, for which CDIA prepared a pre-feasibility study with the city government in 2014. In Yangzhou City, China, significant progress has been made in implementing three projects involving sustainable urban upgrading and redevelopment, upgrading of the city’s ancient canal system, and completion of a water treatment plant, which CDIA helped prepare in 2008. (Watch out for the CDIA video.) More good news are expected from Pakistan with the approval on 2 August of the CDIA-proposed128 million USD investment plan to improve living conditions in three cities.
About CDIA
CDIA is an international partnership initiative, established in 2007, by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Germany, with additional core funding support from the governments of Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and the Shanghai Municipal Government. The Initiative provides assistance to medium-sized Asian cities to bridge the gap between their development plans and the implementation of their infrastructure investments.
