World Bank Satisfied With Pakistan’s Community Support Project Implementation

The World Bank has rated the “Pakistan Community Support Project (CASA-1000)” implementation satisfactory,  which is aimed at improving access to local infrastructure and strengthening community engagement in the project areas. Official documents revealed that the current disbursement rate is 64 percent ($9.63 million out of $15 million); of this amount, $5.67 million (about 59 percent of the disbursed amount) has been utilized so far. Most of the agreed actions have been completed. Activities focused mainly on completing the opening of bank accounts of remaining CDCs, SPRAC approvals for targeted 166 community sub-projects, and initiation of civil works. At the time of the current mission, all CDCs are operational, and 149 out of 166 community infrastructure sub-projects stand approved, with the remaining 17 additional sub-projects to be approved at the end of October. Civil works for 103 sub-projects are under implementation by the CDCs themselves and are at different stages of completion. Cheques for up to three installments have been distributed to the CDCs for civil works, while six sub-projects have been completed at the end of August. The revision of PC-1 and Operations Manual is underway and needs to be completed immediately, given the changes in operations over the course of the past two years, and in line with the extension of the project until June 2023.