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After two successive drafts of the Interim-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) were prepared by the Government of Angola and presented for comments to civil society and the international community, several data gaps were noted. Therefore, the Government decided to prepare a set of provincial profiles in order to obtain qualitative and quantitative information on rural areas, with UNDP and donor support. |
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Governments: Governments of Angola and Norway
International Organizations: UNDP, UN-HABITAT |
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Cost: US$131,843 |
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After two successive drafts of the Interim-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) were prepared by the Government of Angola and presented for comments to civil society and the international community, several data gaps were noted. Therefore, the Government decided to prepare a set of provincial profiles in order to obtain qualitative and quantitative information on rural areas, with UNDP and donor support. Further, the Government admitted that the issues of urban poverty and urban employment were not adequately analyzed nor addressed by the policy recommendations of the I-PRSP and sought to improve data regarding urban poverty.
The objective of the project was to: - Prepare 9 city profiles, including informal settlements in Luanda Benguela, Huambo, Cabinda, Namibe, Lubango [Huíla], Dundo [Lunda Norte], Ondjiva [Cunene] and Malange;
- Prepare a consolidated analysis and prioritization of interventions with alternative solutions; and
- Prepare an outline of a human settlement strategy to reduce poverty.
The following activities were undertaken: - Identification of major human settlement topics to be considered in the reduction of poverty in urban and semi-urban areas, especially in informal settlements (consideration was given to the Millennium Development Goals, the Habitat Agenda and other major nationally- and internationally-recognized strategies and policies);
- Identification and preparation of a methodology of intervention to prepare the urban profiles. Community participation and mainstreaming gender aspects was explicit in the methodology;
- Together with the Ministry of Urbanism and Environment and the Ministry of Planning, the key provincial cities and informal settlements to be studied were identified. A minimum of 8 provinces plus Luanda were included. Criteria for the selection was clearly defined;
- Preparation of the required tools (surveys, guidelines for interviews, list of key interviewees, etc.) to be used in the collection of field data;
- Field surveys based on the identified methodology and survey tools;
- Preparation of urban profiles based on the field surveys;
- Analysis of the information, including comparisons between cities/informal settlements in the country. The analysis leading to the identification of priorities for intervention and alternative measures;
- Preparation of an outline human settlement strategy for reducing poverty in cities and informal settlements;
- After final approval by all partners, layout and printing of the final report.
The survey was undertaken and analysis of the data has been completed. The human settlement strategy is currently being prepared.
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