Zimbabwe project 613-0235 · 1992–1995 · housing, urban and municipal infrastructure · Palmer Associates (Pvt) Ltd.

Project to finance TA, training, and studies in support of the Private Sector Housing Program (6130236), aimed at increasing the sustainable provision of low-income housing, especially by the private sector, in urban areas of Zimbabwe. The project will support policy reforms in the construction and building materials industry, the housing finance sector, and the land delivery system. TA and training for the construction and building materials industry will focus on helping small indigenous contractors, including those typically employed on individual house building contracts, become competitive, and on increasing employment in the sector, particularly for semi-skilled and unskilled workers. In addition, the project will finance agreements with indigenous and U.S. NGOs to support technology transfer and information exchanges that will expose small enterprises to appropriate technologies for manufacturing building materials. Studies, workshops, and seminars will also be funded to expose Government officials, architectural and engineering consultants, and building and civil engineering contractors to the advantages of labor-intensive construction methods and to establish frameworks

Source: DEC abstract, XD-ABH-303-A (1992). The source's own text.