Northern Bangladesh Integrated development Project (NOBIDEP)

1. Overview

(1) Goal
Promote economic growth and reduce poverty in 14 target Districts of northern region of Bangladesh.

(2) Objectives

  • Expand access to rural infrastructures and services
  • Expand access to urban infrastructures and service delivery
  • Improve urban governance in target Pourashavas

(3) Components
1. Rural infrastructure development

  • 1-1. Upazila roads (include bridges and culverts)
  • 1-2. Union roads (include bridges and culverts)
  • 1-3. Upazila roads rehabilitation
  • 1-4. Growth centers and rural markets
  • 1-5. Ghats
  • 1-6. Labor contracting society (LCS) scheme
  • 1-7. Community-based road safety program
  • 1-8. Training and capacity development

2. Urban infrastructure and governance improvement

  • 2-1. Urban infrastructure development and service delivery
  • 2-2. Governance improvement and capacity development

3. Institutional development

  • 3-1. Administration support
  • 3-2. Equipment Procurement

4. Consulting services

  • 4-1. Design, supervision and monitoring (DSM) consultant for component 1 and subcomponent 2-1
  • 4-2. Governance improvement and capacitydevelopment (GICD) consultant for subcomponent 2-2
  • 4-3. Benefit monitoring and evaluation (BME) consultant

(4) Project period
July 2014 to June 2021

(5) Type of project
Loan (approximately BDT 16,000 million)

(6) Counterpart agencies

  • Local Government Division (LGD), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MLGRD&C)
  • Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MLGRD&C)

(7) Target areas
14 Districts and 18 Paurashava

No Division District Pourashava Category
1 Rangpur Kurigram Ulipur B
2 Dhaka Tangail Kalihathi B
3 Dhaka Mymensingh Nandail C
4 Dhaka Jamalpur Dewanganj C
5 Dhaka Sherpur Sreebardi C
6 Rangpur Dinajpur Fulbari B
7 Dhaka Mymensingh Phulpur B
8 Rangpur Nilphamari Jaldhaka C
9 Rangpur Rangpur Haragach C
10 Dhaka Jamalpur Melandaha C
11 Rangpur Thakurgaon Pirganj B
12 Rangpur Gaibandha Sundarganj C
13 Rangpur Dinajpur Birganj B
14 Rangpur Kurigram Nageswari B
15 Dhaka Tangail Madhupur B
16 Rangpur Rangpur Badarganj B
17 Dhaka Kishoreganj Pakundia C
18 Rangpur Thakurgaon Ranishankail C

(8) Beneficiaries
Citizens of the target Districts and Paurashavas.