Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project

About this project

The proposed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project will help provincial and city governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK) to improve the livability of five cities (Abbottabad, Kohat, Mardan, Mingora, and Peshawar) by (i) expanding physical investments in urban water, sewerage, solid waste disposal, and green infrastructure; (ii) providing institutional support to improve service delivery and the performance of municipal companies, and (iii) promoting gender-friendly municipal services through empowerment and capacity development. The project will benefit up to 3.5 million people in the five target cities of KPK. The project supports the government's development priorities, established in (i) the KPK Water Act (2020), (ii) the amended Local Government Act (2019), (iii) the Integrated Water Resource Management Strategy for KPK, and (iv) Pakistan's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). This is the first urban project being categorized as Gender Equity Theme (GEM) in Pakistan. This is also the urban project that is contributing most to ADB's commitment to Climate Financing with over $ 30 million climate adaptation and $ 100 million climate mitigation in 2021/2022. The proejct is being prepared with ADB's first project readiness financing (PRF) approved in March 2019. Thanks to PRF, the government has achieved a high level of project readiness including (i) 100% completion of detailed engineering designs (DEDs), (ii) 100% preparation of d…

Published by

Asian Development Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Pakistan

Sectors

Basic drinking water supplyWaste management/disposalSanitation - large systemsUrban developmentDisaster Risk Reduction

Places

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Implemented by

Local Gov't, Elections and Rural Dev. Dept

Accountable

Asian Development Bank

Published by Asian Development Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-46004-51036-002-GRNT0816.

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