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CLASSiFICATION

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Decisions Letter to the Minister of Equipment and Housing T Cornell through the Minister of Economic Affairs and Asst ProjectPlannirg from the USAID Director identifying Managerthe following areas of concern which surfaced during the evaluation

a) general delays in project implementationb) maintaining of the semi-autonomous sites

and services unit rather thanaccepting the proposal to integrate it into MAETUR c) use of USAID TA personnel on direct-hire

Positionst d) strong expatriate participation in keyshy

uvel posiLions a) need for third TA team member specializing

in covaunity organizations

and requesting a meeting between USAID and GURC (Ministry of Economy and Plan) to discuss the above issues

After requested discussion with GURC USAID will together with GURC officials revise the project s implementation plan logical framework and other documents as necessary

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PROJECT EVALU1ATION SUMMARY (PES) - PAFT II

] ummary In July 1i75 the Assist-ant Administrator for Africa approved the $623000 Cameroon Low Incone Housing Project Grant together with a $10 illion Housing Guaranty Loan In June 1976 the initial $319000 Project

Agreement was signed for the Project Grant only This Project Agreement specified only that additional US assistance may be provided through a guaranty under the terms and conditions of an AID Housing Guaranty Proshy

gram of lO million In Jlly 1977 the first US Technical Assistance Team membr arrived initiatxag project implementation Subsequent Proiect Agreements for $100000 and $200000 were signed in May 1977 and April 1979 This is the mid-project e-aluation originally scheduled to take place September 1977 Project Month 18 Using the arrival of the TA team as the base month this mid-project evaluation began in Project Month 21

The grant project has chronically been and remains significantly behind schedule even after raking allowances for the delayed signing of the ProAg and hold-ups in fielding the Technical Assistance Team The probability of the Housin Cuaianty Loan originally envisaged by the Project Paper being taken 1y tie CUPC is extremely low It has been considered only as an externality in evaluating the project grant Originally the mid-term va]iation of this project qrant was pluned to take place after benefishyciar ie- had already woved on to their serviced plots

Assuming optimis=tically thlat all other factors necessary for the successful construction a1 -erviced plots take place it is unrealistic to expect that rignificant numbtr- of project beneficiaries will move on to their plots durinq the life of the project

Prospect of fully achieving the project 1urpose are remote While there

may now be tlhe t chicl] capacity within the GURC to implement such sites and service projects in the future this capacity is now dependent upon a strong exl atitc contingort 1his reduces the impact of Cameroonians part icularly thcfe ttainedl zs part qf AlD inpuis and places seriously in question tihc i sib dcvelopment of a Camerocnian institutional framework

The cvaluation tear identifi ed numerousf eternalities hich havc contributed to tle proj ct difficultie the independent decision on the part of the

GUIXC to independ(nt I y (A i) I ih the land developmeint (MAFIU) and housing finnce (Cedit Forci r) aq(cncies an 1articularly their decision to staff top ]Ve] ixition with expatriatet The serious delay in GURC hamol]ing of t i 1oj(l and it weak prior or current record in providing 4hl i1cr 1 002ibil iti( fer low income families calls seriously into question Cv rrent commitiernt ei her to the project or thef approach

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Altr ulrtJLetJnc Lriunon wit h UIK officiails requested in lettr -atce as -A~nnex -F-USAID-will in~collaboration with -GUPCIr modify the projects implementation plan logical framework and other documents as necessary rurthermote loser monitoring ot the project by the GURC and particularly tISATD will provide necessary corrections to informal changes which have occurred in project implementation

Improved communication between GURC and USAID o icials which has helped to deternine bottlenecks and establish the rappoit necessary to identifypotential sources of problems will contribute strongly to getting the project on course

11 Evaluation Methodology Evaluation of the Low Income Pousing Project was carried out after 21 months of implementation as closely as possible to the date provided for in the schedule estahlished in the Project Paper The purpose of the mid-project evaluation was to measure progress of the projectidentify possible weaknesses in project design and improve project impleshynentation An evaluation team was established composed of representativesof all the orranizations associated with the projects Fraymond F RifenburgProject Development OfficerUSAID team leaderi Thomas F Cornell Assistant Project Development OfficerUSAID Theodor r Bratrud Jr Evaluation OfficeiUSAID Mr Philippe Bodiou Director-General MAETUR (implementlig agency) Jerry Erbach Technical Assistant PADWO assignedto MAETUR as administrative expert and TA tean leaderi Duane Kisuick Technial Assistant PJDCO and Tchudam David MAETUR The evaluation wiv 1ipared by the Project Manager and Assistant Project Manager with oosiderable input by the Technical Assistance team In light of the

Plinsi -n heavy evaluation schedule and the two project managers newness to the project it was felt that the Project Managers preparation of the project evaluation would provide an excellent opportunity to familiarize themselves with the project The Mission Evaluation Officer participated at all levels of the evaluation The preliminary project evaluation was then submitted to a Mission Evaluation Review Committee for final inputsThis Revitw Committee consisted of Jares F Williams Vission DirectorUSAIDYaotnde Committee Chairmanl John B Woods Program Officer USAIDYaoundol Richard Finley Acting Controller USAIDYaounde Al Votaw NIUDOWAAbidjan as well as AID members of the evaluation team RaymondRifenburg Thoas Cornell Jerry Erbach and Duane Kissick

A careful review of all project eocumentation was undertakens Project PaperProject Grant Agreement POT1s Technical Assistance Contracts regular contractor reporte ane trip reports by TDY personnel Tables attached in thie PFE as Annexon A P ad C and corresponding charts for presentationduring various evaluation comittee meetings were prepared showing the complete list of CUPC and USIL Inputs outputs and their projected and actual appearances The Project Papers Section IVD on evaluation and the Initin) Projert Agreements Section VI provided guidance

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Lareted arrival times and their actual artival times Two time frames wer used The first was based oin the implementation scheduled proposed iii the PP and the second on the arrival of the Technical Assistance team due to the significant delays in having the Project Agreement signed and the Technical Ascistance team fielded

A similar schedule was made for outputs and is presented in Annex B

A statettnt of the jurpose and a list of project purpose indicators taken directly from the ProAg and PP iere also designed in chart form From the exhibits input schedule output schedules and Purpose Statement an ends-means analysis was drawn up using the project descriptions as guidance to establish the linkages between inputs outputs and purposeThis analysis was used to prepare the functions-oriented output chart presented ar Annex C The analysis was used as a basis for determining the effectiveness of inputs in causing outputs vis-a-vis purpose Disshycrepancies in timing or production of inputs outputs or purpose were then eyamined by the evaluation team in light of assumptions explicitly stated in the Project Paper or those irplied by the project description

From these documents a preliminary discussion paper the English version of which to attached as Annex D was then drafted and presented to the Lvaluation Review Comittec for review

lte subsequent veetirg then addressed the following central issues conshy

coming the project suggested by the discussion paper

1 Why Is the project so far behind schedule

2 In order to achieve the project purpose what should the work plan be for the remainder of the project and what inputs may be required to carry it out

a should management and finance resources available to the project be strengthened

b Should additions to the project inputs include technical assistance in community development

c What should the training component attempt to do in the time romaining in the project

d What is the chndule for opening the Dousla sites and sorvicos cffice and what resources will be required and when

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3 What is the role of each institutiort associated with the sites ---- services-unit~shyannd-

4 Whet is the relationship between the USAID project and the IBRD project in housing

5 Has the CUTRC housing policy changed since the projects conmenceshymant If so does the USAID project still conform to it he sunrary of the discussions of the evaluation team was then drafted revised by all mebers of the evaluation team and then submitted to the Evaluation Review Committee The English version of the iuinmary of the discussions of the evaluation tearand proposed actions are included as Annex E Concurrently to help the evaluation team in analyzing information collected informal unofficial discussions were also held with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs end Planning Credit Foncier (housing financing institution) and the World Bank

The conclusions of the evaluation team were then presented formally to the AID Mission Evaluation Review Committee chaired by Mr Williams Results of the Mission Evalvation Review Committee meeting were then embodied in a formal letter from the Mission Director to the minister of Economic Affairs and Planning outlining areas of concern raised in the evaluation The letter pointed out those areas requiring particular attention of the GUPC in order to assure that the project purpose will have been accomplished by the end of the project The Mission is still at the date of this PES awaiting a reply The Missions letter is attached as Annex F to this FES

l5 Evternal Factors The primary development which has significantly inshyfluenced the original project concept has been the creation of two parashystatal organizations HAETUR the lend development agency and Credit Foncier du Cameroun (CFC) the land and housing finance agency At the time of the project design - carried oLt jointly -- the GURC and USAID the institutional development app)roech was to proceed on a trial basis with a specialized sites and services unit within the Governments Ministry of Equipment and Iousing This unit would then serve as basis for subsequent institutional development in the areas of land development and housing financo Instead the GURC independently decided to proceed with the formal organization ct MATUP and CFC and appointed an extensive cadre of expatriate3 to high level ositions within these agencies The sites and services wiit has now been removed from the Ministry of Equipment and Ilousang to 1 AETUR This has some potential advantages As a parastatal MASTUR must be profitable This fits more closely the basic concept of the project that costs of housing and development should be borne by the users Low incore housing development would have to pay for itself to remain 1art of the VATUR program There is currently a great need for low-inona housing as demonstrated by the TA team and there should be groat possibility for METUR to tap this market in a cost-effective way

through the sites and services concept As a semi-independent agency MAETUR is also not subject to many of the bottlenecks which plague governshyment bureaucracies such as hiring prccedures Finally personnel salaries of parastatals such as MAETIR are not fixed to bureaucracy pay scales and in theory are free to compete for the most competent employees he overshywhelming disadvantage of the assignment of the sites and services uit to MAETUR however is that while it is willing to test out sites and servces for low income households as a possible program its decision-makers ore far from being convinced of the viability of the sites and serviceF approach Tlerefore AETUR has to date not been willing to fully supportshythe semi-autonouous ites and services unit sometines drawing the US TA team into heltet activities other than low income housing development While in the Ministry of Equipment and Housing the senl-autonomous sites and services unit was conceivable due to the size of the Ministry and the scope of its reponsibilities MAETIOR imever is forced to address a broad range of housing and land development question with considerablysmaller resources MAETURs Director-General has argued that the separate unit within MAETUR ctaes duplication which the agency cannot afford

Institutionally Credit Forcier seers to be sound Its executves seem willing to examine tihe possibility of financing low-income sites and services projects However within its sponsoring iinistry the Minisvtnr of Finance there are also diecision makers not fully convinced of the priority of sites and servicers projects

Beyond these profleos the evrlution of VAETUR and Credit Foncier has also surfaced contradict ions in the GURCs an USAIDs concepti of institutional development While the project foresaw the appointment of senior level Cameroonian counterparts to this nuclear unit permitted by the slow evolution-oritnted nature o1 the institutional development approach enshyvisioned in the pioject design the GUPCs immediate creation cf two major institutions ncsitatfd in their minds the need to staff top po- itions with expatriates qhis ha had the effect e1 limiting the HflAID tra igq input to cadres of a lowei level than oriiginally planned and perhap crippling aheievelifent of the insAtitutiou al caaicdty as or iginal envis agd in the project

Further moie an institutional problem1 ha arine( from ep(ption of functions Orijinaily tle project identified three a-jor ctear -shyprogramming fii nan e anl trhniic l -- ino porated the one siten into and seivices unit 11 All input tle technical asistance was to jupportall three functioir Fiogrananinq atnd policy coordination however has lemaincd -- ai it shuld with in the Ministry of Fkliprnt and HousingFinancitiq hMS b-0n taken over by Ctedit Fancier and MAETUR has a prirarily technicall Iuxitin 9l1i splitting upi of functions has created an irlAemntation iroblem regarding the lacment of the technical assistance

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-Jh1e-evaluamtion -team--fe lt -that--the- TA- team s assignment -to t-Mh=Rhas - i

smewhatlimited technical assistance in the area of finance and programming While it appears that the financial component of the project has developed independently and been coordinated to a satisfactory level with MQETUR-shythe expatriate question notwithstanding -- certain kinds of programming developments remain weak

The World Bank is currently in the process of designing a low income nousing project and loan the emphsis of which will be on shelter and sites upgrading rather than sites and services While this project unshydoubtedly should complement the AID project it is too early in the design process to assess its potential impacts Ifhowever the projects do not become mutually reinforcing they willin essenceeach be ina weakened position and end up working against one another The evaluation team recommends that close collaboration with the IBRD be established to ensure the complementarity of the two projects Specifically assuming-noorganizational changes occur as a result of the USAIDGURC discussions integration of the IBRD project into the current sites and services unit might be one concrete way of making the projects mutually reinforcing

Certain assumptions of the Project Paper have also not been borne out hile he paper assumes that a National Housing Policy stressing low income shelter has been adopted ithas not been obtainable and references to it are vague and occasionally contradictory In addition the assumption about personnel to be provided by GURC has not been borne out Two reasons have been identified

1 Availability of personnel

The Governments ability to provide qualified personnel is a function of two variables the priority the Government places on a project and the general availability of such personnel in the country Despite the fact that lack of qualified personnel is a chronic problem in LDCs the PP assumed that there were the personnel available in Cameroon to fill the positions outlined in the PP two factors indicate that this assumption has not been borne outs firstly certain positions such as lands expert do not exist in the FL systeml secondly MAETUR despiteits potential for offering highly compe titve salaries has not been able to recruit certain types of personnel

2 Host country commitment

The most inportant externality regarding the low income housing sites end services project however is one of host government commitment The inmodiate scarcety of middle income housing for civil servants in the administrative and economic capitals of Cameroon has undoubtedly caused conflicts within the GURC regarding the housing policy Cameroon furnishes (middle income) housing to most civil servants as part of their remuneration With the civil service growing faster than the supply of

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

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the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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a) general delays in project implementationb) maintaining of the semi-autonomous sites

and services unit rather thanaccepting the proposal to integrate it into MAETUR c) use of USAID TA personnel on direct-hire

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uvel posiLions a) need for third TA team member specializing

in covaunity organizations

and requesting a meeting between USAID and GURC (Ministry of Economy and Plan) to discuss the above issues

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PROJECT EVALU1ATION SUMMARY (PES) - PAFT II

] ummary In July 1i75 the Assist-ant Administrator for Africa approved the $623000 Cameroon Low Incone Housing Project Grant together with a $10 illion Housing Guaranty Loan In June 1976 the initial $319000 Project

Agreement was signed for the Project Grant only This Project Agreement specified only that additional US assistance may be provided through a guaranty under the terms and conditions of an AID Housing Guaranty Proshy

gram of lO million In Jlly 1977 the first US Technical Assistance Team membr arrived initiatxag project implementation Subsequent Proiect Agreements for $100000 and $200000 were signed in May 1977 and April 1979 This is the mid-project e-aluation originally scheduled to take place September 1977 Project Month 18 Using the arrival of the TA team as the base month this mid-project evaluation began in Project Month 21

The grant project has chronically been and remains significantly behind schedule even after raking allowances for the delayed signing of the ProAg and hold-ups in fielding the Technical Assistance Team The probability of the Housin Cuaianty Loan originally envisaged by the Project Paper being taken 1y tie CUPC is extremely low It has been considered only as an externality in evaluating the project grant Originally the mid-term va]iation of this project qrant was pluned to take place after benefishyciar ie- had already woved on to their serviced plots

Assuming optimis=tically thlat all other factors necessary for the successful construction a1 -erviced plots take place it is unrealistic to expect that rignificant numbtr- of project beneficiaries will move on to their plots durinq the life of the project

Prospect of fully achieving the project 1urpose are remote While there

may now be tlhe t chicl] capacity within the GURC to implement such sites and service projects in the future this capacity is now dependent upon a strong exl atitc contingort 1his reduces the impact of Cameroonians part icularly thcfe ttainedl zs part qf AlD inpuis and places seriously in question tihc i sib dcvelopment of a Camerocnian institutional framework

The cvaluation tear identifi ed numerousf eternalities hich havc contributed to tle proj ct difficultie the independent decision on the part of the

GUIXC to independ(nt I y (A i) I ih the land developmeint (MAFIU) and housing finnce (Cedit Forci r) aq(cncies an 1articularly their decision to staff top ]Ve] ixition with expatriatet The serious delay in GURC hamol]ing of t i 1oj(l and it weak prior or current record in providing 4hl i1cr 1 002ibil iti( fer low income families calls seriously into question Cv rrent commitiernt ei her to the project or thef approach

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Altr ulrtJLetJnc Lriunon wit h UIK officiails requested in lettr -atce as -A~nnex -F-USAID-will in~collaboration with -GUPCIr modify the projects implementation plan logical framework and other documents as necessary rurthermote loser monitoring ot the project by the GURC and particularly tISATD will provide necessary corrections to informal changes which have occurred in project implementation

Improved communication between GURC and USAID o icials which has helped to deternine bottlenecks and establish the rappoit necessary to identifypotential sources of problems will contribute strongly to getting the project on course

11 Evaluation Methodology Evaluation of the Low Income Pousing Project was carried out after 21 months of implementation as closely as possible to the date provided for in the schedule estahlished in the Project Paper The purpose of the mid-project evaluation was to measure progress of the projectidentify possible weaknesses in project design and improve project impleshynentation An evaluation team was established composed of representativesof all the orranizations associated with the projects Fraymond F RifenburgProject Development OfficerUSAID team leaderi Thomas F Cornell Assistant Project Development OfficerUSAID Theodor r Bratrud Jr Evaluation OfficeiUSAID Mr Philippe Bodiou Director-General MAETUR (implementlig agency) Jerry Erbach Technical Assistant PADWO assignedto MAETUR as administrative expert and TA tean leaderi Duane Kisuick Technial Assistant PJDCO and Tchudam David MAETUR The evaluation wiv 1ipared by the Project Manager and Assistant Project Manager with oosiderable input by the Technical Assistance team In light of the

Plinsi -n heavy evaluation schedule and the two project managers newness to the project it was felt that the Project Managers preparation of the project evaluation would provide an excellent opportunity to familiarize themselves with the project The Mission Evaluation Officer participated at all levels of the evaluation The preliminary project evaluation was then submitted to a Mission Evaluation Review Committee for final inputsThis Revitw Committee consisted of Jares F Williams Vission DirectorUSAIDYaotnde Committee Chairmanl John B Woods Program Officer USAIDYaoundol Richard Finley Acting Controller USAIDYaounde Al Votaw NIUDOWAAbidjan as well as AID members of the evaluation team RaymondRifenburg Thoas Cornell Jerry Erbach and Duane Kissick

A careful review of all project eocumentation was undertakens Project PaperProject Grant Agreement POT1s Technical Assistance Contracts regular contractor reporte ane trip reports by TDY personnel Tables attached in thie PFE as Annexon A P ad C and corresponding charts for presentationduring various evaluation comittee meetings were prepared showing the complete list of CUPC and USIL Inputs outputs and their projected and actual appearances The Project Papers Section IVD on evaluation and the Initin) Projert Agreements Section VI provided guidance

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Lareted arrival times and their actual artival times Two time frames wer used The first was based oin the implementation scheduled proposed iii the PP and the second on the arrival of the Technical Assistance team due to the significant delays in having the Project Agreement signed and the Technical Ascistance team fielded

A similar schedule was made for outputs and is presented in Annex B

A statettnt of the jurpose and a list of project purpose indicators taken directly from the ProAg and PP iere also designed in chart form From the exhibits input schedule output schedules and Purpose Statement an ends-means analysis was drawn up using the project descriptions as guidance to establish the linkages between inputs outputs and purposeThis analysis was used to prepare the functions-oriented output chart presented ar Annex C The analysis was used as a basis for determining the effectiveness of inputs in causing outputs vis-a-vis purpose Disshycrepancies in timing or production of inputs outputs or purpose were then eyamined by the evaluation team in light of assumptions explicitly stated in the Project Paper or those irplied by the project description

From these documents a preliminary discussion paper the English version of which to attached as Annex D was then drafted and presented to the Lvaluation Review Comittec for review

lte subsequent veetirg then addressed the following central issues conshy

coming the project suggested by the discussion paper

1 Why Is the project so far behind schedule

2 In order to achieve the project purpose what should the work plan be for the remainder of the project and what inputs may be required to carry it out

a should management and finance resources available to the project be strengthened

b Should additions to the project inputs include technical assistance in community development

c What should the training component attempt to do in the time romaining in the project

d What is the chndule for opening the Dousla sites and sorvicos cffice and what resources will be required and when

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3 What is the role of each institutiort associated with the sites ---- services-unit~shyannd-

4 Whet is the relationship between the USAID project and the IBRD project in housing

5 Has the CUTRC housing policy changed since the projects conmenceshymant If so does the USAID project still conform to it he sunrary of the discussions of the evaluation team was then drafted revised by all mebers of the evaluation team and then submitted to the Evaluation Review Committee The English version of the iuinmary of the discussions of the evaluation tearand proposed actions are included as Annex E Concurrently to help the evaluation team in analyzing information collected informal unofficial discussions were also held with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs end Planning Credit Foncier (housing financing institution) and the World Bank

The conclusions of the evaluation team were then presented formally to the AID Mission Evaluation Review Committee chaired by Mr Williams Results of the Mission Evalvation Review Committee meeting were then embodied in a formal letter from the Mission Director to the minister of Economic Affairs and Planning outlining areas of concern raised in the evaluation The letter pointed out those areas requiring particular attention of the GUPC in order to assure that the project purpose will have been accomplished by the end of the project The Mission is still at the date of this PES awaiting a reply The Missions letter is attached as Annex F to this FES

l5 Evternal Factors The primary development which has significantly inshyfluenced the original project concept has been the creation of two parashystatal organizations HAETUR the lend development agency and Credit Foncier du Cameroun (CFC) the land and housing finance agency At the time of the project design - carried oLt jointly -- the GURC and USAID the institutional development app)roech was to proceed on a trial basis with a specialized sites and services unit within the Governments Ministry of Equipment and Iousing This unit would then serve as basis for subsequent institutional development in the areas of land development and housing financo Instead the GURC independently decided to proceed with the formal organization ct MATUP and CFC and appointed an extensive cadre of expatriate3 to high level ositions within these agencies The sites and services wiit has now been removed from the Ministry of Equipment and Ilousang to 1 AETUR This has some potential advantages As a parastatal MASTUR must be profitable This fits more closely the basic concept of the project that costs of housing and development should be borne by the users Low incore housing development would have to pay for itself to remain 1art of the VATUR program There is currently a great need for low-inona housing as demonstrated by the TA team and there should be groat possibility for METUR to tap this market in a cost-effective way

through the sites and services concept As a semi-independent agency MAETUR is also not subject to many of the bottlenecks which plague governshyment bureaucracies such as hiring prccedures Finally personnel salaries of parastatals such as MAETIR are not fixed to bureaucracy pay scales and in theory are free to compete for the most competent employees he overshywhelming disadvantage of the assignment of the sites and services uit to MAETUR however is that while it is willing to test out sites and servces for low income households as a possible program its decision-makers ore far from being convinced of the viability of the sites and serviceF approach Tlerefore AETUR has to date not been willing to fully supportshythe semi-autonouous ites and services unit sometines drawing the US TA team into heltet activities other than low income housing development While in the Ministry of Equipment and Housing the senl-autonomous sites and services unit was conceivable due to the size of the Ministry and the scope of its reponsibilities MAETIOR imever is forced to address a broad range of housing and land development question with considerablysmaller resources MAETURs Director-General has argued that the separate unit within MAETUR ctaes duplication which the agency cannot afford

Institutionally Credit Forcier seers to be sound Its executves seem willing to examine tihe possibility of financing low-income sites and services projects However within its sponsoring iinistry the Minisvtnr of Finance there are also diecision makers not fully convinced of the priority of sites and servicers projects

Beyond these profleos the evrlution of VAETUR and Credit Foncier has also surfaced contradict ions in the GURCs an USAIDs concepti of institutional development While the project foresaw the appointment of senior level Cameroonian counterparts to this nuclear unit permitted by the slow evolution-oritnted nature o1 the institutional development approach enshyvisioned in the pioject design the GUPCs immediate creation cf two major institutions ncsitatfd in their minds the need to staff top po- itions with expatriates qhis ha had the effect e1 limiting the HflAID tra igq input to cadres of a lowei level than oriiginally planned and perhap crippling aheievelifent of the insAtitutiou al caaicdty as or iginal envis agd in the project

Further moie an institutional problem1 ha arine( from ep(ption of functions Orijinaily tle project identified three a-jor ctear -shyprogramming fii nan e anl trhniic l -- ino porated the one siten into and seivices unit 11 All input tle technical asistance was to jupportall three functioir Fiogrananinq atnd policy coordination however has lemaincd -- ai it shuld with in the Ministry of Fkliprnt and HousingFinancitiq hMS b-0n taken over by Ctedit Fancier and MAETUR has a prirarily technicall Iuxitin 9l1i splitting upi of functions has created an irlAemntation iroblem regarding the lacment of the technical assistance

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smewhatlimited technical assistance in the area of finance and programming While it appears that the financial component of the project has developed independently and been coordinated to a satisfactory level with MQETUR-shythe expatriate question notwithstanding -- certain kinds of programming developments remain weak

The World Bank is currently in the process of designing a low income nousing project and loan the emphsis of which will be on shelter and sites upgrading rather than sites and services While this project unshydoubtedly should complement the AID project it is too early in the design process to assess its potential impacts Ifhowever the projects do not become mutually reinforcing they willin essenceeach be ina weakened position and end up working against one another The evaluation team recommends that close collaboration with the IBRD be established to ensure the complementarity of the two projects Specifically assuming-noorganizational changes occur as a result of the USAIDGURC discussions integration of the IBRD project into the current sites and services unit might be one concrete way of making the projects mutually reinforcing

Certain assumptions of the Project Paper have also not been borne out hile he paper assumes that a National Housing Policy stressing low income shelter has been adopted ithas not been obtainable and references to it are vague and occasionally contradictory In addition the assumption about personnel to be provided by GURC has not been borne out Two reasons have been identified

1 Availability of personnel

The Governments ability to provide qualified personnel is a function of two variables the priority the Government places on a project and the general availability of such personnel in the country Despite the fact that lack of qualified personnel is a chronic problem in LDCs the PP assumed that there were the personnel available in Cameroon to fill the positions outlined in the PP two factors indicate that this assumption has not been borne outs firstly certain positions such as lands expert do not exist in the FL systeml secondly MAETUR despiteits potential for offering highly compe titve salaries has not been able to recruit certain types of personnel

2 Host country commitment

The most inportant externality regarding the low income housing sites end services project however is one of host government commitment The inmodiate scarcety of middle income housing for civil servants in the administrative and economic capitals of Cameroon has undoubtedly caused conflicts within the GURC regarding the housing policy Cameroon furnishes (middle income) housing to most civil servants as part of their remuneration With the civil service growing faster than the supply of

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

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the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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4 l

ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

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I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

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3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

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1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

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TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

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PROJECT EVALU1ATION SUMMARY (PES) - PAFT II

] ummary In July 1i75 the Assist-ant Administrator for Africa approved the $623000 Cameroon Low Incone Housing Project Grant together with a $10 illion Housing Guaranty Loan In June 1976 the initial $319000 Project

Agreement was signed for the Project Grant only This Project Agreement specified only that additional US assistance may be provided through a guaranty under the terms and conditions of an AID Housing Guaranty Proshy

gram of lO million In Jlly 1977 the first US Technical Assistance Team membr arrived initiatxag project implementation Subsequent Proiect Agreements for $100000 and $200000 were signed in May 1977 and April 1979 This is the mid-project e-aluation originally scheduled to take place September 1977 Project Month 18 Using the arrival of the TA team as the base month this mid-project evaluation began in Project Month 21

The grant project has chronically been and remains significantly behind schedule even after raking allowances for the delayed signing of the ProAg and hold-ups in fielding the Technical Assistance Team The probability of the Housin Cuaianty Loan originally envisaged by the Project Paper being taken 1y tie CUPC is extremely low It has been considered only as an externality in evaluating the project grant Originally the mid-term va]iation of this project qrant was pluned to take place after benefishyciar ie- had already woved on to their serviced plots

Assuming optimis=tically thlat all other factors necessary for the successful construction a1 -erviced plots take place it is unrealistic to expect that rignificant numbtr- of project beneficiaries will move on to their plots durinq the life of the project

Prospect of fully achieving the project 1urpose are remote While there

may now be tlhe t chicl] capacity within the GURC to implement such sites and service projects in the future this capacity is now dependent upon a strong exl atitc contingort 1his reduces the impact of Cameroonians part icularly thcfe ttainedl zs part qf AlD inpuis and places seriously in question tihc i sib dcvelopment of a Camerocnian institutional framework

The cvaluation tear identifi ed numerousf eternalities hich havc contributed to tle proj ct difficultie the independent decision on the part of the

GUIXC to independ(nt I y (A i) I ih the land developmeint (MAFIU) and housing finnce (Cedit Forci r) aq(cncies an 1articularly their decision to staff top ]Ve] ixition with expatriatet The serious delay in GURC hamol]ing of t i 1oj(l and it weak prior or current record in providing 4hl i1cr 1 002ibil iti( fer low income families calls seriously into question Cv rrent commitiernt ei her to the project or thef approach

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Altr ulrtJLetJnc Lriunon wit h UIK officiails requested in lettr -atce as -A~nnex -F-USAID-will in~collaboration with -GUPCIr modify the projects implementation plan logical framework and other documents as necessary rurthermote loser monitoring ot the project by the GURC and particularly tISATD will provide necessary corrections to informal changes which have occurred in project implementation

Improved communication between GURC and USAID o icials which has helped to deternine bottlenecks and establish the rappoit necessary to identifypotential sources of problems will contribute strongly to getting the project on course

11 Evaluation Methodology Evaluation of the Low Income Pousing Project was carried out after 21 months of implementation as closely as possible to the date provided for in the schedule estahlished in the Project Paper The purpose of the mid-project evaluation was to measure progress of the projectidentify possible weaknesses in project design and improve project impleshynentation An evaluation team was established composed of representativesof all the orranizations associated with the projects Fraymond F RifenburgProject Development OfficerUSAID team leaderi Thomas F Cornell Assistant Project Development OfficerUSAID Theodor r Bratrud Jr Evaluation OfficeiUSAID Mr Philippe Bodiou Director-General MAETUR (implementlig agency) Jerry Erbach Technical Assistant PADWO assignedto MAETUR as administrative expert and TA tean leaderi Duane Kisuick Technial Assistant PJDCO and Tchudam David MAETUR The evaluation wiv 1ipared by the Project Manager and Assistant Project Manager with oosiderable input by the Technical Assistance team In light of the

Plinsi -n heavy evaluation schedule and the two project managers newness to the project it was felt that the Project Managers preparation of the project evaluation would provide an excellent opportunity to familiarize themselves with the project The Mission Evaluation Officer participated at all levels of the evaluation The preliminary project evaluation was then submitted to a Mission Evaluation Review Committee for final inputsThis Revitw Committee consisted of Jares F Williams Vission DirectorUSAIDYaotnde Committee Chairmanl John B Woods Program Officer USAIDYaoundol Richard Finley Acting Controller USAIDYaounde Al Votaw NIUDOWAAbidjan as well as AID members of the evaluation team RaymondRifenburg Thoas Cornell Jerry Erbach and Duane Kissick

A careful review of all project eocumentation was undertakens Project PaperProject Grant Agreement POT1s Technical Assistance Contracts regular contractor reporte ane trip reports by TDY personnel Tables attached in thie PFE as Annexon A P ad C and corresponding charts for presentationduring various evaluation comittee meetings were prepared showing the complete list of CUPC and USIL Inputs outputs and their projected and actual appearances The Project Papers Section IVD on evaluation and the Initin) Projert Agreements Section VI provided guidance

I i J ++ t U( U hedeg++rlJ+ Iil+++l A J t I Illlt I+I + I) oiI l+ I+ v+u A In t---u r I CUllwo 1 1 I t + It I

Lareted arrival times and their actual artival times Two time frames wer used The first was based oin the implementation scheduled proposed iii the PP and the second on the arrival of the Technical Assistance team due to the significant delays in having the Project Agreement signed and the Technical Ascistance team fielded

A similar schedule was made for outputs and is presented in Annex B

A statettnt of the jurpose and a list of project purpose indicators taken directly from the ProAg and PP iere also designed in chart form From the exhibits input schedule output schedules and Purpose Statement an ends-means analysis was drawn up using the project descriptions as guidance to establish the linkages between inputs outputs and purposeThis analysis was used to prepare the functions-oriented output chart presented ar Annex C The analysis was used as a basis for determining the effectiveness of inputs in causing outputs vis-a-vis purpose Disshycrepancies in timing or production of inputs outputs or purpose were then eyamined by the evaluation team in light of assumptions explicitly stated in the Project Paper or those irplied by the project description

From these documents a preliminary discussion paper the English version of which to attached as Annex D was then drafted and presented to the Lvaluation Review Comittec for review

lte subsequent veetirg then addressed the following central issues conshy

coming the project suggested by the discussion paper

1 Why Is the project so far behind schedule

2 In order to achieve the project purpose what should the work plan be for the remainder of the project and what inputs may be required to carry it out

a should management and finance resources available to the project be strengthened

b Should additions to the project inputs include technical assistance in community development

c What should the training component attempt to do in the time romaining in the project

d What is the chndule for opening the Dousla sites and sorvicos cffice and what resources will be required and when

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3 What is the role of each institutiort associated with the sites ---- services-unit~shyannd-

4 Whet is the relationship between the USAID project and the IBRD project in housing

5 Has the CUTRC housing policy changed since the projects conmenceshymant If so does the USAID project still conform to it he sunrary of the discussions of the evaluation team was then drafted revised by all mebers of the evaluation team and then submitted to the Evaluation Review Committee The English version of the iuinmary of the discussions of the evaluation tearand proposed actions are included as Annex E Concurrently to help the evaluation team in analyzing information collected informal unofficial discussions were also held with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs end Planning Credit Foncier (housing financing institution) and the World Bank

The conclusions of the evaluation team were then presented formally to the AID Mission Evaluation Review Committee chaired by Mr Williams Results of the Mission Evalvation Review Committee meeting were then embodied in a formal letter from the Mission Director to the minister of Economic Affairs and Planning outlining areas of concern raised in the evaluation The letter pointed out those areas requiring particular attention of the GUPC in order to assure that the project purpose will have been accomplished by the end of the project The Mission is still at the date of this PES awaiting a reply The Missions letter is attached as Annex F to this FES

l5 Evternal Factors The primary development which has significantly inshyfluenced the original project concept has been the creation of two parashystatal organizations HAETUR the lend development agency and Credit Foncier du Cameroun (CFC) the land and housing finance agency At the time of the project design - carried oLt jointly -- the GURC and USAID the institutional development app)roech was to proceed on a trial basis with a specialized sites and services unit within the Governments Ministry of Equipment and Iousing This unit would then serve as basis for subsequent institutional development in the areas of land development and housing financo Instead the GURC independently decided to proceed with the formal organization ct MATUP and CFC and appointed an extensive cadre of expatriate3 to high level ositions within these agencies The sites and services wiit has now been removed from the Ministry of Equipment and Ilousang to 1 AETUR This has some potential advantages As a parastatal MASTUR must be profitable This fits more closely the basic concept of the project that costs of housing and development should be borne by the users Low incore housing development would have to pay for itself to remain 1art of the VATUR program There is currently a great need for low-inona housing as demonstrated by the TA team and there should be groat possibility for METUR to tap this market in a cost-effective way

through the sites and services concept As a semi-independent agency MAETUR is also not subject to many of the bottlenecks which plague governshyment bureaucracies such as hiring prccedures Finally personnel salaries of parastatals such as MAETIR are not fixed to bureaucracy pay scales and in theory are free to compete for the most competent employees he overshywhelming disadvantage of the assignment of the sites and services uit to MAETUR however is that while it is willing to test out sites and servces for low income households as a possible program its decision-makers ore far from being convinced of the viability of the sites and serviceF approach Tlerefore AETUR has to date not been willing to fully supportshythe semi-autonouous ites and services unit sometines drawing the US TA team into heltet activities other than low income housing development While in the Ministry of Equipment and Housing the senl-autonomous sites and services unit was conceivable due to the size of the Ministry and the scope of its reponsibilities MAETIOR imever is forced to address a broad range of housing and land development question with considerablysmaller resources MAETURs Director-General has argued that the separate unit within MAETUR ctaes duplication which the agency cannot afford

Institutionally Credit Forcier seers to be sound Its executves seem willing to examine tihe possibility of financing low-income sites and services projects However within its sponsoring iinistry the Minisvtnr of Finance there are also diecision makers not fully convinced of the priority of sites and servicers projects

Beyond these profleos the evrlution of VAETUR and Credit Foncier has also surfaced contradict ions in the GURCs an USAIDs concepti of institutional development While the project foresaw the appointment of senior level Cameroonian counterparts to this nuclear unit permitted by the slow evolution-oritnted nature o1 the institutional development approach enshyvisioned in the pioject design the GUPCs immediate creation cf two major institutions ncsitatfd in their minds the need to staff top po- itions with expatriates qhis ha had the effect e1 limiting the HflAID tra igq input to cadres of a lowei level than oriiginally planned and perhap crippling aheievelifent of the insAtitutiou al caaicdty as or iginal envis agd in the project

Further moie an institutional problem1 ha arine( from ep(ption of functions Orijinaily tle project identified three a-jor ctear -shyprogramming fii nan e anl trhniic l -- ino porated the one siten into and seivices unit 11 All input tle technical asistance was to jupportall three functioir Fiogrananinq atnd policy coordination however has lemaincd -- ai it shuld with in the Ministry of Fkliprnt and HousingFinancitiq hMS b-0n taken over by Ctedit Fancier and MAETUR has a prirarily technicall Iuxitin 9l1i splitting upi of functions has created an irlAemntation iroblem regarding the lacment of the technical assistance

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-Jh1e-evaluamtion -team--fe lt -that--the- TA- team s assignment -to t-Mh=Rhas - i

smewhatlimited technical assistance in the area of finance and programming While it appears that the financial component of the project has developed independently and been coordinated to a satisfactory level with MQETUR-shythe expatriate question notwithstanding -- certain kinds of programming developments remain weak

The World Bank is currently in the process of designing a low income nousing project and loan the emphsis of which will be on shelter and sites upgrading rather than sites and services While this project unshydoubtedly should complement the AID project it is too early in the design process to assess its potential impacts Ifhowever the projects do not become mutually reinforcing they willin essenceeach be ina weakened position and end up working against one another The evaluation team recommends that close collaboration with the IBRD be established to ensure the complementarity of the two projects Specifically assuming-noorganizational changes occur as a result of the USAIDGURC discussions integration of the IBRD project into the current sites and services unit might be one concrete way of making the projects mutually reinforcing

Certain assumptions of the Project Paper have also not been borne out hile he paper assumes that a National Housing Policy stressing low income shelter has been adopted ithas not been obtainable and references to it are vague and occasionally contradictory In addition the assumption about personnel to be provided by GURC has not been borne out Two reasons have been identified

1 Availability of personnel

The Governments ability to provide qualified personnel is a function of two variables the priority the Government places on a project and the general availability of such personnel in the country Despite the fact that lack of qualified personnel is a chronic problem in LDCs the PP assumed that there were the personnel available in Cameroon to fill the positions outlined in the PP two factors indicate that this assumption has not been borne outs firstly certain positions such as lands expert do not exist in the FL systeml secondly MAETUR despiteits potential for offering highly compe titve salaries has not been able to recruit certain types of personnel

2 Host country commitment

The most inportant externality regarding the low income housing sites end services project however is one of host government commitment The inmodiate scarcety of middle income housing for civil servants in the administrative and economic capitals of Cameroon has undoubtedly caused conflicts within the GURC regarding the housing policy Cameroon furnishes (middle income) housing to most civil servants as part of their remuneration With the civil service growing faster than the supply of

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

poaveci 1 follouss

wutk-O y-Ji I i imt ti -0 Ii I se I t 1 amp iWO 20 Wt 1W_ ill

the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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4 l

ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

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ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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Altr ulrtJLetJnc Lriunon wit h UIK officiails requested in lettr -atce as -A~nnex -F-USAID-will in~collaboration with -GUPCIr modify the projects implementation plan logical framework and other documents as necessary rurthermote loser monitoring ot the project by the GURC and particularly tISATD will provide necessary corrections to informal changes which have occurred in project implementation

Improved communication between GURC and USAID o icials which has helped to deternine bottlenecks and establish the rappoit necessary to identifypotential sources of problems will contribute strongly to getting the project on course

11 Evaluation Methodology Evaluation of the Low Income Pousing Project was carried out after 21 months of implementation as closely as possible to the date provided for in the schedule estahlished in the Project Paper The purpose of the mid-project evaluation was to measure progress of the projectidentify possible weaknesses in project design and improve project impleshynentation An evaluation team was established composed of representativesof all the orranizations associated with the projects Fraymond F RifenburgProject Development OfficerUSAID team leaderi Thomas F Cornell Assistant Project Development OfficerUSAID Theodor r Bratrud Jr Evaluation OfficeiUSAID Mr Philippe Bodiou Director-General MAETUR (implementlig agency) Jerry Erbach Technical Assistant PADWO assignedto MAETUR as administrative expert and TA tean leaderi Duane Kisuick Technial Assistant PJDCO and Tchudam David MAETUR The evaluation wiv 1ipared by the Project Manager and Assistant Project Manager with oosiderable input by the Technical Assistance team In light of the

Plinsi -n heavy evaluation schedule and the two project managers newness to the project it was felt that the Project Managers preparation of the project evaluation would provide an excellent opportunity to familiarize themselves with the project The Mission Evaluation Officer participated at all levels of the evaluation The preliminary project evaluation was then submitted to a Mission Evaluation Review Committee for final inputsThis Revitw Committee consisted of Jares F Williams Vission DirectorUSAIDYaotnde Committee Chairmanl John B Woods Program Officer USAIDYaoundol Richard Finley Acting Controller USAIDYaounde Al Votaw NIUDOWAAbidjan as well as AID members of the evaluation team RaymondRifenburg Thoas Cornell Jerry Erbach and Duane Kissick

A careful review of all project eocumentation was undertakens Project PaperProject Grant Agreement POT1s Technical Assistance Contracts regular contractor reporte ane trip reports by TDY personnel Tables attached in thie PFE as Annexon A P ad C and corresponding charts for presentationduring various evaluation comittee meetings were prepared showing the complete list of CUPC and USIL Inputs outputs and their projected and actual appearances The Project Papers Section IVD on evaluation and the Initin) Projert Agreements Section VI provided guidance

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Lareted arrival times and their actual artival times Two time frames wer used The first was based oin the implementation scheduled proposed iii the PP and the second on the arrival of the Technical Assistance team due to the significant delays in having the Project Agreement signed and the Technical Ascistance team fielded

A similar schedule was made for outputs and is presented in Annex B

A statettnt of the jurpose and a list of project purpose indicators taken directly from the ProAg and PP iere also designed in chart form From the exhibits input schedule output schedules and Purpose Statement an ends-means analysis was drawn up using the project descriptions as guidance to establish the linkages between inputs outputs and purposeThis analysis was used to prepare the functions-oriented output chart presented ar Annex C The analysis was used as a basis for determining the effectiveness of inputs in causing outputs vis-a-vis purpose Disshycrepancies in timing or production of inputs outputs or purpose were then eyamined by the evaluation team in light of assumptions explicitly stated in the Project Paper or those irplied by the project description

From these documents a preliminary discussion paper the English version of which to attached as Annex D was then drafted and presented to the Lvaluation Review Comittec for review

lte subsequent veetirg then addressed the following central issues conshy

coming the project suggested by the discussion paper

1 Why Is the project so far behind schedule

2 In order to achieve the project purpose what should the work plan be for the remainder of the project and what inputs may be required to carry it out

a should management and finance resources available to the project be strengthened

b Should additions to the project inputs include technical assistance in community development

c What should the training component attempt to do in the time romaining in the project

d What is the chndule for opening the Dousla sites and sorvicos cffice and what resources will be required and when

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3 What is the role of each institutiort associated with the sites ---- services-unit~shyannd-

4 Whet is the relationship between the USAID project and the IBRD project in housing

5 Has the CUTRC housing policy changed since the projects conmenceshymant If so does the USAID project still conform to it he sunrary of the discussions of the evaluation team was then drafted revised by all mebers of the evaluation team and then submitted to the Evaluation Review Committee The English version of the iuinmary of the discussions of the evaluation tearand proposed actions are included as Annex E Concurrently to help the evaluation team in analyzing information collected informal unofficial discussions were also held with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs end Planning Credit Foncier (housing financing institution) and the World Bank

The conclusions of the evaluation team were then presented formally to the AID Mission Evaluation Review Committee chaired by Mr Williams Results of the Mission Evalvation Review Committee meeting were then embodied in a formal letter from the Mission Director to the minister of Economic Affairs and Planning outlining areas of concern raised in the evaluation The letter pointed out those areas requiring particular attention of the GUPC in order to assure that the project purpose will have been accomplished by the end of the project The Mission is still at the date of this PES awaiting a reply The Missions letter is attached as Annex F to this FES

l5 Evternal Factors The primary development which has significantly inshyfluenced the original project concept has been the creation of two parashystatal organizations HAETUR the lend development agency and Credit Foncier du Cameroun (CFC) the land and housing finance agency At the time of the project design - carried oLt jointly -- the GURC and USAID the institutional development app)roech was to proceed on a trial basis with a specialized sites and services unit within the Governments Ministry of Equipment and Iousing This unit would then serve as basis for subsequent institutional development in the areas of land development and housing financo Instead the GURC independently decided to proceed with the formal organization ct MATUP and CFC and appointed an extensive cadre of expatriate3 to high level ositions within these agencies The sites and services wiit has now been removed from the Ministry of Equipment and Ilousang to 1 AETUR This has some potential advantages As a parastatal MASTUR must be profitable This fits more closely the basic concept of the project that costs of housing and development should be borne by the users Low incore housing development would have to pay for itself to remain 1art of the VATUR program There is currently a great need for low-inona housing as demonstrated by the TA team and there should be groat possibility for METUR to tap this market in a cost-effective way

through the sites and services concept As a semi-independent agency MAETUR is also not subject to many of the bottlenecks which plague governshyment bureaucracies such as hiring prccedures Finally personnel salaries of parastatals such as MAETIR are not fixed to bureaucracy pay scales and in theory are free to compete for the most competent employees he overshywhelming disadvantage of the assignment of the sites and services uit to MAETUR however is that while it is willing to test out sites and servces for low income households as a possible program its decision-makers ore far from being convinced of the viability of the sites and serviceF approach Tlerefore AETUR has to date not been willing to fully supportshythe semi-autonouous ites and services unit sometines drawing the US TA team into heltet activities other than low income housing development While in the Ministry of Equipment and Housing the senl-autonomous sites and services unit was conceivable due to the size of the Ministry and the scope of its reponsibilities MAETIOR imever is forced to address a broad range of housing and land development question with considerablysmaller resources MAETURs Director-General has argued that the separate unit within MAETUR ctaes duplication which the agency cannot afford

Institutionally Credit Forcier seers to be sound Its executves seem willing to examine tihe possibility of financing low-income sites and services projects However within its sponsoring iinistry the Minisvtnr of Finance there are also diecision makers not fully convinced of the priority of sites and servicers projects

Beyond these profleos the evrlution of VAETUR and Credit Foncier has also surfaced contradict ions in the GURCs an USAIDs concepti of institutional development While the project foresaw the appointment of senior level Cameroonian counterparts to this nuclear unit permitted by the slow evolution-oritnted nature o1 the institutional development approach enshyvisioned in the pioject design the GUPCs immediate creation cf two major institutions ncsitatfd in their minds the need to staff top po- itions with expatriates qhis ha had the effect e1 limiting the HflAID tra igq input to cadres of a lowei level than oriiginally planned and perhap crippling aheievelifent of the insAtitutiou al caaicdty as or iginal envis agd in the project

Further moie an institutional problem1 ha arine( from ep(ption of functions Orijinaily tle project identified three a-jor ctear -shyprogramming fii nan e anl trhniic l -- ino porated the one siten into and seivices unit 11 All input tle technical asistance was to jupportall three functioir Fiogrananinq atnd policy coordination however has lemaincd -- ai it shuld with in the Ministry of Fkliprnt and HousingFinancitiq hMS b-0n taken over by Ctedit Fancier and MAETUR has a prirarily technicall Iuxitin 9l1i splitting upi of functions has created an irlAemntation iroblem regarding the lacment of the technical assistance

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-Jh1e-evaluamtion -team--fe lt -that--the- TA- team s assignment -to t-Mh=Rhas - i

smewhatlimited technical assistance in the area of finance and programming While it appears that the financial component of the project has developed independently and been coordinated to a satisfactory level with MQETUR-shythe expatriate question notwithstanding -- certain kinds of programming developments remain weak

The World Bank is currently in the process of designing a low income nousing project and loan the emphsis of which will be on shelter and sites upgrading rather than sites and services While this project unshydoubtedly should complement the AID project it is too early in the design process to assess its potential impacts Ifhowever the projects do not become mutually reinforcing they willin essenceeach be ina weakened position and end up working against one another The evaluation team recommends that close collaboration with the IBRD be established to ensure the complementarity of the two projects Specifically assuming-noorganizational changes occur as a result of the USAIDGURC discussions integration of the IBRD project into the current sites and services unit might be one concrete way of making the projects mutually reinforcing

Certain assumptions of the Project Paper have also not been borne out hile he paper assumes that a National Housing Policy stressing low income shelter has been adopted ithas not been obtainable and references to it are vague and occasionally contradictory In addition the assumption about personnel to be provided by GURC has not been borne out Two reasons have been identified

1 Availability of personnel

The Governments ability to provide qualified personnel is a function of two variables the priority the Government places on a project and the general availability of such personnel in the country Despite the fact that lack of qualified personnel is a chronic problem in LDCs the PP assumed that there were the personnel available in Cameroon to fill the positions outlined in the PP two factors indicate that this assumption has not been borne outs firstly certain positions such as lands expert do not exist in the FL systeml secondly MAETUR despiteits potential for offering highly compe titve salaries has not been able to recruit certain types of personnel

2 Host country commitment

The most inportant externality regarding the low income housing sites end services project however is one of host government commitment The inmodiate scarcety of middle income housing for civil servants in the administrative and economic capitals of Cameroon has undoubtedly caused conflicts within the GURC regarding the housing policy Cameroon furnishes (middle income) housing to most civil servants as part of their remuneration With the civil service growing faster than the supply of

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

poaveci 1 follouss

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the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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4 l

ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

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I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

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I i J ++ t U( U hedeg++rlJ+ Iil+++l A J t I Illlt I+I + I) oiI l+ I+ v+u A In t---u r I CUllwo 1 1 I t + It I

Lareted arrival times and their actual artival times Two time frames wer used The first was based oin the implementation scheduled proposed iii the PP and the second on the arrival of the Technical Assistance team due to the significant delays in having the Project Agreement signed and the Technical Ascistance team fielded

A similar schedule was made for outputs and is presented in Annex B

A statettnt of the jurpose and a list of project purpose indicators taken directly from the ProAg and PP iere also designed in chart form From the exhibits input schedule output schedules and Purpose Statement an ends-means analysis was drawn up using the project descriptions as guidance to establish the linkages between inputs outputs and purposeThis analysis was used to prepare the functions-oriented output chart presented ar Annex C The analysis was used as a basis for determining the effectiveness of inputs in causing outputs vis-a-vis purpose Disshycrepancies in timing or production of inputs outputs or purpose were then eyamined by the evaluation team in light of assumptions explicitly stated in the Project Paper or those irplied by the project description

From these documents a preliminary discussion paper the English version of which to attached as Annex D was then drafted and presented to the Lvaluation Review Comittec for review

lte subsequent veetirg then addressed the following central issues conshy

coming the project suggested by the discussion paper

1 Why Is the project so far behind schedule

2 In order to achieve the project purpose what should the work plan be for the remainder of the project and what inputs may be required to carry it out

a should management and finance resources available to the project be strengthened

b Should additions to the project inputs include technical assistance in community development

c What should the training component attempt to do in the time romaining in the project

d What is the chndule for opening the Dousla sites and sorvicos cffice and what resources will be required and when

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3 What is the role of each institutiort associated with the sites ---- services-unit~shyannd-

4 Whet is the relationship between the USAID project and the IBRD project in housing

5 Has the CUTRC housing policy changed since the projects conmenceshymant If so does the USAID project still conform to it he sunrary of the discussions of the evaluation team was then drafted revised by all mebers of the evaluation team and then submitted to the Evaluation Review Committee The English version of the iuinmary of the discussions of the evaluation tearand proposed actions are included as Annex E Concurrently to help the evaluation team in analyzing information collected informal unofficial discussions were also held with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs end Planning Credit Foncier (housing financing institution) and the World Bank

The conclusions of the evaluation team were then presented formally to the AID Mission Evaluation Review Committee chaired by Mr Williams Results of the Mission Evalvation Review Committee meeting were then embodied in a formal letter from the Mission Director to the minister of Economic Affairs and Planning outlining areas of concern raised in the evaluation The letter pointed out those areas requiring particular attention of the GUPC in order to assure that the project purpose will have been accomplished by the end of the project The Mission is still at the date of this PES awaiting a reply The Missions letter is attached as Annex F to this FES

l5 Evternal Factors The primary development which has significantly inshyfluenced the original project concept has been the creation of two parashystatal organizations HAETUR the lend development agency and Credit Foncier du Cameroun (CFC) the land and housing finance agency At the time of the project design - carried oLt jointly -- the GURC and USAID the institutional development app)roech was to proceed on a trial basis with a specialized sites and services unit within the Governments Ministry of Equipment and Iousing This unit would then serve as basis for subsequent institutional development in the areas of land development and housing financo Instead the GURC independently decided to proceed with the formal organization ct MATUP and CFC and appointed an extensive cadre of expatriate3 to high level ositions within these agencies The sites and services wiit has now been removed from the Ministry of Equipment and Ilousang to 1 AETUR This has some potential advantages As a parastatal MASTUR must be profitable This fits more closely the basic concept of the project that costs of housing and development should be borne by the users Low incore housing development would have to pay for itself to remain 1art of the VATUR program There is currently a great need for low-inona housing as demonstrated by the TA team and there should be groat possibility for METUR to tap this market in a cost-effective way

through the sites and services concept As a semi-independent agency MAETUR is also not subject to many of the bottlenecks which plague governshyment bureaucracies such as hiring prccedures Finally personnel salaries of parastatals such as MAETIR are not fixed to bureaucracy pay scales and in theory are free to compete for the most competent employees he overshywhelming disadvantage of the assignment of the sites and services uit to MAETUR however is that while it is willing to test out sites and servces for low income households as a possible program its decision-makers ore far from being convinced of the viability of the sites and serviceF approach Tlerefore AETUR has to date not been willing to fully supportshythe semi-autonouous ites and services unit sometines drawing the US TA team into heltet activities other than low income housing development While in the Ministry of Equipment and Housing the senl-autonomous sites and services unit was conceivable due to the size of the Ministry and the scope of its reponsibilities MAETIOR imever is forced to address a broad range of housing and land development question with considerablysmaller resources MAETURs Director-General has argued that the separate unit within MAETUR ctaes duplication which the agency cannot afford

Institutionally Credit Forcier seers to be sound Its executves seem willing to examine tihe possibility of financing low-income sites and services projects However within its sponsoring iinistry the Minisvtnr of Finance there are also diecision makers not fully convinced of the priority of sites and servicers projects

Beyond these profleos the evrlution of VAETUR and Credit Foncier has also surfaced contradict ions in the GURCs an USAIDs concepti of institutional development While the project foresaw the appointment of senior level Cameroonian counterparts to this nuclear unit permitted by the slow evolution-oritnted nature o1 the institutional development approach enshyvisioned in the pioject design the GUPCs immediate creation cf two major institutions ncsitatfd in their minds the need to staff top po- itions with expatriates qhis ha had the effect e1 limiting the HflAID tra igq input to cadres of a lowei level than oriiginally planned and perhap crippling aheievelifent of the insAtitutiou al caaicdty as or iginal envis agd in the project

Further moie an institutional problem1 ha arine( from ep(ption of functions Orijinaily tle project identified three a-jor ctear -shyprogramming fii nan e anl trhniic l -- ino porated the one siten into and seivices unit 11 All input tle technical asistance was to jupportall three functioir Fiogrananinq atnd policy coordination however has lemaincd -- ai it shuld with in the Ministry of Fkliprnt and HousingFinancitiq hMS b-0n taken over by Ctedit Fancier and MAETUR has a prirarily technicall Iuxitin 9l1i splitting upi of functions has created an irlAemntation iroblem regarding the lacment of the technical assistance

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-Jh1e-evaluamtion -team--fe lt -that--the- TA- team s assignment -to t-Mh=Rhas - i

smewhatlimited technical assistance in the area of finance and programming While it appears that the financial component of the project has developed independently and been coordinated to a satisfactory level with MQETUR-shythe expatriate question notwithstanding -- certain kinds of programming developments remain weak

The World Bank is currently in the process of designing a low income nousing project and loan the emphsis of which will be on shelter and sites upgrading rather than sites and services While this project unshydoubtedly should complement the AID project it is too early in the design process to assess its potential impacts Ifhowever the projects do not become mutually reinforcing they willin essenceeach be ina weakened position and end up working against one another The evaluation team recommends that close collaboration with the IBRD be established to ensure the complementarity of the two projects Specifically assuming-noorganizational changes occur as a result of the USAIDGURC discussions integration of the IBRD project into the current sites and services unit might be one concrete way of making the projects mutually reinforcing

Certain assumptions of the Project Paper have also not been borne out hile he paper assumes that a National Housing Policy stressing low income shelter has been adopted ithas not been obtainable and references to it are vague and occasionally contradictory In addition the assumption about personnel to be provided by GURC has not been borne out Two reasons have been identified

1 Availability of personnel

The Governments ability to provide qualified personnel is a function of two variables the priority the Government places on a project and the general availability of such personnel in the country Despite the fact that lack of qualified personnel is a chronic problem in LDCs the PP assumed that there were the personnel available in Cameroon to fill the positions outlined in the PP two factors indicate that this assumption has not been borne outs firstly certain positions such as lands expert do not exist in the FL systeml secondly MAETUR despiteits potential for offering highly compe titve salaries has not been able to recruit certain types of personnel

2 Host country commitment

The most inportant externality regarding the low income housing sites end services project however is one of host government commitment The inmodiate scarcety of middle income housing for civil servants in the administrative and economic capitals of Cameroon has undoubtedly caused conflicts within the GURC regarding the housing policy Cameroon furnishes (middle income) housing to most civil servants as part of their remuneration With the civil service growing faster than the supply of

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

poaveci 1 follouss

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the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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4 l

ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

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imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

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39I0I1i

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I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

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3 What is the role of each institutiort associated with the sites ---- services-unit~shyannd-

4 Whet is the relationship between the USAID project and the IBRD project in housing

5 Has the CUTRC housing policy changed since the projects conmenceshymant If so does the USAID project still conform to it he sunrary of the discussions of the evaluation team was then drafted revised by all mebers of the evaluation team and then submitted to the Evaluation Review Committee The English version of the iuinmary of the discussions of the evaluation tearand proposed actions are included as Annex E Concurrently to help the evaluation team in analyzing information collected informal unofficial discussions were also held with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs end Planning Credit Foncier (housing financing institution) and the World Bank

The conclusions of the evaluation team were then presented formally to the AID Mission Evaluation Review Committee chaired by Mr Williams Results of the Mission Evalvation Review Committee meeting were then embodied in a formal letter from the Mission Director to the minister of Economic Affairs and Planning outlining areas of concern raised in the evaluation The letter pointed out those areas requiring particular attention of the GUPC in order to assure that the project purpose will have been accomplished by the end of the project The Mission is still at the date of this PES awaiting a reply The Missions letter is attached as Annex F to this FES

l5 Evternal Factors The primary development which has significantly inshyfluenced the original project concept has been the creation of two parashystatal organizations HAETUR the lend development agency and Credit Foncier du Cameroun (CFC) the land and housing finance agency At the time of the project design - carried oLt jointly -- the GURC and USAID the institutional development app)roech was to proceed on a trial basis with a specialized sites and services unit within the Governments Ministry of Equipment and Iousing This unit would then serve as basis for subsequent institutional development in the areas of land development and housing financo Instead the GURC independently decided to proceed with the formal organization ct MATUP and CFC and appointed an extensive cadre of expatriate3 to high level ositions within these agencies The sites and services wiit has now been removed from the Ministry of Equipment and Ilousang to 1 AETUR This has some potential advantages As a parastatal MASTUR must be profitable This fits more closely the basic concept of the project that costs of housing and development should be borne by the users Low incore housing development would have to pay for itself to remain 1art of the VATUR program There is currently a great need for low-inona housing as demonstrated by the TA team and there should be groat possibility for METUR to tap this market in a cost-effective way

through the sites and services concept As a semi-independent agency MAETUR is also not subject to many of the bottlenecks which plague governshyment bureaucracies such as hiring prccedures Finally personnel salaries of parastatals such as MAETIR are not fixed to bureaucracy pay scales and in theory are free to compete for the most competent employees he overshywhelming disadvantage of the assignment of the sites and services uit to MAETUR however is that while it is willing to test out sites and servces for low income households as a possible program its decision-makers ore far from being convinced of the viability of the sites and serviceF approach Tlerefore AETUR has to date not been willing to fully supportshythe semi-autonouous ites and services unit sometines drawing the US TA team into heltet activities other than low income housing development While in the Ministry of Equipment and Housing the senl-autonomous sites and services unit was conceivable due to the size of the Ministry and the scope of its reponsibilities MAETIOR imever is forced to address a broad range of housing and land development question with considerablysmaller resources MAETURs Director-General has argued that the separate unit within MAETUR ctaes duplication which the agency cannot afford

Institutionally Credit Forcier seers to be sound Its executves seem willing to examine tihe possibility of financing low-income sites and services projects However within its sponsoring iinistry the Minisvtnr of Finance there are also diecision makers not fully convinced of the priority of sites and servicers projects

Beyond these profleos the evrlution of VAETUR and Credit Foncier has also surfaced contradict ions in the GURCs an USAIDs concepti of institutional development While the project foresaw the appointment of senior level Cameroonian counterparts to this nuclear unit permitted by the slow evolution-oritnted nature o1 the institutional development approach enshyvisioned in the pioject design the GUPCs immediate creation cf two major institutions ncsitatfd in their minds the need to staff top po- itions with expatriates qhis ha had the effect e1 limiting the HflAID tra igq input to cadres of a lowei level than oriiginally planned and perhap crippling aheievelifent of the insAtitutiou al caaicdty as or iginal envis agd in the project

Further moie an institutional problem1 ha arine( from ep(ption of functions Orijinaily tle project identified three a-jor ctear -shyprogramming fii nan e anl trhniic l -- ino porated the one siten into and seivices unit 11 All input tle technical asistance was to jupportall three functioir Fiogrananinq atnd policy coordination however has lemaincd -- ai it shuld with in the Ministry of Fkliprnt and HousingFinancitiq hMS b-0n taken over by Ctedit Fancier and MAETUR has a prirarily technicall Iuxitin 9l1i splitting upi of functions has created an irlAemntation iroblem regarding the lacment of the technical assistance

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-Jh1e-evaluamtion -team--fe lt -that--the- TA- team s assignment -to t-Mh=Rhas - i

smewhatlimited technical assistance in the area of finance and programming While it appears that the financial component of the project has developed independently and been coordinated to a satisfactory level with MQETUR-shythe expatriate question notwithstanding -- certain kinds of programming developments remain weak

The World Bank is currently in the process of designing a low income nousing project and loan the emphsis of which will be on shelter and sites upgrading rather than sites and services While this project unshydoubtedly should complement the AID project it is too early in the design process to assess its potential impacts Ifhowever the projects do not become mutually reinforcing they willin essenceeach be ina weakened position and end up working against one another The evaluation team recommends that close collaboration with the IBRD be established to ensure the complementarity of the two projects Specifically assuming-noorganizational changes occur as a result of the USAIDGURC discussions integration of the IBRD project into the current sites and services unit might be one concrete way of making the projects mutually reinforcing

Certain assumptions of the Project Paper have also not been borne out hile he paper assumes that a National Housing Policy stressing low income shelter has been adopted ithas not been obtainable and references to it are vague and occasionally contradictory In addition the assumption about personnel to be provided by GURC has not been borne out Two reasons have been identified

1 Availability of personnel

The Governments ability to provide qualified personnel is a function of two variables the priority the Government places on a project and the general availability of such personnel in the country Despite the fact that lack of qualified personnel is a chronic problem in LDCs the PP assumed that there were the personnel available in Cameroon to fill the positions outlined in the PP two factors indicate that this assumption has not been borne outs firstly certain positions such as lands expert do not exist in the FL systeml secondly MAETUR despiteits potential for offering highly compe titve salaries has not been able to recruit certain types of personnel

2 Host country commitment

The most inportant externality regarding the low income housing sites end services project however is one of host government commitment The inmodiate scarcety of middle income housing for civil servants in the administrative and economic capitals of Cameroon has undoubtedly caused conflicts within the GURC regarding the housing policy Cameroon furnishes (middle income) housing to most civil servants as part of their remuneration With the civil service growing faster than the supply of

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

poaveci 1 follouss

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the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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4 l

ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

-4shy

prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

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i

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a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

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4

4 4 -

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rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

through the sites and services concept As a semi-independent agency MAETUR is also not subject to many of the bottlenecks which plague governshyment bureaucracies such as hiring prccedures Finally personnel salaries of parastatals such as MAETIR are not fixed to bureaucracy pay scales and in theory are free to compete for the most competent employees he overshywhelming disadvantage of the assignment of the sites and services uit to MAETUR however is that while it is willing to test out sites and servces for low income households as a possible program its decision-makers ore far from being convinced of the viability of the sites and serviceF approach Tlerefore AETUR has to date not been willing to fully supportshythe semi-autonouous ites and services unit sometines drawing the US TA team into heltet activities other than low income housing development While in the Ministry of Equipment and Housing the senl-autonomous sites and services unit was conceivable due to the size of the Ministry and the scope of its reponsibilities MAETIOR imever is forced to address a broad range of housing and land development question with considerablysmaller resources MAETURs Director-General has argued that the separate unit within MAETUR ctaes duplication which the agency cannot afford

Institutionally Credit Forcier seers to be sound Its executves seem willing to examine tihe possibility of financing low-income sites and services projects However within its sponsoring iinistry the Minisvtnr of Finance there are also diecision makers not fully convinced of the priority of sites and servicers projects

Beyond these profleos the evrlution of VAETUR and Credit Foncier has also surfaced contradict ions in the GURCs an USAIDs concepti of institutional development While the project foresaw the appointment of senior level Cameroonian counterparts to this nuclear unit permitted by the slow evolution-oritnted nature o1 the institutional development approach enshyvisioned in the pioject design the GUPCs immediate creation cf two major institutions ncsitatfd in their minds the need to staff top po- itions with expatriates qhis ha had the effect e1 limiting the HflAID tra igq input to cadres of a lowei level than oriiginally planned and perhap crippling aheievelifent of the insAtitutiou al caaicdty as or iginal envis agd in the project

Further moie an institutional problem1 ha arine( from ep(ption of functions Orijinaily tle project identified three a-jor ctear -shyprogramming fii nan e anl trhniic l -- ino porated the one siten into and seivices unit 11 All input tle technical asistance was to jupportall three functioir Fiogrananinq atnd policy coordination however has lemaincd -- ai it shuld with in the Ministry of Fkliprnt and HousingFinancitiq hMS b-0n taken over by Ctedit Fancier and MAETUR has a prirarily technicall Iuxitin 9l1i splitting upi of functions has created an irlAemntation iroblem regarding the lacment of the technical assistance

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-Jh1e-evaluamtion -team--fe lt -that--the- TA- team s assignment -to t-Mh=Rhas - i

smewhatlimited technical assistance in the area of finance and programming While it appears that the financial component of the project has developed independently and been coordinated to a satisfactory level with MQETUR-shythe expatriate question notwithstanding -- certain kinds of programming developments remain weak

The World Bank is currently in the process of designing a low income nousing project and loan the emphsis of which will be on shelter and sites upgrading rather than sites and services While this project unshydoubtedly should complement the AID project it is too early in the design process to assess its potential impacts Ifhowever the projects do not become mutually reinforcing they willin essenceeach be ina weakened position and end up working against one another The evaluation team recommends that close collaboration with the IBRD be established to ensure the complementarity of the two projects Specifically assuming-noorganizational changes occur as a result of the USAIDGURC discussions integration of the IBRD project into the current sites and services unit might be one concrete way of making the projects mutually reinforcing

Certain assumptions of the Project Paper have also not been borne out hile he paper assumes that a National Housing Policy stressing low income shelter has been adopted ithas not been obtainable and references to it are vague and occasionally contradictory In addition the assumption about personnel to be provided by GURC has not been borne out Two reasons have been identified

1 Availability of personnel

The Governments ability to provide qualified personnel is a function of two variables the priority the Government places on a project and the general availability of such personnel in the country Despite the fact that lack of qualified personnel is a chronic problem in LDCs the PP assumed that there were the personnel available in Cameroon to fill the positions outlined in the PP two factors indicate that this assumption has not been borne outs firstly certain positions such as lands expert do not exist in the FL systeml secondly MAETUR despiteits potential for offering highly compe titve salaries has not been able to recruit certain types of personnel

2 Host country commitment

The most inportant externality regarding the low income housing sites end services project however is one of host government commitment The inmodiate scarcety of middle income housing for civil servants in the administrative and economic capitals of Cameroon has undoubtedly caused conflicts within the GURC regarding the housing policy Cameroon furnishes (middle income) housing to most civil servants as part of their remuneration With the civil service growing faster than the supply of

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

poaveci 1 follouss

wutk-O y-Ji I i imt ti -0 Ii I se I t 1 amp iWO 20 Wt 1W_ ill

the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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4 l

ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

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CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

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smewhatlimited technical assistance in the area of finance and programming While it appears that the financial component of the project has developed independently and been coordinated to a satisfactory level with MQETUR-shythe expatriate question notwithstanding -- certain kinds of programming developments remain weak

The World Bank is currently in the process of designing a low income nousing project and loan the emphsis of which will be on shelter and sites upgrading rather than sites and services While this project unshydoubtedly should complement the AID project it is too early in the design process to assess its potential impacts Ifhowever the projects do not become mutually reinforcing they willin essenceeach be ina weakened position and end up working against one another The evaluation team recommends that close collaboration with the IBRD be established to ensure the complementarity of the two projects Specifically assuming-noorganizational changes occur as a result of the USAIDGURC discussions integration of the IBRD project into the current sites and services unit might be one concrete way of making the projects mutually reinforcing

Certain assumptions of the Project Paper have also not been borne out hile he paper assumes that a National Housing Policy stressing low income shelter has been adopted ithas not been obtainable and references to it are vague and occasionally contradictory In addition the assumption about personnel to be provided by GURC has not been borne out Two reasons have been identified

1 Availability of personnel

The Governments ability to provide qualified personnel is a function of two variables the priority the Government places on a project and the general availability of such personnel in the country Despite the fact that lack of qualified personnel is a chronic problem in LDCs the PP assumed that there were the personnel available in Cameroon to fill the positions outlined in the PP two factors indicate that this assumption has not been borne outs firstly certain positions such as lands expert do not exist in the FL systeml secondly MAETUR despiteits potential for offering highly compe titve salaries has not been able to recruit certain types of personnel

2 Host country commitment

The most inportant externality regarding the low income housing sites end services project however is one of host government commitment The inmodiate scarcety of middle income housing for civil servants in the administrative and economic capitals of Cameroon has undoubtedly caused conflicts within the GURC regarding the housing policy Cameroon furnishes (middle income) housing to most civil servants as part of their remuneration With the civil service growing faster than the supply of

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

poaveci 1 follouss

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the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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4 l

ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

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CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

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jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

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tticd1v-iiuoute hcsung and rents thcreLure soaring a serious drain has -been placed on the-GURCRecUrren t -Budget -- Thus -expanding -he -upply- of

middle-income housing has also increasingly become urgent in the eyes of

certain Government officials

It is particularly difficult to ascertain where GURCs housing priorities

lie at this point Delays in project implementation which have plagued this project -- ana potentially suggest lack of GURC commitment -- have been plausibly explained by GURC officials in terms other than lack of inPresto The fact remains however that GURC record in providing shelter possioillties to its urban poor is very weak

The successful completion of current sites and services projects may however have a positive influence on the future evolution of any GURC housing policy

16 Tnputs The inputs of this project as specifically stipulated in the Project Loan Agreement are grouped into those which were to )7 provided by USAID and those which were to be or will be provided by thu Government of Cameroon The inputs to be provided by USAID wereg technical assistance In housing and urban development administration for 36 person months scheduled to arrive Septerber 1975 technical assistance for sites and services management scheduled to arrive October 1975 also for 36 person months and five nnths of special TA as needed to begin in September i9750 The inputs to be provided by Cameroon up to the date of this ovaluation as stipulated in the Project Agreement were two senior town planners one engineer one land officer and four draftsmen inikoject Year 1 and one town plonning assistant one draftsman one lands assistant and one survey team in Project Year 2

As stated in Section 14 Methodology a complete list of project inputs with their projected and actual dates of arrival is included as Annex A A cursory inspection of the dates proposed for Inputs and the dates of arrival of these inputs illustrated the considerable delay in the appearance of all project inputs The nearly two-year slippage in the

provision of inputs ie getting the project started has been addresped in Section 15 External Factors

Generally GUPC material support had been slow clerical support is still somewhat inadecuato a problem notuncommon to TA projects Doth the TA team and AID have been successful in rectifying this situation to a satisfactory degree at the time of evaluation and are continuing to give it attention

ThE( C11RC nuclear staff has been slow in being assigned Taken as given Min jltrmt two year delays in signing the Pro Ag and fielding the TA t nr thuu considering the arrival of the USAID Technical Assistance eaian the base period the project inputs to be provided by the GURC

poaveci 1 follouss

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the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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the project and the town planner 18 months into the project All three were scheduled for Project Month 1 Adequate office space was made available in November 1977 ie Project Month 6 and adequate office supplies in May 1978 Project Month 12 In addition the engineeringassistants assigned to the project have been changed disturbing the continuity of the project

tVo lands expert has been provided

Currently the following GURC inputs are in place

I Urban Planner 2 Civil Fngineers (part time)4 Engineering Assistants (one of which is part time)2 Draftsmen (one of which is part time) 1 Secretary Satisfactory office space Sufficient office supplies

It is not currently envisioned that GURC will significantly increase their nputs to the project

Furthermore the Cameroonian counterpart staff is not of the senior levelcrigir ally provided for by the project As discussed in external factors develorments within the Land Development Agency and particularly the -trong role currently played by expatriates way have instigated the GURC to re-evaluate its provision of counterparts prepared to take the top jobsPerformance of the junior staff provided by GURC has been of high quality

71e question of permanency of the counterpart staff surfaced during the evaluation and has been assured by the GURC

Tt is the current letrmination of the evaluation team that given all the changes in project environment there are now sufficient inputs of personnel provided by GURC -- either of Cameroonians or of non-American expatriate consultants -- to execute sites and services projects The misrion Review Committet exprensed strong concern however about the propensity or the GURC to staft these senior level positions of both the Land Development Agency and Credit Foncior almost exclusively with exshypatriates The letter frow the Mission Director reflects the concern that this affects the project purpose

earillnu the USjID inputs the Mission Feview Committee identified twoprobliw irrnast firstly although the on-the-job training componenttnvdd by the TA team has been quite successful within the constraints iponsl1 by the manner in which the GURC has supplied counterpart staff the -u e training component ham not yet been provided The TA team is

vw in the proceso of designing an external training schedule in llborntion with the GURC the TA team has broadened the concept of

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ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

-3-

PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

-4shy

prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

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I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

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4 l

ncfo rmal-exte-nal_ trnitdlg= for either-rsothe sites

unit or meirbers of otliex agercies who will be in a position to apply to

low income housing projects what they have learned Second a broader

education or sensitization component for decision-makers whose policy

decisions wili directly affect the success of low-income housing in the

future Specifically a field trip to successful sites end services

projects in East Africa a seminar in Washington and an -nter-ministerial

conference in Cameroon are currently under consideration (

Secondly in the twentieth month of project implementation a reorganizashy

tion within MAETUR was proposed creating the services of studies and sites and services unit and nominatingprogrammOng thereby dissolving thc

the TISATD TA team leader to direct responsibility for a section within

The letter to the Ministry of Equipment throuqh the MinistryMAETUR of Economic Affairs and Planning stated emphatically the

AID position that

AID-financed technicians are not to assme operational roles and that

this contradicts the AID view that governments themselves should take

primary responsibility for implementation of development projects with

a support capacitytechnical assistance serving in

17 Outputs A complete list of project outputs and a schedule of their

projected and actual realizations is included as Annex B They are

groupnd by four major categories as presented in the Project Agreement tousing Guaranty Project 2) trained sites1) successful execution of the

find services unit staff 3) established sites and services occupancy and

management pro-edity-es and 4) established autonomous contracting

accounting anc) financiel management procedures Within each of these As originally conceivedcategories more specific outputs are listed

the rajor thrust of these outputs was the managerial aspects of the sites

services project and the USAID inputs of technical advisors were toand rchiujve these outputs by advising and training the large number of

counterpart staff provided as inputs by the Government of Cameroon a list of the administrativeFor purposcis of clarity Annex C provides

financial and technical outputs required to achieve the project purpose

It was meant to verve as a more precise checklist of measuring project progress and to help to determine changjes within the project setting which have taken place

Tw characteristics emerge fror an examination of the outputs tables

1) an absence of progress in achieving certain project outputs and

2) the lateness of the production of most project outputs

It may be seen from Annex C that erphasis to date has been on the

entlilinhment of the sites and services unit itself and the more techshy

n1c~al aspects (ifthu project Delays in the provision of certain inputs

qnd absence of others such en no administrative assistants lands expert

I rSOC0old town -lannor have undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of

pro roan it the project

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

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CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

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jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

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Lr ir the jarriucwtiole ofruputi i th Cthr striking feature of thL outputs table again using the arrival of theTAtoaastbaseshyR n-u-t--i the engineering plans to be approved by USAID scheduled to begin appearing by Project Month 8 have not yet been submitted inshyhouso training of counterpart staff has been on schedule to the extent that these counterparts have been made available However identification of the special training programs scheduled to take place in Project Year 3 has not yet begun under procedural outputs (Category 3) procedures for collection of payments construction loan servicing etc have not been established although the project design foresees them appearing beginningin Project Month 241 with the exception of procedures for letting contracts no financial procedures have been reported established as provided for under output Category 4

Finally the successfully executed Housing Guaranty Loan will probably not be forthcoming in the foreseeable future The importance of the HG loan as a critical output was examined Ly the evaluation tear The GURC has maintained that not taking the HG loan has had no influence on the project since financial implementation of the project can and will merelybe pr6vided by other sources However these sources have not yet been earmarked for such housing and it appears clear to the ovaluation team that without the HG loan the incentive for implementing the technical and institutional components of the JG-supported low income housing project may have been significantly reduced

ifh the HG output missing other outputs significantly late and most importantly the trained staff envisioned either newly arrived or exshypatriate there will be serious problems regarding the ability of the project to realite planned outputs crucial to achievement of the project purpose

IR Purpose The approved project purpose as stated in the Project Agreementis to develop an institutional capacity within the Governmont of the United Ropu)lic of Cameroon to carry out sites and services progamms for low income families and through those programs to improvo shelter amenities available to thes families The EOPS which states in the Pro Ag

Achievement of the Project purpose by the time the project is completed will be manifested by the development and staffing of an operational sites and services unit within the Ministry of Equipment and 1fousing with an initial capacity to plan develop and implement sites and services programs in Yaounde and Douala and the potential to expand opmrntions to other urban areas

1ie i-nntnved particular problems to evaluation since its validity as a-lovant indicator of purpose achievement in now questionable for reasons

-cmtsod in section 15 External Factors Institutional capacity was conshycaived to be oparntionalized in a semi-autonomous sites and services

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

r n BsMARtVOFtASH~ TRANSACTIONS I -

i

z 1 -shyt unpo u r 4

a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

_

4

4 4 -

re 14

rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

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unit with essentibilly threo rajor Integri~tec1 fun( tions related to provision~~O~teaadfrvieBfacilities -for low inome-fa dUO --financial -----shyadministrative and technical At the time designof it wa6 intended thatfrom this nuclear unit a larger land development and land and housingcredit institutions would evolve ideally with strong emphasis on meetinghousing neets for the urb~an poor Concurrent to the implementation ofthe project however independent decisions on the part of GURC to alreadyestablish an autonomous parastatal credit institution CFC and an autonomous parastatal land development agency have essentially dividedthe thrce functionE of the PPs originally conceived cites and services unit into tie domain of possibly three separate ministriess the Ministry of Finance for housing crodit and land expropriationj theMinistry of PXquipment and Housing for land development and certainprogramming decisionsi and possibly the Ministry of Social Affairs forother potential commnity development activities These developmentsat the time created the Inmtediate problem of assignment within the GURCof tho projects TA team and the sites and services unit In 1978 theunit was placed un0er the land developwent agency MArTUR This changefrom the Ministry of Housing to MACTUA already has changedacto the EOPS

It was the dociajon of the Review Oonuittec to -econhider the EOPS Inlight of the Institutional develolmnts within the GURC in the last four yearu Birce the project was designed In reviewing the rroject Agreementit was detornined that the GURC the evaluation tear ane theReviewCon ittee all consider the project purpose to be still completely valid Xdentifyinq the major elerntn of the project purpose the Review Committeeaccepted to review the potential for achieving the project purpose bythree criteriai

1 Is thrie a epecialize sites and services unit within theGoverinment of Cawnrocn7

2 In tae unit -- either by itecif or in collaLoratfon tl otbnrgovrnnwnt agencies cr certrnctors -- rdoquately sitcfled to plan developand implerent sitev ine orvices prograrw in $aoundo and Doualea

3 Will the unit have the rotential to expard orerctions to other urban areas

Regarding the criterion 1 the ulteno ane stfxvices tLit oxists and is In operation Kowevor the Review Con ittoe identified three areas of concern relarding pronpecto of achieving the I|roject putpose The first concerns the institutional development cak ecty of the GURC to plandevelop and implemett siteampand services progrars With GUPCI andCK theunit In place assuming an Interest of the GLR in continuing such lowinoom hcuuing prozara the CUPC Is capable of executing siten And services

proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

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I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

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1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

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proprcup Whi]i the Cci ht~)cuvinq -tritrjypurpocrtedly corutaini Lufri ient e r4his rn te sheltr needs ot low incorm f rilies serious

of low income housing projects in the future The econd concern regardingprosLcts of achiovinq project purpote roqardr the use of expatriatesWith the assignment by Cwre of expatriates to virtually all senior levelponitionp the original instittitional developrnt component of the project -which envisaged the annignmont and traiuing of Cauronnians at all lovols shyhas a sfurliusly reduced chance of boing realized within the spirit of the pzoljct dnitgr The shortfalls in achieving the implied Cameroon institutional divolojqont prnjict purose as originally conceived in the 1rJot ral~or ta be-n Jeoprdizod in the opinion of the Rovirw Ccrmittt ty the eyteorina factor of (ammoloe choioo of roliance on the convntiora Ixrttriat( prosenc In enicr levl positions

19 (oal The pro~oo t-l v stated it the IP ts uisprovcd shelter ne rolattei apionitifil fcamp Jew Incore urtan rosuderte The hrject Vsperpropotso four meittr(ti of actiloveniezt of this goal s

I Nurbor of serviced lets riacred fo low-incooe samllies increoses beyond the number of lots financed under this proujra

2 RAtio of Inhabitanth livirg on serviced lots co pared to inhabitnts on Pon-serviced lots imptoves

3 Cwnmitties based on serviced lots exhibit sigusc-amp inhmbhtmts wtivation such as impmverents in ori-inal structure tvidenct of oeP act ivty teIps artiunot animticn Al qevening hours et)f ond care taket cC ntqhbortvxw faciItit

4 Physicl JrfrstruturI is sAtltneOin reasonable cordition eg streeen It gccd cnndition doiring rainsanititina faclitles pro4rly mirtained and tanuro astan~oeintA we u0eld

As the project has not ven Irotuced the srvicd lets for lw income houting trovided as outpits Ir thw PP prosects of ochieving the spinshyottn predictod fn Ue goal alMoar erote In the foreseeable future

critical Wa-hieverwnt ot the project goal were two asavoptions Made r xlicitl In the IP witirh have not bevn borne outs

1 lb et coomtry political emmitment to gosalt Including aftptionhat lonai IUoming - uIclter ojectivotor lpeol olicy sttesing o -nco

illudinq sitne and servieus

2 fqilfrctstion of poliotdi loaudWII If ampC to Iproved14N Itni

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

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A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

-4shy

prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

r n BsMARtVOFtASH~ TRANSACTIONS I -

i

z 1 -shyt unpo u r 4

a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

_

4

4 4 -

re 14

rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

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An stiatcd earliev rc writtn or tcheunt tamc-rocnInn housing iolicy fasbeen mijael availafle In meetings with GUPC however Governriont off icialshave repcatedly stateo that the housing policy in In fact to optimizethe canditions unde r which the largest number of lov income Caneroonianfamilies can be adeqiatoly housed and thait the pohetlem was essntially one of land eevelopnrcnt How adequate this pclicy statement is inaddresning the particular needs of low income families iemains an openquestion Implementation of the housing policy has in fact not lead in any concrete foir to iproved shelter for low-inco e ramilies Withthese assumptions unrealized the assumptions a- to whether standardhousing project illsolve long-rin problems of housing urban poor aridwhether Loccess tc teniure anO to iupgraded services will motivate families to iirprove shelter aiC take more interest In community development have not L-een given the chance to prove therselves valid or not

1O Feneficiaries Projet benefitf spllt ulong the two major lines of thepojf-t cotuterpart trairing of the institutional development componentSandthe actual sJtes and services projrct 71)o training component will

have as direct betierocktries counteTpart for thertatf hied project7r- majority of direct beneficiries or the Yaouneo and flouala sites andservices project will mat likely hre upwardly molilu low income households wIth reguinr sources of income betwecn the 30th ane 50tb percentiles oneach of the incono 1tstribution curves fcr Yaounde and rounla Surveysli)di(at that these housebolds have urbanlpound-rrably been residents for at least five years

rlrect oneflciaricn of he projects wil te iriwrily renters withi ncomes most liYrc II )wetn the 20th tid 0th lperventilPs and uF Thesehouseholdr Ate Iat likely to be vere recently esta)ished urban residents without regular sotrces of Otherincome indirect beneficiaries wouldinclude thoco hoijehcldu retil ngin dwoll ings adjaent to the project arvas who wil l bereott indirectly fres the urlhos services provided Theauhouncliolds art Iiketly tc bi sirdlar it nature to the direct project boefiviarien

rojeoct boneiriario will benefit rroi inqnved access to orbatt srvices sruch1 an water stveet livhtirg storm Ivatei droeirage sWaVa dirpoaigarbago removal are fire protection as well an dequato health educationnd roorction facilities They will also bo 1rovieed with buildingmatorialand conetructlon loans hoitse plans wid sel f-help sisistancoOpirttiti o for sulri(mrt A heAlth educition employment gonerationand community Oevelopretit programe are ale to be investigated forpossibleIimplevntation towevor Whoreby thq project foresaw that 4000verviced lots tne ) uildieg material lornp oqually divided betwooen YaosindaniatilotnJo would he provideel onefitng about 36000 pernons ky the ondo 0 trjoct thoiu ii11l mest likely nrt bu in jacod upon the projecti

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

r n BsMARtVOFtASH~ TRANSACTIONS I -

i

z 1 -shyt unpo u r 4

a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

_

4

4 4 -

re 14

rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

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completion Other 1ocally-financed sites and services 1rojects utiderwayproviding rn ddditioral 400 plot- uid benefiting abcut 3600 low inomeporaoits will be rillJ11Cc 1y Project Month 32

21 tinlj mnd TffLctc Not portinent ait tUjis tiin

22 Lessons Learned Two important lessons were made clearer from the present evaltiation

1 While projcot conceptualizaticn and designm is always difficultgiven information ancl time constraints rlaced upon design teams thecloanlesr and accuracy of the Project Paper in of highest importanceTime lags and internal reoroanization within the GURC nay have beenresponsible for the years delay between PP design and Project Agreemontthe fact remains that thcre ae serious disrepanciet between the twoMost iraportar t is the conceptualization of the relationship betweenHousing Tnvestient Guaranty Loan and the Low Income Fousing Project GrantThe IP envisions them its intertwinedl the Project Agreement ses then-asIndependent Diffic~ities in evaluation arise because on the one handthe only basis for joint analysis between UVAID and GUFC is the projectanal ais -- wN4 iin turn influences the evaluations determination ofGovernrent Conitment On the other hand the Project Paper isvaluable basis for evaluation because

a it is explicit in torms of Inputsoutputs tleir linkages and the implementation schedule If the PP andProg ar significantly different then problems in project implementationmnd rvaluation will inevitably arise The role of the HIG loan in theproject wav debated by the tvaluation team It is clearly an outputthoot hasnt mfterialized But certain outputs are more critical toachievement of projact purpose than ofhers whether factors external tothe project a diricursed in Section 15 would have been less mportant

had the HIG lohn ratorialized remains an important but unresolved question in the Hindii of the evaluation team

2 Nou to conflict between USAIVIb emphasis on institutionaldevelopment and ottor donors teroncy to give riority to other concernsInstitution building rrojectu Involving non-rlS expatriates in keydecision making popitionh should be avoldec

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23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

r n BsMARtVOFtASH~ TRANSACTIONS I -

i

z 1 -shyt unpo u r 4

a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

_

4

4 4 -

re 14

rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

-15shy

23 Special Conmerts or Pvmarks

Attachments

Annex A hiq of rrcject Inputs (1 page)

Annex B c|fdtie cF Piject Outputs (MaseO en PP) (2 pages)

Annex C -h(Oule of lPrject Outputs (arranged 1-y function) (2 pages)

Annex D Prc~ir-ir1y Iiscus ion Paper for Lvaluation of Project No 631-0C03 Cameroon Low Incom flousing (prepared prior to March 16 T meeting of Evmluaticn icam) (8 payes)

nrcx F tn-riv lCiTrr of I-06-Procct Eva1uatr leetini cf March 19 i1)7) (pipned for revew by rision Fvaluation Review

C-m (7 p [etec)

Annex r Fissior irectrrs Letter dated Aprii 7 1979 irfo ning he flnirlUer Economic Affas Planning of thecf aiie findings and concerns brouc(t vi in I-c evaluation of Low Income Housing Project 631-0003

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

r n BsMARtVOFtASH~ TRANSACTIONS I -

i

z 1 -shyt unpo u r 4

a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

_

4

4 4 -

re 14

rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

ANNEX A

PCPOSEDINrPTS

Simehd ProAs

J J 1975 A S O N D J

1976 FM A MJ J

Project Mnth 1 2 3 4 5 1977

A SO ND J F M AM J J AS O

6 7

N D

8 9

J F

10

M

11

A

12 13 14 1978

M 3 J

15

A

16 17 17

S 0 N

19

D

20 21 22 1979

J F M

23

A

echAssistant X

s A friistra-r (36

anner Land Developer

r T~i- -- erproject

A

AS A

X

X

TA f5namp-tiag AGZkfFircial Analysis) X

T ax - s pc r ts d f u n d f o r GL -zC shyur-la- infrastructure

and h n Nuclear Staff Nucl ar S affsatisfactorily

1 civil- engineer S

1 tcr planner AbullS~ lnneaSa--Inlad expert s A 1 engineering assistant s 0

0A D A S1 en neerin ass st ant tcwn -nner assistantI A -zn-strat-veasstlands1 draftsr shy S DS

0 e r af -s r o S A D

A I draftsman

A1 af t s=ran Office Space permanent)

T F

Office Suyply M A

Bux 4- GuaranteeLoan

0

Abbreviations

Date proposed in ProAg

S-scheduled for month

A-arrive D-depart

T-temporaryP-permanentM-rninimal

A-sufficient asno f enl a e0 -n ot in place

stion X-in place

as of evaluashytion

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

-4shy

prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

r n BsMARtVOFtASH~ TRANSACTIONS I -

i

z 1 -shyt unpo u r 4

a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

_

4

4 4 -

re 14

rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

OUTJ

1) Successful Execution of HG Pro ect

-Site Selection

-Deter-iration of IApprcpriate Standards

-Plans amp Igineering

(Aproval A=D)

-Develcpent ProjectAdmistratic amp Financia Procedures

2)Traired Sites amp Services Unit Staff (4-5 cadres 14-28 rrcfes-icnals 9 pararofessicrnals)

-Organizaticns amp Staffing

-Special Training

3) Establishent of Sites a Services Occupamcy Z 4=It P-ncedjres

-Procedz-es v-rSite Ccupancy

-Manaqement

-ltbllecticn ofPayment

1975 JASOND

ANNEX B

Project Month I 2 1976 1977

JFMAMJJASOND J FMAMJ

A

3 4 5 6

AS0N

7

D

8 9 10 11 12

J FM A M

13 14 15 1978 J J A

A

16 17

S 0

18 19

N D

20

J

21 22 23 1979

F M A

0

A

A

A

A

0

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

r n BsMARtVOFtASH~ TRANSACTIONS I -

i

z 1 -shyt unpo u r 4

a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

_

4

4 4 -

re 14

rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

ANTNEX B (Contih-jed)

OU7TP=T 1975

J JA SO0iD JF MA 1

NJ

Project Month 12 3 45 67 76 IS-77 ASO0ND JF J ADF MAAA M3J 0 ND

8 9 1011

A S

2 1314 15 161718 1978

J F MA

19 20 2122 23 1979

-03nstructien Loare a Lcar Servicing

-Self-Eelp Housirg Asjs stance ProshyCed7=es0

Cotactng xcocuttng amp F-rCil Wlt-t Froced-shy

zrtracts r=ce--Ires A

-x Rrc1 za AC~ting

Sy-ste 0

-Aeccreceepinq Systm 0

-publicty amp End-cation

0

-Pr-o4ct Mtnito ring critera

0

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

ttP5

I

II

I

r n BsMARtVOFtASH~ TRANSACTIONS I -

i

z 1 -shyt unpo u r 4

a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

-

_

4

4 4 -

re 14

rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

OUTPU3TS

Adeinistrative -Managem-t Procedures

-Contracting Procedures

-Plot Sales amp Allocashytion and Paccrdkeepi q

-P_~-Saes Education and P~jUlcity

Finacial -Land Exropriation

-Be=eficiary Selection amp Credit Review

-Local Panagement

Peocedures

-methods tc Minimize DelLnqencies a Arrears

-Cther Cast Peccvery Mears

Te -nical -Socio Ecc- -ic Research

-Dete--niaticn cf Ltrban Nousin- amp infrastructure Reeds

Plam-ed A - realized 0

1975 J J A SO N D J FMA

ANNEX C

Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i916 1977 MJ J ASO N D J F M AM J J ASON D

8 9 1011

J F M A

12 13 14 15 16 17 1 8 1978

M J J A S 0 N

A

A

19

D

20 2 1 2 2 1979

J F M

2 3

A

0

A

0

0

0

0

A

A

A

- Not realized

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

-4shy

prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

Debiton Cash

nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

ri zedlor-it draap4

fferSpecial ACcont1M~

imterpart iI i l i ll i i l

It

39I0I1i

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I

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a_ oarsu m

e Bs b~reian Currind -Dsbursements

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4 4 -

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rswa~~~wiTorfS1OvI

I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

ANNEX C (Contineud)

-Dete ri7 at c n-f C onsr3t ru-ti- _9Jo

Methocds Materials and Costs

-Deter--atic- cf Target Groups

1975 J J A S O N D

Project month 1 2 3 4 5 6 71976 1977J F M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A SONF9

A A

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191978 JF A M J J A S O N D

20 21 22 231979 J F M A

-Deter-iration of -elter Standards A

-Site Selecticn A

-TCpogra tlicalSoils Tes Suyand A

-Conce~t PIan--nirq

-Site Plan-ing a-d House Plans

es A

AA

-Cost -valuaticn Cash FlowFeasiblity knalyses

AA

-lgi t-ic

eeri-g -s

a plusmn Specifics-A

-Projecting Pla---i-g and MInitor- A

-Co strucicn Supervision for Self-Eel Assistance

a

0

0

A 0

ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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ANNEX D

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION PAPER FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT NO 631-0003

CAMEROON LOW INCOME HOUSING

Meetircj of 16 March 1979 MAFTUR

INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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INTRODUCTION~

The title of thisprcject ii low ]nvcene Ho~Isinj The initialProject Agreement No 631-003 was nign1ed Oune 15 1976 and revised In May 1978 It has as its thrust the development of sites andservices program for low incone households A sites and services project is dcfined as an organized development of urban land primarilyfor the benefit of low income households which consists essentially in Providing plots with basic services and adequate guarantees of tenureon which households may build their own shelter according to their needs and capacities Variable components of sites and services projectsInctiide building material loans provision of social services and improvedemployment opportunitt as

BACKGROUND

In 1975 the sites and services prcject for Yaounde and Douala was designed within the following context

a) that there existed a large demand for low income Iorsing inYaoundo and Douala that wouldand tlis demand increase significantly in the future given Cameroons projected rate of urban growth

b) that GURC bad exj-ressed a crncern in reotinq the nedrr in housing problems f low income dwellers

c) that the government bad limited resorrcent-n fr housing devvlopment

d) that private capital and initiative should 1-e utilizee and enshycouraged and ttat benificlaries should support cost of housing projects and

e) therefore that program of minimal infrastructuxwhich wouldperirt and encourage self-help construction to aderess this housingdemand would be st appropriate

At the time the project wes dosigned it was enviscoed that the Cameroon rDvolopmont Dank would play a principal part in mwiaging thetoar component and that for this technical apidsLanie in the form ofon-shio tuiclnri and visits by axperts would be tiecesary

It war also felt at that time that a semi-independent sites and rriccs unit would be the best way to focus the various functionsnetiled to -etvite a altes and services project and that the Departmentof ltowing in the Kiniutty of Lquipment and lousing would be the most ippropriaft placC13 this unit

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

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I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

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1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

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1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

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TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

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Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

ir the meantme a land develcpm-nt agency VAETUR and a housing~f inance agency Czedit -rcncieryhAve- ben-e -u31hd

Along with the esablishment of sites and services capacity a 10million dollar houLsing guarantee lon was to provide the initial capitalresources to the goveinment to Lcoves the cost of developing sites andinstalling the physical Jnfratructure and provision of minimum buildingmaterial lonr

Originally this mid-term project evaluation was planned to take placeafter beneficories were assigned their servicee plots vc it would bepossil-le to evaluate project b1)nflciary participation As w shall seealthough the project is halfway through the planned implementation periodthe plroject is still trany months away from the beneficiaries moving onto their ploLs as originally scheduled by Wid-term In the project

PUIRPOSE OF SESSION

The purpose of thir avaluation meeting is tc review the originalproject design and to

1) cnmpare anl contraut project activities as they were planned and n they have been jalJred

Z) to identify chartjes which have occurrcd in the project environpent

3) t- detorrine future activities and direction of troject and

4) to dateiroine changes required in the project rinlemontation plan

D CPTtT ON CF rROJECT

The project was dvsinel uith a roject 1urpose to be accomplishedthrogh the provision of inputs the inputs producing desired outputs to acinmplnh the poect purpose

Ilie project puriori in th followingi to assist the Governmont ofCameroon to develop the institutional capacity to cery out sites and srvices pregramr for low incno families

Acccrding to the projoc-t eeplp this projact purpose will be considered achieved ir )itthe end of the project wlthin the Departmentof Ifotsing in the 141nistry ct Equipment and lksing n olerationalperfalized site and vervices tnit In established which is adeuatelystaffed to plan develop and exeoute prograw itVaounde an oiwala anehas Lhu p4tenti1l to expand operations tu otler urban areas

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PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

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prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

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Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

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C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

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-3-

PrOJECq INPUTS

The inputi of thhv project are cjoi xid itILI) thosc which er to be providled by USAID and those to he provided by the COvenr int of Caumeroon The inputs to he provided by USAID were techuical nsislftvnce in administration for thiyee years scheduled to arrive in Septenber 1975technical assistenme in sites and setIces manaqement iheduled for October ]975 and also for three years and five tronths of special TA as needed beginning also in October 1975

For Cameroons inputs the Project Ajrecnment provided for two senior town planners one engineer one lans officer tnd four draftsmen in Project Year On it Project Year Two the Prc act Agreement providedfor one town planning assistant ene draftasan one lanrs assistant and one survey team

A complete list of pruject inputs tho projcctcd andl actual dater of thoir arrival is inr-luded as Annex 1

A r1irtory inspection of the datu- po1osed for inputs ancl the dates of orrival cf these inputs illustratev the lnteners of their arrival If wut copsider th arrival of the t1SATD tuchriri1 assistarce team as the Iase period the 1roject inuts arrived as folloiwz

he Engineer arrived eght months into the project t)e civil ngineer works only part time with ampites and services and arrived 20 mnnlhsInto the project and the town planner 18 months into the projectAll three were sehedule for Project Month One AWerluato office space was mado available in Noverber 1977 ie Project Month Six and aciquote office supplies in May 1978 Project Month Twelvf

In qddition thn ngineering assintants assigned to the project have been chanced influevcing the continuity of the rlroJect

No lands expert hs been provde0

Msc of onalderable iriportance to t)is project is thc outside training component This USAID input has not yet been provided

PPOJECT OUTPUTS

A complete int of jro0ect outpits and a suhodule or their projectedand actual realizations is -Jicluded aR Annex 2 They are grouped bytour major caterorios qz 1ernntvd ir tle Project Agreemnti 1) successful PxecatIon of the Kausing (uaranten Projocti 6) trained oiteo and services unit tnfl 1) ota lished sites and servicee occupancy end wanagement

-4shy

prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

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Canroon

Currency CFA

Period Ending

11 shy

33177

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nsRceivable--SpeialjAcdount 39001 III

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I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

-4shy

prcdurosi aind 4) et~blishvd autonenyius cntUactinq accountinT andf-ien d~aLnanagementrrc dures ithin -each o I tht-er-ee tegorie8 s morespecific outputs are listed As originally conceived the major thrust ofUithes outputs was the managerial rsFects of the sitei An( services proJect and the USAID inputs of technical advisors wcre to achieve theseoutputs by advising and training the largje ntmibor or cotterpart staff provideOI as Inputs by tie overment of Camerocon For purposes ofclarity Annex 3 provides a list of the admnistrative financial and technical otputs required to achieve the project purpose It mampyserve as a more precise checklist of measuring lrojeot progress and1help 1o determine changes within the project settins which have taken p1lice

wc rhoracterifil c F-erge froin ai tixcnirtion rf the output tables1) an bsence of lrogrens in achieving certain picject outputss and2) the lateness of the production of mst projct outt-uts

It rPay be seen from Innex 3 that cmhasls to date hes bon cn the uEtalichwvent of the citeE and scrvices unit itrelf and the moretcchnical aspertz of h project Dolays in the proviston of certaininputo nnd absence of otherc nuch ui no a ronistrative assistants lands expert or sccond twr pla ner hive undoubtedly contributed to overall lack of progress in the project

Delayq In tie production of out-ts is the other stilking feature ofthe outputs tablet ag in using the arriva) of he as tOe baseojcct tronth tht nucceusfully executed bovsing and Guarantee LAn istill fronm six tro twelv proiect mcntha behind sebe3sl iond the engineer

log Id ans to bc -pLjroved by UATD ucheduled to Wigin appearing by ProjectMonth 1iqht have ro et been submitted ir-house training of counterpartstdfr iia 1o on schedile to tic emtent that t0eso coimtcrparts havebeea natv avilrnblc hownver idunt$ficatioi of t6 1-aciaY training program sh (t led to tk place in Project Yeahras hasnot yot 4vrIndti procodural utput 4 tegoty 3) procecurei foi colloction ofptiynwnts cotnntuntion loan corvichsig etc have not Leon -s51L1hdalthough thn project i ign fcrosnan tum pooring 14iining It ProjectMonth 24i finally eit)thc rxception of proceduse oi latting contraCtL no Ltianial prncceures have boun rel otteci cstblishd at provided fortrader olitpul iatfo)y 4

7he achodule urt cats that there nuy he se1tiC11 Iroblen regardingthe aility of the project to achieve certaiin plfatvr outpts

7hub the precnuiirg (x2Jinatiot sioggasts the folowing issues concmCtliIn tl e project

Tv6yamp a piojsat so rs Ay a pwcc n uur

2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

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1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

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2 Tn order to oddJeve tfe projict rq se VbAt should the virk plan be for the resaindor of the project itd i4at irputo may be required to carry it out

a iould wawagent and finance rcsoircent available to the project Ie strangthened

b Should additiors to the project inputs intltslt Ia~nrcal avsiutcnco in coinuity dovlopmnt

c what should the training roqronent btlAsqt to to in the tim romu1nng Ili the project

d M4hal Is tw schodulp for opning the Cowls sites and services otfice and whot roAoutes vil be required ond vien

3 What Is the rooe or each Institution astociate4 with th sites and vervices unit

4 What LA tMe relationship hobteor the UWAID irojeot and the U1R[ project in housing

5 Ilan the cGLA housinq polic changed since tie projects moiencshymont It so krtlh UIMID project still conform to It

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

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Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

ANNEX 1

uprlApy [AVEP CF MID-11OJECI EVIJAPTON MEET TNG OF MARfl 19

CAMEIRX)N LOW~ IflCO1ML IIOTISIIIG

1979

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

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jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

ANNE~X L9

M113IiD~l EVALUATION MOETING CAMEROON LOW INCOME 1(0USING PROJECT

Date and Face of Meeting M arch 19 1979 MAETUR

Meeting Attended Yy Mr Ndifo Directeur de lUrbanisime et de lfabitat MINEH

Mr Bodiou Directeur General cf MAETUR

Mr Kewe Chief of Service of Urbanism DUIJIMINI

Mr Rifenburg Project Manager USAIDYaounde

Mr Bratrud Fvaluation Ofricer USAIDYaounde

Mr Cornell Assistant Froject Manager USAID Yaounde

Mr Erbach Team Leader Technical Assistance Teari

Mr Kissick Technical Nqsnistance Team

Prli te the arrival of Mr difo Mr Bodiou nade several remarks concersIny the GURCUSA]D Project Agreement He stated that he did notconFielr +]e objectiver of the 1roject very pucise and that AIDs inputsto the project namfly two TAs and short term technical assistance were quite limlted given the goals of the project He raie that as acontrantmr for the Wnrld Bank he participated in a rroject evaluation inwhich cortain tasks were to be completd government decicions taken etcacccrdinq tv i tinetnble Ve s-id that no such timetable forcompletingtasks and maing decisions war included in the GURCUSAID ProjectAgreementr

Mr Cornell retpord1od that the generality of the outputs in theAgrerwnt as appropriate due to the fact that thc project was the firstof It kind nrd that a great deal cf institutional development was reshyquirs lit rotod howtever that morr precise internal USAID documents

such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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such asi thr project raper elaborated in greater detiail cn the timinrg andimplementation of the outtuts He further indicated that most importantlythe purpose of the project was clarly stated in the Agreement as well asth- rxected status of the project at the end of the technical assistance poriod

Pre-entativn cf tle Projct Eva]iiation Guidelines

Upon the arrival of Mr Ndifo Vr Cornell opened the meeting with aqenerl summary oC the purpove of the mctig That is

(1) to compare and contrast project activities isthey wereplannec ajid a they have been realized

(2) to identity changes which have occurred in the projectenvironment

(3) to efermine future activities and direction of the project

(4) to determine changes required in the project implementation plan

Mr Cornell thn gave the prrsntation of the 1rcject design and theba-ids tot the Vroject evaluation rized in the attached document v-hichwa4 prepared for the meeting At the end of the presentation five veveril isus were raised for discusbion

(1) Why is the project so or behlrd schedule

(2) In order to ahieve the project purpose what should thework plan (implementator plan) be for the remainder of the project andwhat inputs may )a roqui red la corry out the project

a rhould management and financs resourcer available to the project bo iitrengthene

b Should additions to the project inputs include technicalaseistance In community development

c -What should the training component nttempt to do inthe time remaining in the project

d What Is the scheduls for opening tJe lounla 8iterand sYvLcer effice and what reecourcs will be requirod and when

(3) WhAt Ls the role of each institutcenton associated with theAu[t rid services unit

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

COI-ur EP M~FIDnFPECIAL ACCOUNTS TRIAL BALANCE SUMMAJARY OF

US TRANISACTI A SUJMARY OF RELEASE APPROVAL

(Tn 00)s of Local Currency Units)

f t

on

Canroon

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I ~ 1 ~pg~h~i BEST AVAILABLE vuD0jo ML nsfe1V JS on Account

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(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

A ~ ro

(4) Wh a-t Is- thei eation-shii2 between the L AIV project and~ the TIBRD project in hbousing

(5) Has te GURC housing policy changed since the projects

commencement Tf so does tle USAID project still conform to it

Addressing himself to the first issue Mr Ndifo gave a short

historl of the projects development end some cf the reasons why the

project was behind schedule He pointed out that the concept of sites

and services projects as an integral part cf Camprons housing policy

has been continuously evolving since 1973 and the inception of the joint

GUJRCUSAID project His comments referred to the rany serious

difficulties regarding institutional development summarized as follows

- At each ntel in project development fundamental decisions

by high government offi cials had to be made

- Though few technical obstacles had to be resolved many

fivancial aspects of the project involving MINEP had to be overcome

- Many changes occuried within the Governn-ent of Cameroon which

direcrl iaffected th-e rroject the departments of public land and cadastral

nurveys were transferred fromrNEH to MINPIN threie ministries were

concolidated nto the Ministiy of Economy and Plan ane the GURC created

Crodit roncicr an TLVP and reorganized SIC the national housing

authori t

- In the early phases of the project a nied esxisted to to the necessity and iportance of thenensitlze Voernnent agencier ns

project

- lie alao pointed out that GURC and USAID personnel in the

project were changed

Mr Ndifo re-emphasized the point that at each stage of the project This took a greatimplcmentation major policy decisions had to be made

deal of time but wax essential to the institutional development element

of the project Ile also noted that diring the evolution of government

housing policy it )1chpe clear that tle problem of housing was basically

one of land development (thus the creation of CFC and MAETUR) However

he notec that the fundamental nbjective of the government regarding

shelter had not changed to optimize the conditions under which the

aFirqest number of low income Cameroonian families tan te adequately

hou ed He indicated that only means considered by GURC necessary to

achtir this jol haD changed

Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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Wi t1-paPtculir r- forenceto- the GUCUSAID pro ject -Mr Ndi-fo -saidshy

that though the Agrxerent called for the crcaticn of a r~edlalized sites and services unit witbin the LUUJM7IEH it became clear with the creatlon of MArUp that both MAETPR and the si tes and services unit were involved in land de elopmrnt in thus It was decided to incorporate Ih( uni t into IVFTtR to avoid a dulication of certairn functions Mr Ndifo re-emphasized that des[ite the delays and changes in the project the objectiveq have re ne the save

Mr Podiou suqqested another roason the project was behind schadule was due specifically to the desigiN of the project He stated that there are tio ways to proceed in project development tbie first being to provid-e technical ansistance to help the government establish the institutlonal capocity to un--ertake the desired projects - in which case sufficient time nut be llowed tc adequately develop these institutions shy

and secondly to crniplete the pozject by cuttlide assistance under clearly defined conditions ir a realtively short period nf tire According to Mr Bodiooi he institutional development aripncts of the Project Agreement clearly reflect the choice of first option though the original tlrcc-year life of project suggests however th- second approaclh and were thus too -wbitious e qstioned the ability of the project as designed to provide taIning in all its admnnistratie fir-ncial and technical

According to Mr BodloL -owele- he considers the nititition building a|pects of the project to be acblieve now thrt MAELIR is operational 11c suycmsted that it now was llucessary to fix the final (te-Wainiig) objectives (if tlw project inrd o detcvrsne what remains to be done to achieve these objectives Alluding to Le HTO lean he noted that 1he riovt urtlet project need is for a finarncil feasibility Ftudy of thb 1 rcrjoct

Mr Cornell rotrtt l out that if Mr HcdicLu prcruord financial feasibility st0y rccqested any changes in the obet1ves of thn projectthe-c chancjvs wculd have to he nurmitted in writin to USFAI[ for approval

Mr NdLifo tated that the batic agreenent had not changed and that thiv was and is

- the trnlringI of Cameroonians Ahicls the GtTVC considers to be an lnportant aapect rvf the project

- the preparatiot cf the rLtii an P( vicar 1roject which is not nfc(vri-j t cd tc the Hg loan blt riy be firance with lcca1 resourcer If duidg and

the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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the f T1atnci l -(tunding) a-7pcvt- of tlic ojeCt

Regarding the questior a1 problorrs ccncerning cuC provisiol ofCanampb roontan Jpartci pants Mr Ndifo pointe out tht the CAIFC had had numorous difficulties recurititig the necessary counterpart persrnnelhut that iththe annignment of the architectplanner and engineer theCURC considers its obliqations fulfilled for the moment The question is nowhow the project can ho acenTplished with thee hvx3lampLle Staff

Mr Bodiou statee thit he considors the 1olc of the sites and servicesunit aud MAETUR te be syncnytwus and that it is iot necessary to duplicateadministrative atid techrical functions which would 1e the case with the unit doing exclusively siteg and services projects He noted thct anarrchitectplanner and cnclineer had recently bean iecruited by MAETUR toassist the project Jut would have broader responsibilities t0n justvites and services P tstaff would he hireFaid futuro as the need arisr-s for example upon the signing of the JIC loon

Mr Kewe said tlat it was his vndestauding that there were certain prol leirl wi th tlie staff as~igiled to the slteE aIn servires unit andtheir tnu-9rtion Inte METUR Mr Kisuick suggested that there was amorale pr1lem arong the ciraduaten of PITAT due to an uncertainty of their remaining with the project

Mr ifu rctpcndo that the LI1VT graduates were ariiqned to thesites and scrvicvs unity by a Note of Vervico fror the Minister and therefore to hit krcw]udge this was rot roosidered to Ve temporary duty

7here was 4onrirralt] disunrior rerjareJrg the roining of the counterparts and the degree to which the TA razr -ad niccereftlbe-Mr lissick sugqcuted that at ttars such do 1he tecnt preparation of tho Yaounde pilot thrrs iI that the TA may bear tooeioJect risk teom much dirct rcrpcnslhility for piojorto reparatior at the oxenesc of training But in geriera] h TA tvam ar considered the in-hruse traininq to this point succonnful Tt was also agreed that in aryinstance the TA team would hove to take the lead in project developmentli o ftr that pattorir be act permtting their efforts laterto be rep]icatel by 1I1h1toif

Mr Bodiou again asked If USAID irsinted on a eoecia3 sites and services unit In 1EP which it hii view would require tho duplieation of cortitln funlios lie said he felt Chnt he had had vcrba] approval fror recent misnions fro Abidjan and Washington(W11n1) end the Office rof Housing) on his approach to integrating the uitct And erldocs finction into m pTUI

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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A ~ ro

Mr Cornelj reiteratec trt requcstr for changes In the Project-Aq m1n+ d heve to be sunitteI to UtAID in writing for]ii conisieeration by USAlUWashington oriel the USAID Mission Director inYaounde Ikv also noftci tht -hane affuctJnC the project such as tha eratior of Ctedtt Foncier and MAETUF had not to his knowleqe been officially transmitted to USAID

Mr Ndi fo said ho tinartood that USAID had indeed been notified officially of the creation of MAETUR and CIC Lut added that all official voraviUnications such eq tlose being discussd in the meeting officiallywould have to go thiough t|e MINEP It -as agreee that this was the properway to proceed Mr Bodiou said that he wculd prepare a paper elaboratshying his vievs or the inteqartion of the Sites and Services Unit into MAETUR for consideration by MINEH and IfEP and them USAID

Mr Cornell pointed out that certain chances such as tbe creationof Credit Foncier have had an impact on tha tssiatane role of the TAtowi rarticularly limiting poosil-le TA nput into financial managementfunctions and decene furthcr study

Mr Bodiou noted that rroe of th_ asfistarre hill itdd been proshyvided by the TI tim to CFC

Vr NlifA r(ttted his view coitcerninq tLe main problaem at hand Ic that tbe project mitst now e rvlewre ir light cf all the chengesatid drvP]opnents which have occurrcc In other o-ds cjivon the newlycreated irNstituticns Low can the project flt into them in order to leach the original proioct purpose which Js still valid in view of the eker-inurnaning deomird f- shrltver for low income families Mr Ndifostated that a re-cxanination of the project design should be done andpoittd oui tht sucha ie-examination of the project as well as the anrwors tu qusticn number two for example would have to be done in collaboration with MTNEP

Before wdjourning Mr Cornell nake1 thot the fourth point rogardinethe relatlon between to TIPD rroject and the USAID project be addressed

Mr tHdifo that tIA asstated he saw two j cjocts corplementarybut said that there was still a prohlem of htermoniing themSpecl fical ly he seo the thrust of the UV7TP prjuct os being nites and irorvices and that of thc World Bank on upgradinq lie said that the o|eration would be coo inntf yhis office at bdie lorate of Irbiosiization and Houijj lit rottd tiat as the rank project did not havt in tnottitforal deulomsnt romonont tiee wouldIl~t~rlbiJnq be no problemiO t ct int oexlstin rj Institution

-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

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-7

Mir Kissick-a)vd why_-the tow 11ee tc re rnot In fact already in the same institution r Ndlfo stated t)hat the Bnrx project waF Htill in the design stoqu ad it vhi]e Ilts wr a future possibility the IDIU) and USAID project ritreaments as well as their operations are

distinct and separatfi and would have to be re-exafined by all parties

Mr Ndifo closcd by statinq that lie wcs i-ixcuts to further discuss the questions involved wile interested in USAIDs views and questions and stated that he was always availabla if USPTD wpnted ior further inforrally dicirs rqestions iegerding the rroject

The meeting cloed with the uncerstadint thnt Mmd rcdiou would draft a letter outlining hia views nd ideas concerning the issues Invclvd for review by Mr Ndifo the MWIEIJ MINEP and then forwarded to USAID

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jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

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1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

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jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

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CASH TRANSACTIOiN AND SUMMARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

(In 03s of Local Currency Units)

ort Control Synbol U-_-2_k-5

jjon Caneroon Currency CFA PerTod Ending 33177

C-merpart Typin A

C NET CASH CHANGE

Current Cumulative Quarter FY 1977

I OQening Cash Balance Current Fiscal1Year - 39001

2 3alance at Endrof Previous Quarter 3001 shy

3Balance at End of Ouarter 39t001 39001

1SUR1ARY OF RELEASE APPROVALS

Country Transfer Total Purposes

1 3alanc of Prior Years Releases Approvals as of Seotember 30 1975 6000

Current Fiscal Year release r-rovals Cumulative through tne P7rid Ending larch 31 1977

TTAL AVIAABLE FOR RELEASE DURING R T FISCAL Yr1R 6000

Certified Correct

Ponald K Sliannon Reghional Control Ier

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