Turkey - Istanbul Municipal Infrastructure Project

Page 1 PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID) APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: AB2946 Project Name Istanbul Municipal Infrastructure Project Region EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA Sector Solid waste management (50%); Disaster management (50%) Project ID P100383 Borrower(s) REPUBLIC OF TURKEY Implementing Agency Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Turkey Environment Category [ ] A [ ] B [ ] C [X ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined) Date PID Prepared March 6, 2007 Date of Appraisal Authorization March 16, 2007 Date of Board Approval April 26, 2007 1. Country and Sector Background Istanbul, whose 2006 population is estimated at about 12.5 million, is the largest city of Turkey and its main center of industrial, financial, service and other economic activities. Administratively, it is both a metropolitan municipality and a State province and among the provinces it is the one that makes by far the single largest contribution (23%) to Turkey