Somalia Urban Resilience Project (SURP II) is helping drive urban transformation. For the first time, World Bank resources are being channeled directly to municipalities, advancing fiscal decentralization while upgrading informal settlements, enhancing urban services, and building resilience to floods and forced displacement. Recent investments, including a $65 million displacement response program, have reached over one million people in cities most affected by internal migration.
Somalia Capacity Advancement, Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship through Digital Uplift (SCALED-UP) Project has accelerated Somalia’s digital and financial reforms. It launched the country’s first digital ID system, established “Gargaara” as the first wholesale financing facility for MSMEs, and supported over 5,700 businesses through streamlined registration. It also modernized the Central Bank, launched the National Payment System, creation of Data Protection Authority and National Communications Agency. The Shock Responsive Safety Net for Human Capital Project (Baxnaano), has operationalized the National Social Protection Policy, providing predictable cash transfers to vulnerable households and scaling up emergency support during droughts.