JSIF, World Bank target 18 inner-city areas with development project

Councillor Michael Troupe (left) speaks about Granville’s needs with head of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund Omar Sweeney (centre) and Jamaica Public Service Company’s president and CEO Kelly Tomblin during the launch of the Integrated Community Development Project for improvements to low-income areas in Granville, St James.
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n six years' time, Jamaica should expect to see at least 18 inner-city communities completely transformed because of the World Bank-funded Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP).
According to Omar Sweeney, managing director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), which is implementing the ICDP, it is now past the starting block and in six years, quality of life changes, created by the programme, should be in "full evidence" for community members and other observers alike.