No fewer than 14 rural communities in the FCT benefitted from 37 micro-projects valued at N107 million under the World Bank-assisted Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) in 2015.

The figures were collated from a report on the CSDP made available on Wednesday in Abuja.

According to the report signed by the FCT-CSDP Managing Director, Mr Arabi Tukur, the benefitting communities cut across the six area councils of the territory.

The projects cover road and drainage construction, provision of educational and healthcare facilities, skill development, water and sanitation, as well as rural electrification, among others.

While some of the projects, which were awarded between January and June, 2015, had been completed, others were ongoing as of the time the report was prepared.

The CSDP is a five-year project launched in 2013 and implemented in 27 states to stimulate growth and reduce poverty in rural communities across the country.

The project is co-financed by the Federal and the participating state governments with support from the World Bank to the tune of 380 million dollars.

“The FCT communities are being touched by our agency.

“Their lives are being turned around positively in line with the national goals of development in the rural areas,’’ Tukur said.