This guidance note presents UNDP's approach to plan, design and implement community infrastructure projects in crisis settings. A crisis presents a window of opportunity to implement long-term change through community infrastructure that links governments with communities to build local capacity for more resilient standards and practices. The guidance describes how this can be done through assessment, construction, repair and reconstruction of essential community infrastructure. This document is part of a series of UNDP guidance notes on livelihoods and economic recovery. The umbrella document on UNDP’s overall approach to economic recovery can be found here and the Private Sector Recovery and Development document here.