WASHINGTON, July 1, 2008- The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors: IDA Credit: US$200 million TERMS: Maturity = 40 Years; Grace Period = 10 Years Program Description: The project aims to sustainably increase the access of poor people to social and natural resource infrastructure services through supporting (i) the empowerment of communities to develop, implement and monitor micro social infrastructure projects (public and common pool goods) including natural resource management interventions and (ii) strengthening the skills and capacity of local government authorities and sectoral public agencies to support communities and build a partnership between them. For more information, please call Aby Toure at (202) 473-8302 or e-mail here at akonate@worldbank.org For program documents, please visit: http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P090644 |