Kyrgyz Republic: Reducing Technical Barriers for Entrepreneurship and Trade Project

WASHINGTON, July 13, 2006- The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

IDA GRANT: US$5 million

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The main objective of this project is to streamline the national technical regulation and standards framework for business, develop systems to enhance quality and safety of products and increase enterprise competitiveness in pilot sectors.

For project details, please call Miriam Van Dyck at (202) 458-2931 or email mvandyck@worldbank.org

For more information, please visit the project website:

http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P087811