Rwanda: Transport Sector Development Project

WASHINGTON, August 28, 2007 - The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

IDA GRANT: US$11 million

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Project aims to improve the quality of Rwanda’s paved road network and to generate sustained employment in rural areas through road maintenance works. The Project will also complement other interventions, notably the East Africa Regional Trade and Transport Facilitation Project, whose key objective for Rwanda is to facilitate Rwanda’s integration into the East African Community (EAC), and contribute to the efficiency of the country’s transport corridor through EAC countries to the ports of Mombassa and Dar-Es-Salaam.

For more information, please callHerbert Boh at (202) 473 3548 or email: hboh@worldbank.org