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Lao PDR: Poverty Reduction Fund Project

 

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2008- The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

 

IDA Grant: US$15 million

Project Description:  This project will support the government’s efforts  (i) to finance community infrastructure activities, and other community public capital investments and training activities at the village level; (ii) to build village level capacity in poor districts to manage public investment planning and implementation; and (iii) to strengthen the capacity of local institutions to support participatory decision-making at the village, koumban, and district levels.

 

 

For more information, please call Mohamad Al-Arief at (202) 458-5964 or e-mail here at malarief@worldbank.org


For more information, please visit the Projects website.

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