Benin - Transport Sector Investment Program
The objectives of this project (1997-2001) using $40 million of IDA funds were to: (i) safeguard the competitiveness of Benin's transport sector and of its transit corridor through open modal competition; (ii) improve government's capacity for planning, programming and managing transport sector investments; (iii) boost the allocation of resources to infrastructure maintenance; (iv) boost the recovery of user infrastructure charges; (v) expand private sector participation in public works and maximize its impact on the creation of jobs for unskilled labor; (vi) build capacity in sector institutions and optimize human resource utilization; and (vii) protect the environment and improve safety conditions.
Summary: | The objectives of this project
(1997-2001) using $40 million of IDA funds were to: (i)
safeguard the competitiveness of Benin's transport
sector and of its transit corridor through open modal
competition; (ii) improve government's capacity for
planning, programming and managing transport sector
investments; (iii) boost the allocation of resources to
infrastructure maintenance; (iv) boost the recovery of user
infrastructure charges; (v) expand private sector
participation in public works and maximize its impact on the
creation of jobs for unskilled labor; (vi) build capacity in
sector institutions and optimize human resource utilization;
and (vii) protect the environment and improve safety conditions. |
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