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- Border Provinces Rural Development Project
Border Provinces Rural Development Project
Dominican Republic
Borrower | Dominican Republic |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 10.12.2002 |
Signed | 20.06.2008 |
Status | Cancelled |
Loan Administrator | IFAD |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Agriculture |
Co-financiers | IFAD, Government, Beneficiaries |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 5.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 24.00 |
The project will address the severe poverty situation of some 105,000 inhabitants living in worker settlements along the Dominican- Haitian Border, as well as their social and political exclusion.
- capacity building and institution strengthening;
- provision of support to grassroots organizations that offer legal assistance, literacy programs and other services;
- provision of training to small and micro-enterprises owners in areas such as livestock production, micro-enterprise management and marketing;
- setting up of a productive infrastructure fund to give local organizations capital for financing small irrigation systems, rural roads, inputs and equipment;
- construction/rehabilitation of over 1,000 homes;
- construction of basic infrastructure.