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Multisectoral Poverty Alleviation Project

Mauritania

Borrower Mauritania
Financing Type Public Sector
Instrument Project Loan
Focus Area Multisectoral
Approved 06.11.2001
Signed 31.07.2002
Status Completed
Loan Administrator UNOPS
Executing Agency PIU, Commissariat for Human Rights to Combat Poverty
Co-financiers IFAD, Beneficiaries, Government
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) 3.50
Total Project Cost (US$m) 22.94

This project will focus activities in N'Bout, Kankossa and Ould Yenge. Works will include:

  • institution strengthening and capacity building across all sectors;
  • upgrading of basic infrastructure such as roads, schools and health and sanitation facilities;
  • rehabilitation of agricultural land;
  • erosion control and soil conservation measures;
  • provision of literacy courses to some 14,000 people, half of them women;
  • sensitization campaigns covering topics such as preventative health care, hygiene, and sanitation; and
  • establishment of micro-credit institutions to assist landless individuals and women in setting up their own small businesses.
An estimated 150,000 people are expected to benefit from the project.

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