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- Poverty Reduction Project
Poverty Reduction Project
Tanzania
| Borrower | Tanzania |
| Financing Type | Public Sector |
| Instrument | Project Loan |
| Focus Area | Multisectoral |
| Approved | 14.12.2004 |
| Signed | 21.04.2005 |
| Status | Completed |
| Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund |
| Executing Agency | Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) Management Unit |
| Co-financiers | Government, Proj. Beneficiaries |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 10.00 |
| Total Project Cost (US$m) | 12.00 |
This project will support the activities of TASAF, an autonomous government agency charged with implementing small-scale, demand-driven, community development projects among the rural poor. Activities will focus on the Lindi and Mtwara regions of southeastern Tanzania, where a wide range of sub-projects will be carried out in cooperation with local communities. The sub-projects will be highly labor-intensive, generating jobs and incomes for the rural poor. They will focus largely on the rehabilitation of social infrastructure, including schools, health posts, and water supply and sanitation systems, as well as the provision of economic infrastructure, such as crop storage facilities, markets and feeder roads.