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- Savalou-Djougou Road Project
Savalou-Djougou Road Project
Benin
Borrower | Benin |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Transportation |
Approved | 18.06.1998 |
Signed | 17.11.1998 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Public Works and Transport |
Co-financiers | BADEA, BOAD, ISDB, KFAED, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 4.38 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 42.60 |
With the aim to provide a link between two isolated agricultural regions, Savalou and Djougou, this project upgraded a 226-km stretch of unpaved road to all-weather, bitumen standard, facilitating the transport of inputs and produce, as well as improving the access to jobs and social services for the area’s 400,000 inhabitants.