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- Taoussa Dam Project
Taoussa Dam Project
Mali
Borrower | Mali |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Multisectoral |
Approved | 17.06.2009 |
Signed | 16.09.2009 |
Status | Cancelled |
Loan Administrator | ISDB |
Executing Agency | Taoussa Development Authority (TDA) |
Co-financiers | ISDB, IsDB (Instalment Sal, BADEA, KFAED, BOAD, EBID, SFD, ABUDF, IDA, Government, Exim China |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 8.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 338.50 |
In order to boost agricultural production and provide a safe supply of potable water, the project will build a dam in Taoussa, in the north. The project area extends from the Central Delta region to the Niger border and is populated by around one million people, 70% of whom live under extremely impoverished circumstances. Works will include:
- construction of a dam and 1,460 km3 - capacity reservoir;
- construction of a 130-km paved access road linking the dam to the city of Gao;
- development of 3,500 ha of cultivatable land;
- environmental degradation prevention measures.