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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.