ML TRANSPORT SECTOR [44000-P001730]

Description

This project is part of a sector-wide program to support the Government of Mali's efforts: a) to strengthen the sector's management and performance through reorganization and local capacity building; b) to restructure the transport sector's parastatals; c) to modify the regulatory and institutional framework in order to promote increased private sector participation in the provision of services and the execution of works; d) to rehabilitate and maintain a priority network of transport infrastructure; and e) to improve the transport operation's efficiency, and reduce transport costs. The project has four components: 1) a capacity building and training component to support the reorganization of transport services, and to implement sector policy measures; 2) a road component focusing on road maintenance, the improvement of rural and urban roads, technical studies and supervision, and the purchase of equipment for routine road maintenance; 3) a railway component focusing on the execution of the first tranche of a 10-year track rehabilitation program and the construction of a freight terminal, the improvement of the telecommunication system, the purchase of three medium capacity locomotives and rehabilitation of equipment, logistical equipment and studies to implement the railway restructuring policy; and 4) an investment component for airports to finance both safety equipment for the Timbuktu and Bamako-Senou airports and technical studies.

Financement

Statut - Achevé

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Pays bénéficiaires

MALI