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Residents of 90 rural communities in Senegal are expected to benefit from a new project to promote decentralised development and strengthen local government, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said.
The project, signed on Monday by IFAD and the Senegalese government, aims to provide about two million people with better access to health, education, sanitary facilities, potable water and roads. IFAD said these people were from the poorest areas in Senegal.
The rural infrastructure project is supposed to support decentralisation and fiscal reform, to allow local communities and governments plan and manage their own infrastructure.
The International Development Association is providing US $28.5 million for the US $42.9-million project, IFAD US $7.5 million and Senegal $6.8 million.
“The community infrastructure as an outcome of the project, combined with improved access to the national road network, will revitalize the local economy,” IFAD said.
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