World Bank Projects for Sri Lanka Approved
January 8th, 2010
The following World Bank projects for Sri Lanka have been approved:
Sri Lanka: Emergency Northern Recovery Project
$65 million to rapidly return internally displaced people (IDPs), largely ethnic Tamils, to their places of origin in the Northern Province and restore their social and economic lives. The project is expected to reach a total of about 100,000 IDPs. Read more.
Sri Lanka: Provincial Roads Project
$105 million to improve access to socio-economic centers in Eastern, Northern, and Uva Provinces through the sustainable management of improved road infrastructure. The project will rehabilitate provincial roads, develop and implement an effective maintenance strategy, and strengthen the capacity of the Provincial Council Road Development Departments to plan and manage budgets within a framework of fiscal constraint. Read more.
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