The project will contribute to reduce two of the major barriers to growth, which are the thin national investment resource base and the very high costs of transport, which represent as high as 40 percent of internationally and domestically traded goods in remote areas of Mauritania and Western Mali, while consolidating Mauritania’s openness to Mali.
The project development objective is therefore to reduce physical barriers along the corridor from Nouakchott to Nema and the Mali-Mauritania frontier.
The key indicators will be (i) reduced transit times and transport costs along the corridor in Mauritania (ii) restoration of 10 percent of the total length of the most deteriorated section of the corridor to good condition, and (iii) establishment of a sustainable mechanism for road maintenance along international corridors and to the main production and trading centers.
World Bank,Author:Diouf,Ibou.Document Date:2011/11/27.Document Type:Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number:ISR4944
