Publication: Madagascar - The Third Social Fund Project
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2005-03
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2012-08-13
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The project ($ 15 million plus another $18 million - 1999-2003 ) had four objectives: (i) improved access of poor rural populations to social and economic infrastructure; (ii) on a pilot basis, empowerment of poor rural communities and/or communes to identify, organize, manage funds and implement sub-projects responsive to community needs; (iii) employment creation; and (iv) increased capacity of the private sector, local small contractors, artisans, skilled labor, and NGOs. Madagascar was struck by a series of cyclones that damaged basic infrastructure over the first three months of 2000. As part of the multi-pronged approach to assist the country in its rehabilitation efforts, in July 2000, the World Bank's Board approved a Supplemental Credit of $18 million - there was no change, however, in the project's original objectives.
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“Mohan, P.C.. 2005. Madagascar - The Third Social Fund Project. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 110. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9670 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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