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Titre : Rural Road Improvement Project (II) (Morocco)

Country : Kingdom of Morocco
Target Area : Five provinces in northern, central, and inland Morocco (Al Haouz, Chefchaouen, Essaouira, Safi and Settat) (target roads have been selected from poorer provinces using social and economic indicators such as poverty rate.)

Loan Agreement : July 29, 2011
Schedule : September, 2011 – October, 2014 (38 months in total)

Project Objective
The project’s objective is to improve the transportation access of residents along Morocco’s rural roads by improving the relevant roads in the provinces where the poverty rate is relatively high within the framework of the PNRR-II, thereby contributing to improvement of rural residents’ standard of living and remedying the regional disparities.

Executing Agency : Direction des Routes (DR) in the Ministry of Equipment and Transport

Borrower : Caisse pour le Financement Routier (CFR)
Loan Amount : 5,981 million yen

Présentation : JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)