Period (Date of Loan Agreement):
    July 5, 2001

Place:
    Nationwide

Amount Provided:
    20,039 million Yen

Executing Agency:
    Directorate General of Human Settlements, Ministry of Public Works

Outline:
The objective of the project is to promote self-sustaining development of rural economy and to assist the government in its effort to push forward with the medium to long-term poverty reduction measures. The project consists of developing bridges, roads and other basic infrastructure necessary for upgrading access in rural villages and improving basic infrastructure including water supply and sanitation facilities and small-sized irrigation facilities in 14 provinces including Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra Provinces.

This loan follows up Rural Areas Infrastructure Development Project (Loan Agreement: November 1994; Loan Amount: 21 billion yen) and Rural Areas Infrastructure Development Project (II) (Loan Agreement: January 1998; Loan Amount: 29,738 million yen).