New funding for W Africa infrastructure.The World Bank has approved a $190m package to upgrade transport infrastructure in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (burkē`nə fä`sō), republic (2005 est. pop. 13,925,000), 105,869 sq mi (274,200 sq km), W Africa. It borders on Mali in the west and north, on Niger in the northeast, on Benin in the southeast, and on Togo, Ghana, and , Ghana Ghana, country, AfricaGhana, officially Republic of Ghana, republic (2005 est. pop. 21,030,000), 92,099 sq mi (238,536 sq km), W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Accra. and Mali. The project supports the Nepad transport agenda of "trade corridors without borders A number of NGOs have adopted the "Without Borders" tag, inspired by Doctors without Borders.
"As a result, we should see more reliable services, lower general transport costs and better road infrastructure sections along the corridor to better integrate Burkina Faso and Mali to the ports of Ghana and an improved inter state road movement of goods along the corridor," says the World Bank. |
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