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Village
Infrastructure Programme
The programme supports the government's
efforts to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of rural
poor people through decentralization. It identifies and implements
mechanisms for:
- transferring more technical and financial resources from the central
government to district assemblies in rural areas
- building capacities to plan and manage investments more carefully
- strengthening institutions and empowering communities to operate
and maintain community transport and water infrastructure and storage,
processing and marketing facilities
The programme focuses on
strengthening local government institutions that are representative
of and responsive to village-level concerns and priorities for investment.
It creates self-sustaining infrastructures, especially at village
level. The programme promotes more vibrant economies that can generate
tax revenues to finance local government costs and reaches out to
the poorest people to ensure that they benefit directly from support
Source: IFAD
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| Contact information |
Mr B. M. Oppong
Project Coordinator
Village Infrastructure Project (VIP)
P.O. Box CT
Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233 21770246
Mobile: +244383133
Fax: +233 21770247
moppong@vip.mofa.gov.gh |
| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$60.0 million
IFAD loan: US$10.0 million
Cofinancing:
- World Bank (US$30.1 million)
- KfW (US$ 6.6 million)
Duration: 1998-2004
Geographical area: nationwide
Directly benefiting: 500,000 households
Status: closed
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