Burkina Faso - Bagre Growth Pole Project

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The objective of the Bagre Growth Pole Project for Burkina Faso is to contribute to increased economic activity in the project area, resulting in an increase in private investment, employment generation and agricultural production. There are three components to the project, the first component being improvement of institutional capacity for better zone management and investment climate in the project area. The objective of this component is to help improve the zone management and business environment and reduce the costs and risks of doing business in the project area. The second component is the development of critical infrastructure. The objective of this component is to complete public infrastructure in the project area and to promote agricultural development. The component will finance remaining missing infrastructure to complement investments already made by the Government, including: (i) design, construction and equipment of irrigation canals for the irrigation of up to 15,000 hectares; (ii) works and equipment for livestock in the herding areas; (iii) works and equipment for conservation and processing of fish; and (iv) rehabilitation and construction of access roads to and within the irrigated area. Finally, the third component is the development of critical services and direct support to smallholders and Small and Medium Size Enterprise (SME). The objectives of this component are to promote the provision of critical services to the project area by the private sector through partial financing of technical assistance and capacity building, which will help alleviate the cost to private providers of these critical services of operating in the project area; and stimulate the establishment of small-scale enterprises by helping small holders to improve their capacity to be able to respond to markets and increase their competitiveness.