Cote d’Ivoire Inclusive Connectivity and Rural Infrastructure Project

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The project will be co-financed by World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). It will be a joint co-financing, with AIIB contributing to components 1, 2.1 and 3 (about 48 percent for AIIB and 52 percent World Bank). The project is structured around six components:- Component 1: Inclusive and Resilient Rural Connectivity Infrastructure [rehabilitation/maintenance of unpaved roads and rivers crossings, construction (including widening the right of way and few changes in alignment) of a paved road, small storm-water basins and catchments to capture runoff water]- Component 2. Rural socio-economic infrastructure [markets: construction of sheds and small storage and processing facilities, internal pathways, water and sanitation facilities, drainage infrastructure; pastoral connectivity: rehabilitation of transhumance corridors, including livestock channeling hedges, fodder plots, temporary night parks, temporary shelters for shepherds, as well as water points; schools and health centers: construction/rehabilitation of water/handwashing points and toilets, fences, energy connection (solar for off-grid areas), amenities: construction and rehabilitation of recreation spaces, spot lighting etc.; water/energy: small water pipe and electricity extensions; climate change: tree planting in or around the villages]- Component 3: Capacity building, support to Institutional framework and sector strategy [capacity building for public entities and private actors to implement components 1, 2 & 3; TA for the finalization of the rural roads' strategy and road maintenance strategy; road safety and other technical assistance to project implementation]- Component 4: Support to Project Management [Citizen Engagement, M&E, audits, Third-Party Monitoring and contribution to operational costs]- Component 5: Contingent Emergency Response Component (US$ 0 million)- Component 6: : Climate-resilient upgrading/rehabilitation of selected sections of the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway