RURAL TRNSPRT

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The projects objectives are to: (a) support the Government's efforts on agricultural development, diversification and export promotion, and to integrate less developed areas into mainstream economy; (b) improve efficiency and reduce costs of rural transport; (c) upgrade National Rural Road Fund's (FNCV) institutional performance; and (d) develop, on a pilot basis, more efficient conditions for small scale water transportation in a selected coastal area. Major benefits are expected from value added to agricultural production and lower rural transport costs. Direct beneficiaries would be: (i) small farmers, for whom access to markets would be improved and modernized; and (ii) the isolated communities in the Pacific coastal region, for which small scale water transportation would be made safer and cost effective.