RW-Compet & Enterprise Dev (FY01)

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The Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project aims at establishing a growing private sector development, promoting competitiveness, by streamlining the business environment, reducing costs, while increasing the efficiency of infrastructure utilities, and industries, and, by improving access to financial, and support services to entrepreneurs. The components will: 1) facilitate private businesses entry, by supporting improvements to legal processes, and capacity, creating an investment promotion climate, and, by supporting emerging businesses, and financial services. Technical assistance (TA) will support the establishment of a Commercial Court, while training will be provided to judges/magistrates, and court administrators. Investment promotion, and trade facilitation assistance should strengthen operational capacities, through the support of TA, and training, and, emerging businesses will be supported by strengthening the organizational capacity of the Center for Small and Medium Enterprises; 2) reduce costs, and improve efficiency of infrastructure services, through TA provision, introduction of private corporate management, and investments in public utilities. A multi-sector regulatory agency will be established to strengthen infrastructure expertise; 3) promote a market-based tea industry, introducing private management, and investments in tea estates, and factories, through specialized TA; and, 4) provide TA to the Private Sector Federation, to engage the private sector in a coordinated fashion to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in accordance with the Government's strategy.

Energy and Extractives,FY17 - Financial Sector,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Information and Communications Technologies,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Power Generation (CCGT), Telecommunications, Commercial, Government