Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation (Phase 2) Project

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The development objective of the Second Phase of the Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation Program Project for Malawi is to facilitate the movement of goods and people along the North-South corridor and at the key border crossings in Malawi, whilst supporting improvements in road safety and health services along the corridor. The project comprises of four components. The first component, improving road infrastructure comprises of two sub-components to strengthen asset management, improve the condition of the road network, and mitigate accident black spots: (i) the Karonga - Songwe section of the M1 corridor; and (ii) accident black spot intervention. The second component, improving social infrastructure comprises of two sub-components to mitigate the social costs associated with increased transport volumes on key regional trading corridors: (i) improving management of road safety; and (ii) improving health services and emergency response. The third component, improving trade facilitation objective is to reduce the cost of cross border transport by modernizing, simplifying, and harmonizing the trade and transit procedures and policies. The fourth component, institutional strengthening and implementation assistance will provide necessary project management, implementation assistance, and capacity building to the roads authority (RA), and strengthening of the institutional framework for transport.