Technical Assistance Project

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The Institutional Building / Technical Assistance Project will; (a) provide assistance in the design and development of the Government's reform policies and programs; and (b) help build the institutional capacity and skills base to carry out these reforms. The Loan will finance the following components: (a) privatization and private sector development; (b) financial sector modernization; (c) social sector which will include financing of a living standards measurement survey and development of policies for the design of basic pension systems to cover private sector employees; (d) energy sector to include: 1) strengthening joint venture administration in the Ministry of oil and gas; and 2) providing training for the oil and gas sub-sector in technical and management skills; and (e) institutional support and development. In addition, this loan will finance the establishment of a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) to support the implementation of this Loan.