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Yemen, WB sign $90 mln agreement to support water sector
[The Source: www.sabanews.net - 24/1/2009]
Yemen and the World Bank (WB) have signed a $90 million agreement of
Water
Sector Support Program (WSSP) allocated to support the water
sector in Yemen at the cost of $340 million.
The total cost of
the WSSP is $340 million. Yemen's contribution in the program is $140
million and the WB provides $90 million while the German government
will offer a grant of $60 million and the government of the Netherlands
will offer $48 million.
Under the agreement, the WSSP aims to
improve and develop the institutional capacity of the water sector in
the country in order to serve and increase revenues of using water and
reduce wastage.
The agreement was signed in the Egyptian
capital Cairo by undersecretary of Ministry of Planning and
International Cooperation Hassan Abdullah Al-Shater and head of the
WB's negotiating team Maher Abu Talib.
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