US honors 3rd public works project in Yemen
The Source: WASHINGTON\Hadhramaut\Saba - Wednesday -23/JULY/2014
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The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday honored the third Public Works Project in Yemen for its leading experience in promoting development and addressing poverty manifestations. At a ceremony held in the building of the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington and attended by a number of U.S. officials and members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the United States and representatives of a number of international financial institutions, the U.S. Secretary of Treasury Jacob J. Lew praised the distinct experience made by the Public Works Project in Yemen, and in particular its third project funded by the World Bank (WB), which qualified it for this honor and to be awarded certificates of honoring under the name of "Development Impact Honors".
He pointed out that this project was selected from among the typical development projects that were funded and overseen by multilateral international development banks.
"The project has left different social and economic impacts on people in remote areas and the poorest in Yemen through the alleviation of poverty and addressing its manifestations", the U.S. Secretary of Treasury said.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development Marisa Lago dealt with ,for her part, the noble and strategic goals behind the promotion of development and addressing the manifestations of poverty in remote countries, pointing to the Yemeni experience in this regard.
At the ceremony, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Rajiv Shah announced the allocation of $ 4.8 million dollars to finance programs and projects to combat early marriage in Yemen, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India and Nepal.
During the ceremony, a certificate of appreciation granted by the U.S. Treasury Department to the third public works project in Yemen was handed to Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at the WB Group Sri Mulyani Indrawati.
Indrawati noted that the project targeted 2.1 million Yemeni citizens from the poor groups who live in remote areas, as well as the poorest communities in the cities and urban areas.
She pointed out that the project has provided health services to nearly 537 thousand citizens and encouraged 256 thousand children to join educational institutions and the graduation of 5,400 trainees, mostly from centers of training and technical education , as well as its contribution to the provision of water for nearly 209 thousand people, the development of roads that serve the interests of about 503 thousand citizens, and providing monthly jobs to approximately 118 thousand Yemeni workers.
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