Niger - Southern Niger Connectivity and Integration Project

Overview & Synopsis

The development objective of the Southern Niger Connectivity and Integration Project for Niger is to improve climate-resilient road connectivity and to enable value chain logistics development in southern Niger. The project comprises of four components. The first component, climate-resilient improvement of Niger’s transport backbone benefits indirectly 80,078 refugees, 18,697 internally displaced person (IDPs) and 2,561,000 hosts excluding IDPs in the Maradi region through the rehabilitation/construction of key roads and drainage works to improve climate-resilient connectivity and access to basic infrastructure, services and job opportunities towards enhanced living conditions for refugees and host communities (RHC) in Niger. It consists of following sub-components: (i) climate-resilient rehabilitation of the RN1; (ii) climate-resilient rehabilitation and construction and upgrading of selected feeder and rural roads and construction of drainage systems within the RN1 basin; (iii) climate-resilient road asset management strengthening and reform operationalization; and (iv) preparation of technical studies and environmental and social (E&S) instruments for priority paved roads in southern Niger. The second component, enabling environment for southern Niger basin logistics consists of following sub-components: (i) design of value chains support program through rural logistics; and (ii) support to multimodality and regional trade facilitation. The third component, institutional strengthening and project management consists of following sub-components: (i) Institutional strengthening; and (ii) project management. The fourth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will allow for rapid reallocation of International Development Association (IDA) uncommitted funds in the event of an eligible emergency as defined in OP 8.00.