WB, JICA offer $ 17 mln to support roads, social welfare in Yemen

SANA'A, April 28 (Saba) - Yemen and the World Bank (WB) signed here on Wednesday an agreement to fund the project of the institutional support to the Social Welfare Fund (SWF) at a cost of about USD 10 million.

The agreement signed by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul
Karim al-Arhabi and for the WB' official Mr.
Aaron ,stipulated that the WB would provide USD 6.6 million devoted to increasing
the families benefiting from the cash transfers program and building the capacities
of those
who benefit from the Fund in some districts.
The program also includes building the capacities of the Fund's staff in all
aspects relating to the policy of targeting through a special program to be
implemented by the
fund in three provinces.
On another hand, an agreement was signed here on a grant provided by the Japanese
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), devoted to developing the Central Workshop
for
maintaining road equipments of the General Corporation for Roads and Bridges at a
cost of USD 7.6 million.
The agreement signed by al-Arhabi and Minister of Public Works and Roads Omar
al-Kurshomi and the JICA's Resident Representative in Yemen office Takeshi Komori.
After signing the agreement, al-Arhabi praised the JICA's contributions to support
the development process in Yemen, affirming that the development of road sector in
Yemen
represents a priority in the economic development.
For his part, the Japanese official confirmed the JICA's keenness to contribute
effectually in strengthening the relations of current and future cooperation
between Yemen
and Japan through financing developmental and economic projects in Yemen.