📋 Tender Overview
IATI identifier 46002-P-CI-DB0-009
Country Côte d'Ivoire
Sector Transport
High 5 Integrate Africa
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Environmental Category [1] High Risk
Climate Safeguards Categorization [1] Projects may be very vulnerable to climate risk.
Gender Marker System Categorization [GEN II] Gender Outcomes
Commitment (UA) 98,628,782
Project General Description
The proposed operation concerns an AfDB loan of €115.66 million to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire for the Programme for Opening Up Cross-border and Agricultural Areas – Phase 2 – (PD-ZTA-2). The Programme is designed to address a major development issue in Côte d'Ivoire, namely persistent poverty in rural areas with high agricultural potential, particularly in the regions of Bounkani, Tonkpi, Marahoué, Béré and Gontougo. Despite their fertile soils and significant contribution to national agricultural production, including cashew nuts, yams, rice, cassava and market garden crops, these regions remain isolated and struggle to market their produce due to poor and deteriorating transport and market infrastructure. The PRD-ZT-2 is therefore expected to play an important role in improving distribution channels for agricultural inputs and production and marketing of such production in consumer areas.
Project Objectives
In strategic terms, the programme aims to contribute to opening up the country's interior and strengthening sub-regional integration. Specifically, the programme will: (i) build climate resilience and improve service levels on cross-border roads (Bouna–Vonkoro–Ghana border and Danané–Gbeunta–Liberia border) and agricultural roads (Zuenoula–Kongasso–Mankono and Petit Nassian–Téhini–Varalé); (ii) increase agricultural produce processing, conservation and marketing capacity in the direct project impact area (DPIA); and (iii) improve the population’s socio-economic conditions and the employability of young people and women in the DPIA.
Beneficiaries
The roads to be constructed in Phase 2 of the programme are located in the Bounkani, Tonkpi, Marahoué and Béré regions, specifically in Nassian, Téhini, Bouna, Danané, Zénoula and Mankono divisions. These six divisions make up the programme’s direct impact area (DPIA) which covers 30,676 square kilometres, representing 9.51% of the country's total area. According to the results of the Fifth General Population and Housing Census (RGPH 2021), the DPIA’s estimated population of 1,154,440 accounts for 3.93% of the country's total population, with women making up 47.57% versus 47.79% nationwide. People aged under 25 years make up 65% of the population. The incidence of poverty in the DPIA (66.7%) is higher than the national average (46.7%).
