The Government of Guyana (GOG) has expressed interest in upgrading the Linden – Lethem transport corridor, a key artery for the socioeconomic development of communities in Guyana's hinterland and for the regional integration with the Roraima and Amazonas states of Brazil. The road is paved on the Brazilian side but stops at the border in Bomfim. While a largely unpaved road connection currently exists between Georgetown and the border, it is often hazardous due to dust during the dry season and frequently impassable in some sections during the rainy season where passage relies on low embankments, timber bridges, and ferry crossings. The unpaved road length from Lethem to Linden is approximately 454 Km.
While the current emphasis of the GOG so far has been on road construction, motivated by a desire to create a reliable and safe land link with its neighbor, to increase cross-border trade and to strengthen food security, it is evident that the land connection must be considered within a wider framework to have a positive developmental impact. This project has implications for rural development, indigenous communities, local economic opportunities, protected areas management, climate resilience, trade and integration, border security and management, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, etc., that go well beyond the development of a road construction project.
While there are other TCs in preparation to address the wider range of issues, this TC is concerned with all trade and integration related aspects of the Corridor related to food security, and the broader economic and social development objectives.
Project Detail
Country
Guyana
Project Number
GY-T1198
Approval Date
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Project Status
Preparation
Project Type
Technical Cooperation
Sector
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
Subsector
REGIONAL AND CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION
Lending Instrument
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Lending Instrument Code
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Modality
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Facility Type
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Environmental Classification
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Total Cost
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Country Counterpart Financing
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Original Amount Approved
USD 400,000.00
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TC Abstract
Strengthening Food Security in Guyana through Trade and Integration -GY-T1198.docx
May. 01, 2024
English
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