Southern Yunnan Road Development
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Project Description
The Southern Yunnan Road Development Project is located in Yunnan, a poor, interior, landlocked province where average gross domestic product and rural income per capita are two thirds of the national average. The Project is part of the 704-kilometer (km) Kunming to Mohan expressway whose central section (147 km) connects Yuanjiang with Mohei (the Yunnan YuanMo expressway). The objectives of the Project were to support economic and social development in the southern part of Yunnan province by removing a major road transport bottleneck between Yuanjiang and Mohei and helping to create the conditions necessary to reduce poverty by providing poor communities with better access to the economic mainstream. The Project was also designed to promote and extend sector reforms initiated under previous ADB-financed projects in areas related to (i) improved design standards and construction quality, (ii) road safety, (iii) pricing policy and road users, and (iv) nongovernment financing. A long-term objective of the Project is to promote regional economic cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by improving a section of the road linking Kunming in the PRC and Chiang Rai in Thailand and facilitating cross-border trade. The Project was classified as an economic growth project. Poverty reduction was listed as a secondary objective.
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