countries and the implementation of such projects;
In order to minimise the risk of low stakeholder response to the project,
considerable attention has to be paid to the environmental and social issues
including mitigation, resettlement, compensation schemes, land tenure security,
gender equality and stakeholder involvement throughout the project's lifecycle.
The project’s focus on economic development and poverty eradication should
also encourage positive stakeholder response; and
Changed hydrological conditions due to climate change and variability is a
potential threat to the economic viability of the investments. The project
includes an analysis of hydrological sensitivity to clarify the risks and advise on
possible mitigation measures to be taken by the Songwe River Basin Authority
once established.
Project documentation available
Songwe River Basin Development Programme Detailed Design and Investment
Preparation Project, Appraisal Report. October 2009. Funded by AfDB.
Intervention requiring financing
Project to be presented for grant financing during the planned 1st SADC Infrastructure
Investment Summit and Conference to be held in the last quarter of 2012.
Revenues for financing repayment
This is an infrastructure investment project, which may not raise sufficient revenue to
repay any loans procured for implementing the project as the project can be
considered as a social project.
Estimated total cost
The estimated total project costs are US$328 million.
Execution period
After project funding is secured in 2012 and the final designs and tendering process is
completed in 2014, construction will commence in 2015 and be completed by 2021.
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