Benin - Urban Rehabilitation and Management Project

\ ~~f- ". % j v Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY MICROFICHE COPY Report No. 9684-BEN iH4 &t Wl4-RN Type! (SAR) CANEL, P. / X34767 / J-3251/ AFTIN F:rAFF APPRAISAL REPORT REPUBLIC OF BENIN URBAN REHABILITATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT JANUARY 21, 1992 Occidental and Central Department Infrastructure Operations Division This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their offilcial duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit = CFAF USS1 = CFAF 283 CFAF 1 = USS0O.0035 (June 1991) CFAF 1 milLion USs3.534 USS1 = SDR .733 SDR 1 - USS1.360 FISCAL YEAR January 01 -- December 31 SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (METRIC) 1 meter (m) - 3.28 feet (ft) 1 square meter (m2) = 10.76 square feet (sq ft) 1 cubic meter (m3) = 35.3 cubic feet (cu ft) 1 kilometer (km) 0.62 miLe (mi) 1 square kilometer (km2) 2 0.39 square mile (sq mi) 1 metri: ton (t) = 2,205 p-3undi (lb) ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Item ------------- English/French ----------------------------------- AGETUR Urban Works Agency / Ager:Le d'Execution des Travaux Urbains AIMSM Menontin Medico-Social Association / Association Medico-Sociale de Menontin CCCE French Lending Agency / Caisse Centrale de Cooperation Economnique CePEPE Center for Employment and Small Enterprises / Centre pour ta Promotion de l'Emploi et de la Petite Entreprise CT Technical Unit of Urbar Admir;stration / Cellule Technique de Circonscription Urbaine CU Urban Administration / Ci-conscription urbaine DROA Roads and Works Department / Direction des Routes et Ouvrages d'Art DUN Department of Urban Affairs and Habitat / Direction de l'Urbanisme et de l'Habitat DVU Urban Roads Department / Direction des Voiries Urbaines FAC French Bilateral Aid / Fonds d'Aide a la Cooperation FED European Development Fund / Fonds Europeen de d6veloppement GDP Gross Domestic Product / Produit interieur brut GREA/RWSG Regional Water and Sanitation Group / Groupe R6gional de l'Eau et de l'Assainissement GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation / Office allemand de Cooperation Technique INC National Cartographic Institute / Institut National de La Cartographie KfW German Lending Agency / Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau MET Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport / Minist6re de l'Equipement et des Transports MISPAT Ministry of Interior, Internal Security and Regional Acdninistration / Ministere de l'Int6rieujr, de la Securitd Publique et de l'Administration du Territoire OPTUHIMO Pilot Urban Works Project Using Labor-intensive Techniques / Operation Pilote des Travaux Urbains a Haute Intensite de Main d'oeuvre PIP Public Investment Program / Programme d'investissements publics PUB Benin Urban Planning Project / Projet