China - Inner Mongolia Trade and Transport Project

Page 1 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Report No.: AC450 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: November 26, 2003 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: China Project ID: P068752 Project Name: Inner Mongolia Trade and Transport Project Task Team Leader: Supee Teravaninthorn Estimated Appraisal Date: October 28, 2004 Estimated Board Date: December 16, 2004 Managing Unit: EASTR Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Roads and highways (90%);Sub-national government administration (10%) Theme: Export development and competitiveness (P);Rural services and infrastructure (P);Municipal governance and institution building (P);Trade facilitation and market access (P) Safeguard Policies Specialists in the task team: Chaohua Zhang, Naoya Tsukamoto (EASES); Peishen Wang (WBOB) Loan/Credit amount ($m.): IBRD: 100 Other financing amounts by source: ($m) B. Project Objectives [from section 3 of PCN] Apart from the investment in the transport linkage with Russia and Mongolia and expanding highway network capacity in the relatively poor northeastern corridor of Inner Mongolia, the main challenge of the project would be to strengthen the institutional capacity and policy development capability in trade logistics between China, Russia and P.R. Mongolia. Some technical assistance will be provided to help Inner Mongolia in general, and Hulunbeir League in particular, to plan, facilitate and expand its international trade potential. The proposed project is designed with a clear objective to maximize the use of transport infrastructure as a mean to promote international trade of Inner Mongolia in general, and Hulunbeir League in particular. Specifically, it will help speeding up the general development of Hulunbeir League, preparing it to cope with the increasingly important role the central government has assigned to it to be the country