Un communiqué publié mercredi dernier indique que le Conseil des administrateurs de la Banque mondiale a approuvé une somme de 195 million dollars (about 118 billion CFA francs) for a project. The objective is to strengthen climate and community resilience in the Senegal River Valley (Mauritania and Senegal).

The Senegal River Valley Development and Resilience Project (Pdrvfs) aims to improve access to inclusive infrastructure and services integrated at the regional level and resilient to the effects of climate change in border communities targeted. This project will reach some 2.9 million residents living in this valley, including women, young people and other stakeholders

Selon the Minister of Finance and Budget, Mamadou Moustapha Ba, the development ambitions for the Senegal River Valley could only be achieved by controlling the repercussions of climate change whose effects have begun to disrupt the & economy around the river.