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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy |
The Project supports the Government's policy for regional development and poverty reduction through improved electricity supply in the outer islands where the majority of the country's poor reside and the economic and social development has been constrained due to poor electricity supply.
The Project supports the new focus and has been inclued in ADB's lending program for 2001 and was prepared under ADB project preparatory TA completed in January 2001. The Project is an integral part of the least-cost development plan for the power sector, and is accorded high priority by the Government.
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