Successful Public Works Project
Well thats very good
SANA’A – A public works project in Yemen has been judged to be the third best in the world by the World Bank.
Yemen’s public works project was chosen as one of four of the “most successful projects across the world” according to the WB classification.
The Yemeni public works project was ranked third after Cambodia and Latvia, while Albania came fourth.The Public Work’s Project was established in 1996 as part of the social security network, and started its activities in the beginning of 1997 when began its first phase, financed by the WB with a soft loan of US$25 million and US$3million by the Yemeni government.
The project focuses on implementing small projects that aim at employing unskilled labour, and aim at creating job opportunities to decrease unemployment.At the same time the project aims at providing the essential services for citizens, especially in the remote areas.
The General Manager of the public works project Engineer Saeed Abdu Ahmad said that during the first phase of the project 435 projects were implemented in different Yemeni governorates.He added that these projects provided 64,000 monthly job opportunities.
The evaluation of the project was based on field studies conducted by WB experts.A team from the WB visited Yemen in 2004 and conducted an evaluation study for the performance of the project, which had completed its second phase at that time. The team were impressed by its success.
The WB then sent a second team in 2005 to evaluate the performance, again praising its success.
