Lome-Ouagadougou-Niamey Economic Corridor

Abstract*

The development objective of the Lome-Ouagadougou-Niamey (LON) Economic Corridor Project for Burkina Faso, Niger, and Togo is to improve regional connectivity and socio-economic community infrastructure along the corridor between the capital cities of Togo, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The project comprises of five components. The first component, improvement of infrastructure and introduction of intelligent transportation systems on the LON corridor... Show More

Development Objective

The proposed PDO is to improve regional connectivity and socio-economic community infrastructure along the corridor between the capital cities of Togo, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P168386
Status
Active
Team Leader
Ibrahim Kabore , Malaika Becoulet, Rima Aloulou
Borrower 2
Togo,Niger,Burkina Faso

Country
Western and Central Africa
Disclosure Date
April 2, 2020
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
July 16, 2021
Effective Date
February 25, 2022

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 470.00 million
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Road, Air and Rail Transport, Togo,Ministry of Transport, Niger,Ministry of Transport Road Safety and Urban Mobility, Burkina Faso
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2022

Commitment Amount
US$ 470.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Last Update Date
December 22, 2023
Closing Date
September 30, 2027

Consultant Services required
Yes
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Economic Policy

FY17 - Trade100%
- FY17 - Trade Facilitation100%
- FY17 - Trade Logistics100%

FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Climate change39%
- FY17 - Adaptation35%
- FY17 - Mitigation5%

FY17 - Finance

FY17 - Finance for Development100%
- FY17 - Infrastructure Finance100%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Disease Control50%
- FY17 - Pandemic Response50%
FY17 - Gender60%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Regional Integration44%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Road Safety100%
FY17 - Rural Development44%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery44%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	235.00
IDA Grant	235.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	470.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	470.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	470.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Feb 20, 2024	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	514,653.16
Jul 16, 2021	IDA-69660	Loan Commitment	130,000,000.00
Jul 16, 2021	IDA-69670	Loan Commitment	60,000,000.00
Jul 16, 2021	IDA-D8900	Loan Commitment	45,000,000.00
Jul 16, 2021	IDA-D8910	Loan Commitment	130,000,000.00
Jul 16, 2021	IDA-D8920	Loan Commitment	60,000,000.00
Jun 30, 2022	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	12,950,852.00
Jan 20, 2023	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	314,271.03
Oct 19, 2022	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	119,375.58
Dec 19, 2022	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	128,058.13
Aug 18, 2022	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	61,627.22
May 9, 2022	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	4,532,798.00
Jun 17, 2022	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	21,168.56
May 22, 2023	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	61,216.01
Jul 19, 2023	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	124,406.03
Sep 14, 2023	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	60,035.61
Sep 21, 2023	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	7,719,078.00
Aug 29, 2023	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	8,683,574.00
Sep 20, 2023	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	437,458.12
Sep 20, 2023	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	1,406,306.50
Mar 21, 2023	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	132,305.62
May 24, 2024	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	240,134.17
Jan 19, 2024	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	62,438.27
Feb 1, 2024	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	191,602.48
Apr 25, 2024	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	576,077.80
Jul 23, 2024	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	126,985.36
Apr 18, 2024	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	50,452.62
Apr 19, 2024	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	189,124.61
Jan 11, 2024	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	245,490.55
Nov 30, 2023	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	234,002.55
Nov 22, 2023	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	117,904.78
Jul 18, 2024	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	53,142.01
Apr 2, 2024	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	87,552.99
Jun 20, 2024	IDA-D8920	Loan Disb	57,454.92
Jun 11, 2024	IDA-D8910	Loan Disb	565,493.50
Feb 23, 2024	IDA-69660	Loan Disb	1,123.78
May 17, 2024	IDA-69660	Int Charges	10,015.73
May 17, 2024	IDA-69660	Int Charges	10,015.73
May 29, 2024	IDA-69650	Int Charges	19,707.29
May 29, 2024	IDA-69650	Int Charges	19,707.29
Apr 30, 2024	IDA-69650	Int Charges	19,443.33
Apr 30, 2024	IDA-69650	Int Charges	19,443.33
Apr 30, 2024	IDA-69650	Int Charges	64.37
Apr 30, 2024	IDA-69650	Int Charges	64.37
Feb 1, 2024	IDA-69660	Loan Disb	211.12
Jul 18, 2024	IDA-69660	Loan Disb	1,166,707.60
Jun 3, 2024	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	624,175.56
Jun 25, 2024	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	80,424.56
Jun 2, 2022	IDA-69660	Loan Disb	929,635.70
May 31, 2022	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	4,076,677.20
Nov 15, 2022	IDA-69660	Int Charges	5,407.93
Nov 15, 2022	IDA-69660	Int Charges	5,407.93
Aug 17, 2022	IDA-69660	Loan Disb	1,244,567.60
Aug 17, 2022	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	91,562.74
Jun 28, 2022	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	211,051.30
Apr 18, 2023	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	54,903.60
May 15, 2023	IDA-69650	Int Charges	18,607.19
May 15, 2023	IDA-69650	Int Charges	18,607.19
Jan 13, 2023	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	285,057.90
Apr 3, 2023	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	39,593.21
Dec 6, 2022	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	64,298.84
Sep 21, 2022	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	163,494.69
Nov 9, 2022	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	53,786.53
Nov 15, 2022	IDA-69650	Int Charges	14,405.50
Nov 15, 2022	IDA-69650	Int Charges	14,405.50
Sep 8, 2023	IDA-69660	Loan Disb	300,260.38
May 26, 2023	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	70,000.98
May 22, 2023	IDA-69660	Int Charges	8,491.11
May 22, 2023	IDA-69660	Int Charges	8,491.11
Feb 23, 2023	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	21,150.08
Nov 30, 2023	IDA-69660	Loan Disb	13,207.60
Jan 11, 2024	IDA-69660	Loan Disb	126,960.03
Nov 17, 2023	IDA-69660	Int Charges	8,951.20
Nov 17, 2023	IDA-69660	Int Charges	8,951.20
May 15, 2023	IDA-69650	Int Charges	208.96
May 15, 2023	IDA-69650	Int Charges	208.96
Jul 3, 2023	IDA-69650	Loan Disb	32,217.47
Jul 16, 2021	IDA-69650	Loan Commitment	45,000,000.00

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2025-03-09
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2025-03-09
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-03-09
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-03-09
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-03-09
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2025-03-09

COMPLETION RATINGS

No data available.

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Travel time for containerized freight on the corridor from ship arrival at the Port of Lomé to final clearance in Niamey (regional indicator)	Value	36.00	36.00	27.00
	Date	April 15, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Population of beneficiary communities able to access a local market by motorized transport within 30 minutes (regional indicator)	Value	22.00	22.00	26.00
	Date	April 15, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Border crossing time by truck at Kantchari-Torodi border (Burkina Faso - Niger) Value 48.00 48.00 18.00
Date July 1, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment

Population of beneficiary communities able to access a local market by motorized transport within 30 minutes (Burkina Faso)	Value	46.00	46.00	53.00
	Date	April 15, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Border crossing time by truck at the Cinkanse border (Togo - Burkina Faso) Value 78.00 78.00 36.00
Date July 1, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Population of beneficiary communities able to access a local market by motorized transport within 30 minutes (Niger) Value 14.00 14.00 18.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment

Travel time for containerized freight on the corridor from ship arrival at the Port of Lomé to final clearance in Ouagadougou (regional indicator)	Value	18.00	18.00	14.00
	Date	July 1, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Population of beneficiary communities able to access a local market by motorized transport within 30 minutes (Togo) Value 15.00 15.00 19.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment

Reliability of travel time for containerized freight on the corridor from ship arrival at the Port of Lomé to final clearance in Niamey (regional indicator)	Value	36.00	36.00	22.00
	Date	July 1, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Reliability of travel time for containerized freight on the corridor from ship arrival at the Port of Lomé to final clearance in Ouagadougou (regional indicator)	Value	15.00	15.00	10.00
	Date	July 1, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Length of Aouda-Kara section rehabilitated (Togo) Value 0.00 0.00 110.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Implementation of qualifying training for transport operators (Niger) Value No No Yes
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Length of corridor access roads rehabilitated or improved (regional indicator) Value 0.00 0.00 531.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Registered grievances responded and/or resolved within the stipulated service standards for response time Value 0.00 0.00 30.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Fenced parking lots built along the corridor (regional indicator) Value 0.00 0.00 6.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Establishment of mechanisms to guarantee the quality of freight transport vehicles (Niger) Value No No Yes
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Length of rehabilitated/improved access roads linking areas of high agricultural production to RN1 (Togo) Value 0.00 0.00 120.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment

Share of the Lomé-Ouagadougou-Niamey road corridor equipped with a system to receive real-time traffic, incident and weather information	Value	0.00	0.00	100.00
	Date	April 15, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Optimization of cross-border facilities, processes and procedures at the Kantchari/Makalondi border (Burkina Faso, Niger) Value No No Yes
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Length of RN17, RR32 and RR06 paved and other roads improved (Burkina Faso) Value 0.00 0.00 231.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Decrease in annual fatalities from road accidents on the Lome-Ougadougou-Niamey corridor Value 0.00 0.00 15.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Percentage of the certified professionals in commercial trucking activities and the logistics industry that will be women Value 0.00 0.00 15.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Length of access roads rehabilitated (Niger) Value 0.00 0.00 150.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Percentage of the certified professionals employed as a result of certification that will be women Value 7.00 7.00 15.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment
Length of feeder road rehabilitated to climate resilient standards (regional indicator) Value 0.00 0.00 531.00
Date April 15, 2021 November 29, 2023 September 30, 2027
Comment

Border crossing time by truck at Kantchari-Torodi border (Burkina Faso - Niger)	Value	48.00	48.00	18.00
	Date	July 1, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Border crossing time by truck at the Cinkanse border (Togo - Burkina Faso)	Value	78.00	78.00	36.00
	Date	July 1, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Percentage of the certified professionals employed as a result of certification that will be women	Value	7.00	7.00	15.00
	Date	April 15, 2021	November 29, 2023	September 30, 2027
	Comment

Lome-Ouagadougou-Niamey Economic Corridor

Abstract*

Development Objective

Key Details

Project Details

Sectors

Themes

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Project Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS