“The additional financing of the project will secure the achievement of the PDO by bridging funding gaps and providing rehabilitation of additional rail and road infrastructure on both corridors to improve their efficiency” said Jean-Francois Marteau, Task Team Leader for the project. "The World Bank acts in conjunction with and in support to the European Commission, France and the African Development Bank, which reflects the high degree of collaboration between these institutions" Transport costs in central Africa are among the highest on the Continent. Full Article at Kansas City Infozine