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Folder Title: Country Photographs - Ghana - Credit S007 - Photographs

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CRcuS-7QGH=l· ·en July 29, 1969, tho Intermt:lonal Dsvelopr.aent Ae ·-'oc:Laticn. (IDA) tile\da a credit qu.i.valent to $lc$ mUlion to help tiru~nce the detail.cd. enginsering ~or new allgmants of tt:o main roads in~ mth a total l, ngth ot 23' ndlea<? T".a.'3 area served by tha roadfJ containa· over 60% ot tha papulation iiioluding tl'lB 1;hreo largest c1 ties and the two main seaports, and has tha grGatC;lst potential fm! ft;.~~ oo~l1011tf .. c gr~t'l'e!lo T~ J~'oute.o· 0)':. both roads extend .. fs~om th9 .caas·(; to. Kuma~i, Qham o second largest citY. frrm1 whieh all roads to the north of tha caw.ttey radiatoo. Ona road· extenda 128 m3.1es from A.ccra~· ·the empit-alD and its port ot TemaD s.nd the a~cand runs 107 miles northtrard .front tho p~rt of Takora:di. .

· Feasibility stttdies for ·l;h · two roads 1rere fimmoed by a grant of $420,000 from ·the Urli tad lie.iiollS DeveloPment Progre.mme td.th. the Wor:ld· -.~ am Execut:J.ng: ~~1;it c · · ·

. · A!T-.~ang those pr-~sant at .tha signing ot the et~odit doeunwnt.s· . vmra., ~om la.ft to rights Mrlll iiohat.""m(i"You.rios Re.fik, AlterMte Ex:ec~tiv~ DirQctor @$- IDA for Gb.a.ntlJ Hi ExcsU.ency ;Ebenezer l!osea Deb~ah, .Ar®aeai:ulor ot Ghana to t~ Uni. ted Statas; and 1-f.rl\) I-tohrunsd Shoaib11 Vice Preaidant_ ·of DA~

. Pll.otoa Ecbrin G. ·Huffman tor IDA.

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CRQSQ7oGH~2 On July 291 1969, the Intern· ·~onal ~velopmant Association ·(IDA) made a credit equivalent to $1(!5 miD.ion to help finance the detailed engineering fol"" n~'tY alignments of tuo ma ·.n roads in Ghana with a total length ot 2.35 miles. The area served by the roads contain over 60% of the population, including the three largest cities and the t'tiO w..ain sea.po t , and has the greutos .. ~ potential for ·u·~uro 'ccnom!c gro•·iih. ·

Feasibility studies for the two roads we e financed by a grant of $4201 000 from the United rrations Deva1o ment Prog ·amme rrl.th the World Bank as Executing Agent o

Among those present at the signing of the credit documen s were, from left to right: Mre~ Mohammed Younos Rafik, Alternate Executive Director of IDA for Ghana; His Excellency Ebenezer Hoses Debrah1 Amb~ssador of Gh na to the United States; and Mro Mohamed Shoa;.b Vice President of ID c Standingc Mro Roger Hornstein, Western Africa Department» IDA.; l"~o Antoine van Dijck, Transportation Projects Department, ID ; Y.~.ro Victor Wood, t1inister/ Counselor, Embassy of Ghana; Ylro Boniface K.., :tepor, Counselor, Embassy of Ghana; Mro Mo So Ram, l~estern Africa Department, IDA; and l•Iro AeHo Abankwas Counselor 1 Embassy of GhenaQ

Photoa Ed1dn Go Huffman for IDA