Competitive Value Chains for Jobs and Economic Transformation Project

The development objectives of the Competitive Value Chains for Jobs and Economic Transformation Project for Cote d’Ivoire are to: (i) improve the competitiveness of supported value chains, (ii) increase access to finance for underserved farmers and firms, and (iii) in case of an eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. The project comprises of five components. The first component, improving the competitiveness of supported value chains will finance the implementation of competitive reinforcement initiatives (CRIs) (joint public-private analytical processes) to identify market failures and develop action plans for each supported value chain. The second component is improving access to finance for value chains will support. The third component, policy reforms and institutional reinforcement will promote policy reforms to improve the business environment, facilitate trade and access to industrial land, and address specific policy issues identified in the supported value chains. The fourth component, project coordination and management will finance expenses related to project coordination and implementation. The fifth component, contingency emergency response component (CERC) aims to provide flexibility to re-focus the scope of the activities, in case of a natural disaster, security, emergency, and or catastrophic events which would be triggered following proclamation of a state of emergency or declaration of disaster.