Pre-Feasibility Study for Establishing a Navigational Route between Lake Victoria and the Mediterranean Sea - Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (VICMED):

Created at:2013-03-01

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The VIC-MED project’s principal objective is to develop a sustainable transport link between the Nile Basin countries which will accordingly; a) Promote economic integration among the Nile Basin countries through trade movements, and cheaper and cleaner transport means for goods and people, b) Ultimately build a development corridor on the Nile River, c) Serve the Nile Basin countries that have no access to the seas and oceans, and d) Reduce poverty among the Nile Basin countries.