Silva Diniz
Reporter - Agência Brasil

São Luis - An agreement signed yesterday (14) with the World Bank (IBRD) assures the transfer of US$ 800 thousand to the municipal government of São Luiz, in Northeastern Brazil, to develop the studies required for the planning of the program to restore the environment and improve the quality of life in the Bacanga River Basin.

These resources, which will come from the Japonese International Fund, will benefit, directly or indirectly, around 220 thousand people. The operation, which constitutes a grant of funds that need not be repaid, will make it possible to carry out cartographic, topographic, and environmental surveys of the living conditions of the region's inhabitants.

Translation: David Silberstein