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Since
the agency's creation in 1981, USTDA has provided more than $75
million in funding for feasibility studies, orientation visits,
training grants and conferences that support economic needs and
priorities in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
Key
USTDA activities in this region include the funding of
feasibility studies related to projects in the transportation,
telecommunications, power and petrochemicals, and the
environmental sectors. In 2003, USTDA invested
approximately $5.9 million in new project activities in the
region. Morocco was designated as the agency's "Country of
the Year" in 2001 based on the strength of this country
portfolio.
The following is an
illustrative list of recent projects in the Middle East/North
Africa/South Asia (MENASA):
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ALGERIA
Port of Algiers Second
Container Terminal - USTDA provided two
grants, totaling $827,705, to Entreprise
Portuaire d'Alger (EPAL) to fund Phase 1 & 2 of
a feasibility study on the expansion of the Port
of Algiers Container Terminal. EPAL
selected Global Insight, Inc. of Lexington,
Massachusetts to perform both phases.
Phase 1 was completed in the spring of 2003 and
work for Phase 2 is underway.
Airspace Management
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provided a $450,000 grant
to the Ministry of Transportation to partially
fund a feasibility study on an upper airspace
management project. Northrop Grumman
Overseas Service Cooperation will be conducting
this survey for the Algerian government.
Implementation of this project would
substantially improve Algerian airspace
capabilities and promote modernization of its
aviation sector. The study was recently
completed.
Arzew Refinery Upgrade - USTDA provided
$650,000 to Société Nationale de Raffinage de
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NAFTEC Spa (NAFTEC) for a
feasibility study on the rehabilitation and
modernization of major processing components at the
Arzew Refinery. Kellogg, Brown & Root, Inc. of
Houston, Texas, performed the study, which was completed
in 2003.
Photovoltaic Water Pumping and Rural Electrification
- El-Erian Associates, Inc. of Washington, DC is
conducting a feasibility study on the development of a
photovoltaic water pumping and rural electrification
system through two
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