PN-L1147 : Support to the development of territorial connectivity of Panama's central and western regions.

The program's objective is to help increase productivity in the central and western regions ofPanama by providing infrastructure and contributing to the development of safe, reliable, and affordable transport services, aswell as ensuring that these services are available to provide access to markets and for the use of the Ngäbe-Buglé indigenouscommunities. Its specific objectives are to improve levels of service and make the road segments included in the program moreaccessible by (i) reducing average vehicle operating costs (US$ per vehicle-kilometer) and travel times (minutes pervehicle/project); (ii) reducing the time it takes residents of Ngäbe-Buglé communities to reach basic health care services; and(iii) enhancing the managerial capacity of the MOP to establish standards related to: climate change resilient infrastructure; roadsafety improvement; and the integration of infrastructure into the sociocultural environment of indigenous communities.