Project Description
The three-year program supports Government of Southern Sudan in raising
employment and incomes through increased private investments in target
sectors, greater formalization of the economy, and enhanced enterprise
competitiveness. The program helps strengthen at least eight key
institutions, including appropriate legal frameworks, by enacting eight
laws to reduce by 20 percent the time and cost to deliver services to
investors and to effect a 20 percent direct compliance cost savings.
Objectives include: 1) at least 15 new high-quality investments in non-oil
sectors, focusing on agribusiness, valued at $90 million, and generating
at least 300 direct jobs (and 300,000 indirect jobs), at least half of
them based outside of Juba; 2) increase in new business registrations to
13,000 from the current 8,000 registered businesses; 3) decentralization
of the registry to at least three additional states, including
establishment of a One-Stop Shop; and 4) use of alternative dispute
resolution in at least 200 businesses disputes.