VOL. XLIV

No 52

24/31-December-2001

GENERAL

AFSED Funds Regional ElectricityLink-Ups

An electricity supply anddistribution grid linking Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey is scheduled to becompleted by the end of 2001, with Lebanon and Iraq being added to the networknext year (see below for the details). In a related development, the Arab Fundfor Social and Economic Development (AFSED) is providing funding for a projectto increase the voltage of the grid linking Egypt with Libya, Tunisia andMorocco...