Country Overview
IIRSA Hubs: Guianese Shield
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
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Suriname
Currently 8 official IIRSA projects, including trans-border projects, are slated for implementation in Suriname. Together these projects require an estimated investment of $1.2 billion. All of them fall within the Guianese Shield integration hub. The projects are fairly well distributed among the transportation, border crossings, and energy sectors.
Like neighboring Guyana, its relatively small size and “underdeveloped” status has compelled Suriname to embrace IIRSA. In fact, Suriname’s government is particularly interested in the Venezuela-Guyana-Suriname Interconnection project (cluster #3 in the Guianese Shield hub), and is said to be favoring the construction of a road whose alignment will run farther inland from the Caribbean coast, through an area of Western Suriname where it has awarded 2 bauxite mining concessions. Surinamese leaders have also expressed an interest in using IIRSA to facilitate the extraction of rich and “under-exploited” natural resources from the forestlands to the south.
Exportación por envíos postales para PYMES Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Uruguay; Venezuela | Cluster ($1M)
Implementación de acuerdo de Roaming en América del Sur Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Uruguay; Venezuela | Cluster ($1M)
Interconexión eléctrica Suriname – Guayana Francesa (Linea de transmisión entre Surinam y French Guiana) Guyana; Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($0M)
Conexión entre Paramaribo y Apura, y desde allí hasta New Nickerie Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($40M)
Mejoramiento del cruce internacional del Rio Marowijne Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($50M)
Mejoramiento de la carretera entre Georgetown – Albina Guyana; Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($150M)
Puente o mejoramiento del cruce del Río Coppename Suriname | Cluster 3. Venezuela-Guyana-Surinam ($0M)
Linea de transmisión de alto voltaje entre Paramaribo-Nieuw Nickerie-Guyana Guyana; Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($0M)
Mejoramiento del vado en el río Marrowynen entre Albina y St. Laurent Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($48M)
Esquema Hidroeléctrico 300 MW (Tapanahoni Diversión) (Planta Hidroeléctrica 300 MW (Diversion Tapanahony) Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($1M)
Planta hidroeléctrica de 500 MW Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($0M)
Mejoramientos a la conexión de Apura con Nieuw Nickerie Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($115M)
Estudio de sostenibilidad para la iniciativa IIRSA Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Uruguay; Venezuela | Cluster ($0M)
Proyecto Ancla: Mejoramientos a la carretera Nieuw Nickerie-Albina (Georgetown) Guyana; Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($101M)
Mejoramientos en el paso del Río Corentine Guyana; Suriname | Cluster 4. Brazil-Guyana-Guayana Francesa-Brazil ($0M)
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