I. I ntroduction 1. The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (henceforth, the Comoros), situated in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the African continent, is comprised of three islands: Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli. 1 The population in 2000 was estimated at 568,000, of which about 55 percent live on Grand Comore, 40 percent on Anjouan, and 5 percent on Mohéli. About 70 percent of the population is involved in the agricultural sector, which consists of subsistence agriculture (including fishing) and the production of three export crops
facilities in order to boost their production capacity; speed up the installation of the facilities offered by China; speed up completion of the feasibility studies on geothermal sources; update the studies on hydroelectric potential on Anjouan and Mohéli; complete the feasibility studies on the wind potential of the three islands. d) infrastructure In the infrastructure sector, the government has designated as its priority objective to improve basic infrastructures and communications services by: improving the security of the road network; constructing
operations in Comoros have been directed toward supporting economic-related infrastructure, budget support and rural livelihoods. In terms of sector distribution, infrastructure sector projects received the largest share (51 percent) of the total resources committed, followed by multi-sector (30.2 percent) and agriculture (11.2 percent). B. Strategic Orientation 2. The Bank Group re-engagement in Comoros is recent. Following the resolution of the Anjouan crisis in 2007 and the lifting of sanctions in February 2009 after clearance of its arrears with the Bank