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The Mesoamerica Project ((スペイン語:Proyecto Mesoamérica), acronym PM also known as Mesoamerican Integration and Development Project, and formerly known as the Puebla-Panama Plan) is a multi-billion dollar development plan formally initiated in 2001, which is intended to "promote the regional integration and development" 〔(Plan Puebla Panamá )〕 of the nine southern states of Mexico (Puebla, Guerrero, Veracruz and points south) with all of Central America, Colombia and the Dominican Republic. The initiative was championed by the then president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, and agreed to by the governments of the respective participating nations. == Goals and financing == The Mesoamerica Project is purportedly intended to remedy a lack of investment and stimulate trade in the region by building or improving large infrastructure projects such as highways, air and sea ports, and electric and telecommunications grids.〔Pickard, Miguel, "The Plan Puebla-Panama Revived: Looking Back to See What's Ahead," page 1. Interhemispheric Resource Center, June 2004.〕 It consists of eight initiatives:〔〔McElhinny, Vince and Nickinson, Seth, "Plan Puebla Panamá: Development or Disaster?", page 3. InterAction, 2005〕 * Energy Sector Integration * Transportation Integration * Telecommunications Integration * Trade Facilitation * Sustainable Development * Human Development * Tourism * Disaster Prevention and Mitigation According to the Presidency of Mexico, the percentage of funding allocated for each of these projects is: Transportation, 85.2%; Electrical, 11.1%, Tourism, 1.3%, Human Development, 0.8%, Disasters, 0.7%, Trade, 0.6%, Sustainable Development, 0.4%; and Telecommunications, 0.03%.〔Pickard, Miguel, page 1〕 These projects are to take place along five principal axes (or corridors) of development:〔McElhinny and Nickinson , page 7〕 * The Pacific Axis, which bears the majority of trade in the region * The Gulf of Honduras Axis, to develop trade between the Pacific and the cities in the Caribbean region * The Petén Axis, which runs from Puerto Cortés, Honduras to Villahermosa, Mexico * The Mexico Trans-systemic Axis, consisting of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. * The Guatemala/Yucatán Axis According to a study by the US-based nonprofit InterAction, $7.7 billion in funding for the Mesoamerica Project had been designated as of March 2005; the amount is eventually expected to rise as high as $50 billion. Of this funding, 35% comes from national governments in the region, 24% from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 15% from the private sector, 7.5% from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), 5% from the World Bank, 6.3% from other sources (the remaining funding could not be determined).〔McElhinny and Nickinson〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mesoamerica Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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