Reduce the loss of exporting and importing companies caused by drought and low rivers.

Guarantee river logistics transport throughout the year.

Increase stability in the prices of products for the community in general.

Construction in rivers and river roads could alter the aquatic environment, loss of local, regional and global biodiversity (7).

Greater amount of water, soil and air pollution. A significant number of emissions, smog generation, ozone depletion, acidification, eutrophication and energy consumption (7).

Altering the work area of ​​fishermen, with constructions, aquatic life could diminish and disappear, so that fishermen they must fish elsewhere (7).

It could generate an impact due to the emission of noise and vibrations (8).

Increase in the cost of living due to infrastructure improvements (8).

Execution risks: > The Ministry of Public Works and Communications and the National Administration of Navigation and Ports must approve the works to be carried out in ports and river roads (9).

Stakeholders: > Severe environmental impacts (vegetation, water quality, fish community) (10).

Drop off: > High amount of capital required for investments (10).

Risks External: > Few government incentives can limit investment levels

Unexpected risks: > Specific regulations that limit scalability and lack of agreement between the member countries on access to the Waterway

Increase waterway mobility benefiting the economy as a whole and reducing competitivity lags.

The National Development Plan 2030 - has as one of the transversal lines of axis III (Insertion of Paraguay in the world) regional economic integration: Its goals include, among others, increasing the efficiency of the port system and road transport (11).

The 2013 Transportation Master Plan - was prepared in order to promote ordering in the short, medium and long term of the development of infrastructure, transportation and logistics services (12).

Ministry of Foreign Affairs -coordinates actions and exchanges information and data to optimize the maintenance dredging tasks of the Paraguay River, as well as to support the operation in the Paraná river (13).

Financing AFD PROINFRA - Financing for the acquisition of machinery to be used in hydraulic projects for periods of up to 10 years (17).

The IDB credit of $235 million, granted under the global multi-works program modality, has a repayment period of 25 years, a grace period of 7 and a half years, and an interest rate based on Libor (18).

Law 5102/13 provides incentives to private proponents of initiatives: Once the award has been made, reimbursement of accepted costs linked to the previous studies, bonus 3 to 10% of the score obtained with your offer (15).

Law N ° 476- Code of Fluvial and Maritime Navigation, will govern the relations derived from the facts and legal acts referring to commercial, river or maritime navigation, in the administrative order (14).

Law No. 5102 Promotion of investment in public infrastructure and expansion and improvement of goods and services in charge of the state - establishes norms and mechanisms to promote, through public-private participation, investments in infrastructure public and in the provision of the services (15).

Law No. 6438 which establishes that as of February 13, 2020, the River Transportation Agreement for the Paraguay - Paraná Waterway will be in force (16).

Engineering (Paraguay), CSI Ingenieros (Paraguay), T&C Ingeniería (Paraguay)

Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones (MOPC), Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADES), Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (MIC)

BID, Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF), Banco Mundial (BM)

Asociación de Centro de Armadores del Paraguay (38 empresas son propietarias de embarcaciones)