JFPR 9067: Enhancing Road Improvement Benefits to Poor Communities in NWFP
Pakistan
Project Summary
Loan No. 2103/2104-PAK: NWFP Road Development & Subregional Connectivity approved on 18 November 2004
Project
Shigehiko Muramoto
SATC/SARD
Total Budget in $ : $1 million
JFPR grant in $ : $1 million
Works and Services Department, NWFP Government, NFWP Pakistan
Works and Services Department
- Provincial policy reforms and institutional strengthening
- Provincial road improvement
- Subregional connectivity
- Road Safety
Grant Development Objective (GDO)
To demonstrate the potential for increasing the direct poverty reduction impact of road network improvement.
Project Purpose
The purpose of the project is to pilot-test a mechanism for linking poverty reduction initiatives to road network improvement so that the poor can improve their livelihoods.
Expected Outputs
The expected outcomes are:
- poor roadside communities gain access to the main roads and adjacent villages and thereby to education and health services, markets, and jobs
- the Works and Services Department (WSD) of the NWFP integrates the community into road development, improving the project results' sustainability
- Communities adjacent to the developed roads increase their trade and business skills, thus improving their livelihoods
Component A - Community infrastructure improvement
Component B - Trade and skills development
Component C - Project implementation support and monitoring
Implementation of activities will take 48 months.
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