Evaluation

Ongoing Evaluations
Special Evaluation Study on ADB's Contribution to Inclusive Development through Assistance for Rural Roads

Team Leader: Ganesh Rauniyar, Evaluation Specialist
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This evaluation will assess the extent to which ADB’s assistance through rural roads has contributed to inclusive development in project areas. It will seek to answer

• How do rural roads improve access to inclusive development?
• What are the constraints and associated enabling factors for inclusive development?
• How sustainable are the mechanisms (including operation and maintenance) to inclusive development?

Services will include both economic and social. Economic services will comprise technology, markets and market information (inputs and outputs), value addition through agro-processing, and employment generation. Social services will focus on health, education, water, skill development, disability, and mainstreaming gender and disadvantaged groups.

The study will evaluate the performance of ADB's assistance to rural roads in selected countries in terms of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and likely sustainability. To examine the effectiveness and economic impact of ADB assistance, the evaluation will undertake a value chain analysis. The evaluation intends to undertake an in-depth analysis of backward and forward linkages associated with rural roads, and their impact on inclusive development. It will further analyze complementarity with other planned and unplanned investments within and outside the scope of the projects. The evaluation's working definition for inclusive development is "equitable access to and utilization of economic opportunities and services aimed at improving quality of life."