PILOT FEEDER ROADS

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The Pilot Feeder Project will: (i) strengthen institutional capacity for the programming, implementation, financing & monitoring of feeder road rehabilitation and maintenance; (ii) test and evaluate various methods of rehabilitation and maintenance of feeder roads under different institutional and financial arrangements in selected rural areas throughout the country; and (iii) develop a local capacity to rehabilitate and maintain feeder roads and bridges on a sustainable and replicable basis. The project finances: (i) a technical assistance, study and training program to develop the organization and management systems necessary to maintain the national feeder road network; (ii) a four-year program of low-cost rehabilitation and maintenance of feeder roads under various institutional arrangement; and (iii) research and development activities to evaluate the environmental, social, financial and economic impact of rural road improvement. The bulk of the project will be implemented by existing private entities (2 cotton companies) and by a well-established and reliable local Non-governmental organization.