Rural Roads Project

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The main objectives of the Rural Roads Project are: 1) to promote agricultural development by rehabilitating and maintaining rural roads serving agricultural areas and to improve access, economic and social services for rural population centers; 2) to establish the institutional and financial arrangements for administering and maintaining rural roads on a sustainable basis; 3) to reduce poverty and increase employment by carrying out project works with labor intensive methods; and 4) to encourage the development of the domestic contracting and consulting industries. The project includes: 1) improvement of 975 km of rural roads by contractors using labor intensive methods; 2) provision of office and transport equipment; 3) operational costs; 4) supervision of works; 5) technical assistance, a project coordinator, and training to implement the project; and 6) an Organization and Management Study, including an inventory of the 9,500 km rural road network and an anlaysis and definition of the best institutional, managerial, and financial arrangements of its administration.