Tanzania Roads to Inclusion and Socioeconomic Opportunities (RISE) Project

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The RISE project will address some of the urgent challenges in the rural road subsector in Tanzania. The RISE project is proposed as a combination of mutually reinforcing investments and institutional strengthening activities. It is expected that the RISE will set the foundation for the management of rural roads in Tanzania in the medium term from the policy, planning and implementation capacity perspectives and create a model for a national program. The RISE project will assist in creating a philosophy of road asset management that will focus on the safe, inclusive and all-season access for rural communities to reach their social, education, health and financial services, and help link rural communities to markets and economic opportunities. Furthermore, the RISE project will incorporate community engagement and gender-responsive approaches that will leverage social inclusion while reducing road safety risks and social risks. Also, RISE will support the mainstreaming of digital technologies and climate resiliency approaches that are expected to be institutionalized and influence broader road sector policies. The RISE project could also become the first large source of rural employment by generating thousands of rural employment opportunities through civil works, such as road upgrades, bottleneck improvements and routine maintenance. The RISE project will also help the country to recover from the impacts of 2023-2024 El-Niño and Cyclone Hidaya, and to strengthen the country’s resilience to future climate shocks, by financing the construction of critical infrastructure to restore connectivity.