Project Area and Location:
The Project covers 20 districts including Panchthar, Ilam, Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, and Dhankuta from the Eastern Development Region; Sindhuli, Dolakha, Sindhupalchowk, Kabhrepalanchok, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, and Chitawan from the Central Development Region; Manang, Mustang, and Parbat from the Western Development Region; Rolpa and Rukum from the Mid-Western Development Region; and Dadeldhura from the Far-Western Development Region. In addition, the Project will provide complementary support to the existing 18 Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) districts, which are Baitadi, Bajhang, Bajura, Darchula, Dolpa, Jumla, Jajarkot, Kalikot, Mugu, Baglung, Gorakha, Lamjung, Myagdi, Okhaldhunga, Ramechhap, Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu, and Taplejung.
Impact and Outcome:
Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program (RRRSDP) will reduce rural poverty in hill, mountain and Terai districts where isolation and hardship are common. It will focus on immediate post conflict development priorities for accelerated poverty reduction and inclusive development, thereby enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the delivery of public services, and improving access of rural people to economic opportunities and social services. The target of the Program will be proportion of rural population below poverty line dropped from current 34.6% to 25% by 2020. The change in project scope/targets will occur after SDC’s and DFID’s formal participation in the project.
The project outcome will be improved connectivity, enhanced economic and employment opportunities, and increased access to market and social services of rural communities.
The key indicators for the outcome for the project period are:
(i) reduction in proportion of population in project districts that have to walk 4 hours in hill and 2 hours in Terai to reach the road head from about 36% to less than 25%,
(ii) average household travel time to market cents in road- influence area reduced by 50%,
(iii) traffic counts and/or passenger movements increased by at least 30%,
(iv) improved access to assured supply of drinking water for about 30,000 households,
(v)employment of 15.8 million person-days in civil works provided, and
(vi) increased social capital at village level.
Outputs:
The Project outputs include:
(i) improved rural roads;
(ii) developed and improved community-based supplementary rural infrastructure;
(iii) enhanced equity, employment, and income opportunities for the poor and disadvantaged;
(iv) strengthened institutional capacity of Ministry of Local Development (MLD), Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads (DOLIDAR), district development committees (DDCs), and communities; and
(v) improved project management |
