Local Roads Improvement Programme (LRIP – I)
Past SDC interventions have focussed on making rural road construction work for the poor and disadvantaged through labour-intensive construction methods. This project now takes proven approaches further by ensuring even more all-weather accessibility to markets and services by emphasising the importance of maintenance and preservation of built roads through promotion of labour-based roads maintenance methods and by fostering an institutional process in the districts, which should pave the way for the highly successful concepts of road construction and maintenance to be adopted as national standards.
Pays/région | Thème | Période | Budget |
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Népal |
Agriculture et sécurité alimentaire Emploi & développement économique nothemedefined
Infrastructure rurale (till 2016)
Développement rural |
01.12.2012
- 31.12.2021 |
CHF 9’803’000
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- People use the improved roads for their economic and social benefits.
- National and local institutions adopt a planned maintenance system/approach for the local roads.
- People use the improved roads for their economic and social benefits.
- National and local institutions adopt a planned maintenance system/approach for the local roads.
- People have benefited from motorable access to resources and opportunities, and institutional structures and capacities at all levels have ensured good governance and acceptable levels of worker welfare.
- People living within 30 minutes of an all-weather road have doubled from 100,000 to 200,000 in programme districts, contributing to achieving the national policy goal of bringing motorable access to within 4 hours of walking distance in the hills of the project districts.
- More than 2 vehicles are operating every day in all the opened roads, which has helped increase the frequency of trips made by local people to local market centres by a factor of between 2 and 5 times.
- There has been a positive overall impact on the local economy through cash injection from road construction. A total of 2.2 million person days of employment were generated, out of which, 38 % of workforce was constituted by women and 70 % of employment days were received by Disadvantaged Groups (DAGs).
- There has been a three-fold increase in household income over the last 12 years in the corridors of the roads that DRSP built.
- Overall, the rate of food sufficiency in the areas served by the project roads was estimated to have doubled.
- Secteur privé suisse
- To be selected though a two-stage Selective International Competitive Bidding, managed by the Embassy of Switzerland in Nepal, with participation of one staff member from the South Asia Division in Bern.
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Secteur selon catégorisation du Comité d'aide au développement de l'OCDE TRANSPORTS ET ENTREPOSAGE
AUTRES MULTISECTEURS
Sous-Secteur selon catégorisation du Comité d'aide au développement de l'OCDE Politique des transports et gestion administrative
Développement rural
Thème transversal Le projet tient compte de l'égalité des sexes en tant que thème transversal.
Le projet tient compte de la démocratisation, de la bonne gouvernance et des droits de l'homme en tant que thème transversal.
Le projet contribue à améliorer le fonctionnement de l'organisation partenaire
Type de soutien Aide publique au développement (APD)
Type de collaboration Coopération bilatérale
Type de financement Don
Type d'aide Contribution à des projets ou programmes
Aide liée/non liée Aide non liée
Numéro de projet 7F08536
Contexte |
Lack of access is one of the principal reasons for high incidence of rural poverty in Nepal. There is a strong correlation between poverty and access to economic and social services. An estimated 30,000 kms of rural roads (over 50,000 Kms exist, of which more than 55 % are non-operable) are needed to provide the connectivity required. About 22% of the population still has to walk more than 4 hours in the hills and 2 hours in the plains to reach a strategic road network. Two district headquarters are yet to be connected by road. Therefore, a considerable gap exists in the provision of reliable access to services/opportunities for people in Nepal. |
Objectifs |
The main goal of the “Local Roads Improvement Project” is to contribute to improved livelihoods of the people and to local economic development in the four programme districts of Ramechhap, Sindhuli, Okhaldhunga and Khotang. |
Groupes cibles |
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Effets à moyen terme |
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Résultats |
Principaux résultats antérieurs: This is the first phase of the programme. However, this is built on the successes of 14 years of the District Roads Support Programme (DRSP). Key results and insights of DRSP are:
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Direction/office fédéral responsable |
DDC |
Crédit |
Coopération au développement |
Partenaire de projet |
Partenaire contractuel Secteur privé |
Budget | Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF 9’803’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF 8’690’319 |
Phases du projet |
Phase 2
16.07.2016
- 31.12.2021
(Completed)
Phase 1 01.12.2012 - 31.12.2021 (Completed) |