Background
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DRILP
is an ADB funded project that addresses the development needs
of poor and conflict-affected communities by promoting inclusive
processes that seek to restore incomes and connect the rural
poor, and those that have been traditionally excluded from
the development process, to markets and economic opportunities
through investments in rural infrastructure and livelihood
restoration facilities. The Project extends the network of
improved rural transport infrastructure, consisting of roads,
trails, and pedestrian bridges. |
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The
Project also invests in small, community socioeconomic infrastructure,
and provides jobs, empowers conflict-affected rural communities
for development, increases institutional capacity, and improves
accountability and transparency. Labour-based, environmentally
friendly, and participatory (LEP) approaches will ensure that
the investment in construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure
results in sustainable, improved access to economic and social
services, and enhanced social and financial capital. The Project
will improve the livelihoods of people in the project areas, particularly
the poor, who constitute about 70% of the population in the subproject
areas. The Project will be located in 18 districts, including
14 districts in the Western, Midwestern, and Far Western, regions
that are among the poorest in the country and most affected by
the conflict. The districts have been selected on the basis of
their high incidence and intensity of poverty, need to address
causes of the conflict, need for improved access and enhanced
livelihoods, and implementation manageability considerations.
The Project will also contribute to building capacity at the national
level and in the project areas.
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The
existing programme implementation consultant team for the
District Roads Support Programme (DRSP) shall also be responsible
for the implementation of DRILP. The use of the existing DRSP
management structure will lead to substantial resource savings,
since the Project will require only incremental consultants.
The DDC and DTO at local level shall manage the implementation,
whilst Frisa-Iteco shall provide support / advisory staff
and additional manpower as required for eight core districts
while providing an overall support to PCU to manage and implement
the project. The Swiss Joint Venture team for DRILP is called
the Central Implementation Support Consultant (CISC). Synergies
and potential savings in project overlap shall be explored
and maximised by the PSU and CISC. |
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