PAD - LGED

provision, access and efficiency; 2) increased share of population with access to all-season roads;
3) enhanced disaster preparedness; and 4) expanded participation in local development and
women’s economic empowerment.
II.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE
A. Project Development Objective (PDO)
19. To improve rural accessibility in project areas (covering 26 districts) and strengthen
institutional capacity for sustainable rural road maintenance.
B. Project Beneficiaries
20. Physical infrastructure improvements under RTIP-II are expected to reduce rural poverty
and stimulate economic development of rural communities in the 26 districts project: 2 west and
24 east of the Jamuna river, excluding the Chittagong Hill Tracts (which are covered by an Asian
Development Bank-funded project). The choice of the districts was made in coordination with
other development partners to avoid geographical overlap of projects. The project is expected to
have approximately 22 million beneficiaries. The project will generate substantial direct short
and longer-term employment for the poor, including disadvantaged women and other vulnerable
groups.
C. PDO Level Results Indicators
21. The following indicators are proposed to evaluate achievement of the PDO. A more
detailed list of project indicators and their respective baseline and annual target values can be
found in Annex 1:
• Population living within two km of all-season roads in 26 project districts, which is an IDA
rural accessibility indicator (core indicator);
• Percentage of roads in good condition in 26 project districts;
• Increase in the level of road user and community satisfaction in the influence area; and
• Maintenance funding needs are increasingly met in the project districts;
III.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A. Project Components
22. The project rationale is to scale up the accomplishments in the rural roads infrastructure
under the ongoing RTIP-I and to further expand on it by adding improvements in the inland
water transportation and introducing performance based (routine and periodic) maintenance
contracts of the rural roads. Therefore, RTIP-II consists of the following components andmore
information on these components can also be found in Annex 2.
Component A: Accessibility Improvement (US$338.1 million):
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