| Project Detail |
Project Name Rural Connectivity Improvement Project - Additional Financing Project Number 47243-005 Country Bangladesh Project Status Approved Project Type / Modality of Assistance Loan Source of Funding / Amount Loan 3932-BAN: Rural Connectivity Improvement Project - Additional Financing concessional ordinary capital resources lending / Asian Development Fund US$ 100.00 million Strategic Agendas Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Private sector development Sector / Subsector Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Rural market infrastructure Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Effective gender mainstreaming Description The proposed additional financing will scale up the current output 1 by adding approximately 930 kilometers of rural roads. The current project (i) upgrades about 1,700 kilometers of rural roads to all-weather standards with climate resilience and safety features in 34 districts in five divisions; (ii) improves capacity of the rural infrastructure agency; and (iii) upgrades the national rural road master plan using a geographic information system. It will have the following outcome: transport efficiency and related employment generated in target areas increased. The outputs are (i) rural road conditions between selected rural communities, productive agricultural areas, and socioeconomic centers improved; (ii) capacity of rural infrastructure agency and road users in project areas enhanced; and (iii) rural road master planning enhanced. The executing agency is the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in the Local Government Division of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MOLGRDC). A Dhaka-based project management unit within LGED supports project implementation, and there are five project implementation units at division level, 34 offices at district level, and 180 site offices at subdistrict level. |
