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PDABP030.Pdf Prepared by Executive Summary ..............................................................v Introduction ....................................................................1 1 . Methodology ................................................................ 3 2 . ImpactonMarkets ........................................................... 13 3 . Impact on Agricultural Production .............................................. 27 4 . Social Impact ............................................................... 37 5 . Impact on Small and Medium Enterprises ......................................... 47 6. Institutional Impact .......................................................... 53 7. Impact on the Environment ....................................................75 Annexes ..................................................................... 79 Selected Impact Indicators .........................................................3 Types of Surveys ................................................................6 Types of Surveys Carried Out at Control Sites ......................................... 7 Survey Training at the Regional Centers .............................................. 8 Villages Chosen for Surveys ........................................................ 9 Relevant Publications ............................................................ 10 Sample Roads Improved by November 1996 .......................................... 12 1 Traffic in the Market. Weekly .................................................. 14 2 Number of People at Market. Weekly ............................................15 3 Number of Commercial Vehicle Operators at Market. Weekly ........................ 17 4 Transportation Time to the Village .............................................. 18 5 Average Hourly Speed ........................................................ 19 6 Transportation Cost per Ton of Merchandise ...................................... 20 7 Transportation Cost per Passenger ............................................... 21 8 Number of Traders at Market. Weekly ........................................... 22 9 Number of Small Trader Stands at Market. Weekly ................................. 23 10 Number of Tax Tickets Delivered at Market ....................................... 24 11 Number of Months Without Traffic .............................................. 25 12 Cultivated Land ............................................................. 27 13 Agricultural Produce Exported per Month ........................................ 28 14 Fruit Crops Cultivated ........................................................ 29 15 Cattle Herds ................................................................30 16 Sheep Herds .............................................................. 31 17 Goat Herds .................................................................32 18 Poultry ....................................................................33 19 The Organization of Production ................................................ 34 20 Daily Traffic ................................................................37 21 Percentage of Villages With a Health Center ....................................... 42 22 Percentage of Villages With Deep Bore Wells ...................................... 43 23 Number of Houses With Tin Roofs .............................................. 44 24 Indicators Showing Impacts of Road Improvements on Rural People .................... 46 25 Training Provided by the UME in 1994 ........................................... 49 26 Theoretical Training Provided by the UME in 1995 ................................. 49 27 Practical Training Provided by the UME in 1995 ................................... 50 28 Total Number of SME Trainees Trained by the UME ............................... 50 29 SMEs Registered for Training With the DNGR .................................... 51 30 Contracts for Community Action Signed With SMEs ................................ 52 3 1 DNGR Personnel ............................................................ 55 32 Type and Origin on Technical Assistance ......................................... 56 33 Training Costs in US$ by Site .................................................. 58 34 Amount of Training in Trainee-Weeks by Site ..................................... 60 35 Number of Trainees Under the PNIR Project. 1991-1996 ............................. 63 36 W~rkCarried Out With Labor-Intensive Methods in 1995 ............................64 37 Office Construction and Renovation .............................................66 38 DNGR Equipment. 1995 ...................................................... 67 39 Number of Solicitations Prepared by the DNGR ................................... 70 40 Large Contracts Between DNGR and Private Firms. 1991-1995 ........................ 71 41 Number of Contracts Signed With SMEs .......................................... 72 1 Traffic in the Market. Weekly ......................................................14 2 Number of People at Market. Weekly ................................................ 16 3 Number of Commercial Vehicle Operators at Market. Weekly ............................17 4 Transportation Time to the Village .................................................. 18 5 AverageHourlySpeed ............................................................ 19 6 Transportation Cost per Ton of Merchandise ..........................................20 7 Transportation Cost per Passenger ...................................................21 8 Number of Traders at Market. Weekly ...............................................22 9 Number of Small Trader Stands at Market. Weekly ..................................... 23 1 10 Number of Tax Tickets Delivered at Market ........................................... 25 11 Number of Months Without Traffic .................................................. 26 12 CultivatedLand ................................................................. 28 13 Agricultural Produce Exported per Month .............................................29 14 FruitCropsCultivated ............................................................ 30 15 CattIeHerds .................................................................... 31 16 SheepHerds ....................................................................32 17 GoatHerds ..................................................................... 33 18 Poultry ........................................................................34 19 DailyTraffic ....................................................................37 20 Percentage of Villages With a Health Center ......................................... -43 , 2 1 Percentage of Villages With Deep Bore Wells .........................................44 22 Number of Houses With Tin Roofs .................................................. 45 23 Technical Assistance to the DNGR. 1990-1996 ........................................ 57 24 TrainingCosts.199 1-1996 ........................................................ 59 25 Amount of Training by Trainee-Weeks. 1991-1996 ..................................... 60 26 CostofTrainingbySite ........................................................... 61 27 Comparison of Training Sites and Costs .............................................. 62 AFVP French Association of Volunteers for Progress BTGR Rural Engineering Technical Office (Regional) CAF Division of Administrative and Financial Affairs CEE European Economic Community DAP Support Unit for SMEs (DNGR) DEP Division of Studies and Planning @NGR) DNGR National Directorate for Rural Engineering DPDRE Prefectoral Directorate for Rural Development GF Guinean francs HCR High Commission for Refugees HMO labor-intensive methods IDA World Bank (International Development Association) ILO International Labor Organization ISM kilometer(s) M&E monitoring and evaluation NGO nongovernmental organization PASE Education Sector Adjustment Project PNIR National Rural Infrastructure Project SME small and medium enterprise SNAPE National Rural Water Service SPGR Rural Engineering Technical Section (Prefectoral) UME mobile training unit US AID U.S. Agency for International Development EXECUTIVESUMMARY USAID's objective in providing technical assistance to the Guinean National Directorate for Rural Engineering (DNGR) was to develop a permanent monitoring and evaluation system inside the DNGR to measure the impact of rural road improvements. This system has been in place for the past three years, and has effectively allowed the impacts of rural road development to be measured. The following report describes the results of these impact surveys, which were carried out on a semi-annual basis and covered 56 pre-selected sites. The report focuses on 22 sites along rural roads that have been improved thus far, as well as on the 18 villages along unimproved roads that were used as control sites. The surveys show that the various impacts of improved rural roads were largely positive, and that the objectives of the National Rural Infrastructure Project (PNIR) are being achieved. There has been an effective increase in marketing activity in newly accessible areas, an increase in the percentage of agricultural commodities marketed, and a !growth in available commercial transportation at a reduced cost. The impact of rural roads on agricultural markets and marketing activities, a strategic objective of the PNIR project, is considerable. Over the last three years, marketing traffic
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