Roads Improvement for Poverty Alleviation in China

Hajj, Hatim ; Pendakur, V. Setty

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ABSOLUTE POVERTY;    ACCESS ROADS;    ACCESSIBILITY;    ADB;    AGRICULTURE;   

RP-ID  :  21038

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

In China, rural road improvements havebeen integrated with major highway projects, implementedwith World Bank assistance, during 1995-98. Theseimprovements were called, "Roads Improvement forPoverty Alleviation (RIPA)," and were linked toon-going poverty alleviation programs. These Bank assistedprojects are in five provinces of China: Gansu, Henan, InnerMongolia, Ningxia, and Shaanxi. RIPA concentrates on linkingthose rural villages and townships which do not currentlyhave basic all weather access to the existing road networksof a higher order. This report focuses, from a conceptualanalytical, and methodological viewpoint upon the RIPAexperience in the above-mentioned Bank-assisted projects inChina. It also describes the background to povertyalleviation programs and the linkages to roads improvementin China. It reviews current practices and recommendsappropriate design standards, and a framework of monitoringindicators. This report focuses on those road systems whichprovide easy access to the rural population in designatedpoor counties in China. The primary objectives are toprovide a conceptual framework for RIPA, describe Chinesepoverty alleviation policies linked to roads improvement,and discuss the potential for replicating RIPA in othercountries. Other aims are to develop screening and ananalytical framework for appraising road systems, andappropriately design and monitor different classes of RIPA roads.