Transcript notes from jan-02 meeting on budget support

Road Network Impacts on the Poor
Simon Lucas, Infrastructure Adviser, DIFD Vietnam
Nguyen Quang Khai, Independent Consultant
Large scale Infrastructure and poverty reduction
Sofitel Plaza Hotel, Hanoi 25th September 2003
Today's Agenda
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Part 1
- DFID and Infrastructure
- Rural road impacts in Vietnam
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Part 2
Findings from the perception study on rural connectivity
Infrastructure and development
Infrastructure stocks per capita , 1990 ($, 1985 prices)
10000
Norway
Spain
Paraguay
1000
Mexico
Japan
Australia
Zambia
Mauritius
Mali
Guatemala
Bangladesh
100
Rwanda
Chad
Source: World Development Report, 1994
100
1000
10000
GDP per capita, 1990 (PPP dollars)
Middle East and North Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
East Asia and Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
Europe and Central Asia
Lessons learnt in Vietnam
• High level of demand
• Institutional, capacity & ownership issues remain critical
• Infrastructure allows introduction of technology and
services but is not an end in itself
• Rural transport moving from build to maintain
• Still requires short term increase in sector allocations to
reach CPRGS targets and reach the most inaccessible
• The most disadvantaged areas are paying most
Initial findings from Network study
• Big disparities in “access” depending on region - closely
correlated with depth of poverty
• There remains a difficulty in whether to prioritize “the
most poor or the most poor”
• Connection to higher level roads are important for certain
groups in rural areas
• Important as the sub-sector provides pre-conditions for
rural growth
Poverty Reduction and Development
Estimated impact of roads on living standards, 1993-98
70
% increase in per capita
expenditure due to
establishment of a road, 199398
Cumulative % of population
50
40
60
50
40
30
30
20
20
10
10
0
0
250
500
750
1,000 1,250 1,500 1,750 2,000 2,250 2,500 2,750 3,000
Mean exp. per capita in province, 1998 (000 VND)
Cumulative % of population
% increase in p.c. exp due to
establisment of a road, 1993-98
60
Don’t forget the waterways
Source TDSI/IFRTD sudy on waterways and livelihoods May 2003 funded by DFID
Findings from the perception study on
rural connectivity
Simon Lucas, Infrastructure Adviser, DIFD Vietnam
Nguyen Quang Khai, Independent Consultant
Large scale Infrastructure and poverty reduction
Sofitel Plaza Hotel, Hanoi 25th September 2003