| General Information |
Project/Program |
Programme |
| Project Name |
Labour-based Infrastructure Rehabilitation |
| Duration |
1993 - 1996 |
| Donor |
UNDP |
| Implementiong Organization |
ILO |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Labour and Infrastructure |
| Region |
N.A |
| Financing |
4660830 |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
N.A |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
The prgramme amply achieved the objects of designing and implementing an effective labour-based infrastructure rehabilitation, providing employment for up to 4,000 persons to rehabilitate and maintain essential infrastructure including roads and irrigation schemes, and building up local capacity. But some road surfacing was delayed due to exceptionally high rainfall and severe local flooding. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
Even though the issue of ownership was not specifically mentioned in the evaluation report, the programme seemed not to have the ownership in that most of the activities done in the programme were donor-led. On the other hand, Collaboration with World Food Programme (WFP) was so close that it successfully provided employment opportunities to those affected by emergency situations. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The programme was highly relevant to the Cambodia’s policies in that generating employment and developing rural infrastructure were in the words of the Secretary of State for Rural Development and considered first priorities of the government. Also, when UN launched an emergency programme for Cambodia, aiming at generating employment, UNDP framed its Area Development Programme to assist refugees. Thus, the programme was also related with the donor’s policy as well. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The evaluation team visited Cambodia during the period of July 22 to August 7, 1999 and composed of economists and engineers. Because of the limited time, the team did not undertake an independent assessment of socio-economic development resulting from the road improvements. Rather it relied on the results of socio-economic impact study, which surveyed various socio-economic indicators by sampling users of four roads rehabilitated and comparing them with those obtained from four non-rehabilitated roads. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
The programme will be possibly sustained. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) established the Ministry of Rural Development, which was given the responsibility for the development of rural roads. Also the MRD developed its own program of labour-based works for the improvement of rural infrastructure. But further funds should be given to make sure the sustainability. In terms of the finance, the programme seemed to have worked well and no severe finance problem was mentioned. of the total cost, 40 % went to overheads, and 60 % to roads, canals, rehabilitation as well as to training |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
The programme was followed by the second programme, “ the Labour-based Rural Infrastructure Development”, which was funded by SIDA and Dutch funds. In the second programme, the focus mostly was placed on carrying out the maintenance on the infrastructure that the first programme had rehabilitated and providing technical assistance. |
