Overview
Abstract
NOTE
!!!This survey data was not used for any independent evaluation reports!!!
Impaq worked with the data collection firms NSCE-MCG-AC3E [the Group] to conduct traffic, household, and business surveys as part of the Roads Project evaluation.
Specifically, a baseline survey of households, businesses, and traffic was conducted. The data collected was intended to serve either as baseline data for the impact evaluation and as baseline monitoring data for the compact in general.
The data collected included:
-travel time along the roads
-access to social services (e.g., schools and healthcare centers);
-access to markets for goods and services;
-the type, volume, and value of transported goods
-economic activity levels
The baseline survey was designed to support a “difference-in-difference” estimation, comparing the conditions before and after the project on the rehabilitated roads with conditions in similar zones along similar road segments that were not rehabilitated. In 2014, the decision was made to alter the evaluation methodology in favor of an HMD-4 based evaluation. Thus, follow up surveys for the "difference-in-difference" design will not be conducted.
Evaluation Methodology
Difference-in-Difference
Units of Analysis
Individuals, Businesses, and Road Conditions (traffic survey)
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Questionnaires
· Traffic survey
· Household basic socioeconomic services survey
· Business survey including both farmers and enterprises in the informal and formal sectors in the areas of services, crafts, and business
· Survey of road maintenance actors
The survey will cover all of the rehabilitated roads (three (3) primary road segments to be paved and the rural roads selected in Comoé, Léraba, and Kénédougou Provinces). The household and business surveys occurred at a single point in time, whereas the traffic surveys were repeated in two rounds so as to capture variability over time.
Geographic Coverage
The traffic survey covered all rehabilitated road segments as well as the identified comparison road segments. The household and business surveys were were conducted within a 10km band along the given road segments (5km on either side of the road).
The specific objectives of the Road Development Project are: (i) Facilitating access to agricultural markets by improving the primary and rural road segments serving the Sourou Valley and the Comoé Basin; (ii) Reducing travel time between farms and markets, while optimizing vehicle operation costs; (iii) Ensuring the sustainability of the road network by strengthening maintenance capacities.
The expected results of the Road Development Project are the following: (i) Increased volume of freight and passenger traffic on rehabilitated roads; (ii) Reduced travel times; (iii) Increased accessibility to basic social services (health and education) by rural populations; (iv) Reduced vehicle operating costs; (v) Improved road maintenance management and funding capacities.
The rehabilitated road segments are intended to benefit all users of the roads.
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