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Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project, IFAD Impact Assessment Surveys 2018 (Bangladesh)

author(s) International Fund for Agricultural Development (United Nations)
from World Bank Group (WB)
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
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International Fund for Agricultural Development (United Nations), 'Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project, IFAD Impact Assessment Surveys 2018 (Bangladesh)', 2023

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Abstract

The Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP) is a rural road and market infrastructure project which was implemented in 12 districts of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2019. The project goal was to achieve improved livelihoods (higher income and food security) for poor households in the selected sub-districts (Upazilas) through enhancements in the rural infrastructure. The project aimed to improve the connectivity of farms and households in the face of climatic shocks, focusing on one of the most shock-prone areas in the world (the delta regions of Bangladesh). The main component of the project is the construction of improved markets and market connecting roads that are designed to remain useable during the monsoon season. This was expected to improve sales of on- farm produce, along with access to inputs as well as opportunities for off-farm income generation, leading to increased productivity and income. The project also aimed to improve women's empowerment by employing Labor Contracting Societies (LCS), consisting mainly of destitute women, to carry out some of the construction work.

In 2018, a collaborative data collection exercise was conducted by the project team and a team from the Research and Impact Assessment (RIA) Division of IFAD to be used for both the project's Mid-Term Report and an impact assessment study. The impact assessment focused on activities related to strengthening of markets and roads at the community levels. Data were collected from 3,000 treatment and control households using an in-depth quantitative household questionnaire. This enabled analysis of the project's impact on a range of impact indicators relating to income; crop, fish and livestock production and sales; assets, food security and education; financial inclusion; and women's empowerment.

For more information, please, click on the following link <https://www.ifad.org/en/web/knowledge/-/publication/impact-assessment-c…;.

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