Impact Evaluation of Road Improvements and Rural Poverty—Baseline Survey in the Ningxia Liupanshan Area of the People’s Republic of China
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To evaluate the impact of the ADB-funded road improvement project on rural poverty, results of the baseline survey in the Ningxia Liupanshan Area will be compared against the results of ex-post surveys after the completion of the project.
Rural road improvements indirectly benefit the poor by generating more income opportunities. ADB is financing a major road-improvement project in rural areas of the People’s Republic of China. In order to assess the impacts of improved rural transport, two surveys are needed: a baseline survey conducted before project implementation and an ex-post survey conducted after the project’s completion. The impacts can be discerned through a comparison of the surveys’ results. This paper describes the methodology, implementation, and results of the baseline survey.