Dushanbe – Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase 1

Tajikistan, 2005

Sector: Infrastructure and urban development

Partners: Ministry of Transport, Asian Development Bank

Employer: SMEC International (Australia)

Project summary: Technical supervision of a project to rehabilitate a section of the road from Dushanbe to the Kyrgyz border

Position: Social and environmental impact specialist

Activities

• Implemented a benefit monitoring and evaluation program
• Developed performance indicators and project targets in cooperation with local and regional governments
• Established a set of baseline data
• Assessed Ministry of Transport management information systems in relation to monitoring activities
• Conducted training on operational social research methods and built the ministry’s capacity to conduct social impact assessments
• Assisted with an environmental sustainability assessment of the project
• Developed and implemented selective household surveys to measure the socioeconomic benefits of the project