Social Impact Guarantee to Incentive Innovations in Rural Connectivity in Uganda
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- Social Impact Guarantee to Incentive Innovations in Rural Connectivity in Uganda
- General overview
- Intervention
- Location
- Last data update
- Spreadsheet of data
- Social Impact Guarantee to Incentive Innovations in Rural Connectivity in Uganda
- General overview
- Intervention
- Location
- Last data update
- Spreadsheet of data
General overview
Stage of development: Early stage
Policy sectors: Environment and climate change
Type of instrument: Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) / Social Impact Guarantee
Delivery locations: Uganda
Country classification: Low-income
Intervention
Social or environmental challenge
In Uganda'srural farmlands, millions of people live more than 2 kilometers from an all-weather road, or are cut off from services like markets, jobs, health clinics, and schools when decrepit or non-existent infrastructure fails to provide access during periods of extreme weather. While the Ugandan government has made significant headway in addressing the rural transport network, more than 90% of all roads remain unpaved, and 66% of the tertiary road network is in poor condition. If the rural road network is not routinely and periodically maintained, roads, trails, and bridges prematurely require full rehabilitation; which increases the lifecycle cost and creates logistical hurdles. The Coalition was designed to develop strategies that address the existing root challenges and use them to address bottlenecks in the road network, so that the Government has a clean slate and the appropriate systems to effectively maintain the network going forward.
Description of the intervention
Approximately 10 million rural Ugandans are isolated. This means these communities lack access to critical services, and are at risk of chronic poverty. Ensuring safe, reliable year-round access for these vulnerable rural residents is key to achieving any number of development agendas, including the Sustainable Development Goals, Uganda's National Development Plan III, and Vision 2040. The Government of Uganda has made headway in connecting rural communities, in particular through its District, Urban, and Community Access Roads (DUCAR) Network, but inadequate funding and a lack of strategic, coordinated systems limit progress. The Transformative Rural Roads Coalition (TRRC) was formed with a vision for a connected Uganda where all communities are prosperous and resilient. The Coalition will collaborate to unlock a future where government has the strategies, systems, and support to overcome complex and interdisciplinary roadblocks and successfully build and maintain a sustainable DUCAR network. An opportunity exists to utilize an outcomes-based funding mechanism to catalyze investment into an innovative, multi-sector effort and ensure that that investment is powering the most productive, creative solutions.
Location
Country:
- Uganda
Locality:
- Uganda
Last data update
Data for this pipeline project was last updated in August 2023
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Spreadsheet of data
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