Community-Based Routine Maintenance of Roads by Women's Groups: Manual for Maintenance Groups

This manual is aimed at women's maintenance groups responsible for the routine maintenance of rural roads (including earthen, gravel, and stone-paved roads). It details the different activities to be carried out by the maintenance groups to keep the road in good condition by preventing damage and carrying out minor repairs. It explains the planning and organization of the work, as well as how county communications bureaus responsible for these roads contract the groups.

This manual was written as part of a pilot project supported by the Gender and Development Cooperation Fund of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This pilot project aims to show that women can effectively participate in the maintenance of rural roads, resulting in improved road conditions and better access for those that rely on roads, and to create employment opportunities and incomes for the women themselves. It also identifies specific issues regarding the participation of women in rural road maintenance, defining solutions for facilitating their participation. These solutions are to be incorporated in a project on rural road maintenance in Dehong Prefecture to be financed by ADB.

This manual is complemented by a guide that was developed under the same Gender and Development Cooperation Fund pilot project.

ForewordPrefaceRoutine Maintenance of Rural RoadsCommunity-Based Maintenance GroupsMaintenance Activities

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