Achieving the MDGs: RBA Training Workshop

Module 5: Rural Development Investment Cluster

9-12 May 2005

Introduction

The rural development investment cluster aims at identifying the public investments needed for the productive economy to:  increase incomes,   increase food production and ensure access to basic infrastructure services Water and sanitation IWRM Energy Transport

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Rural Development and the MDGs

Agricultural Productivity Rural income Generation Water supply and sanitation Water resources infrastructure and management Transport Energy Goals 1, 3 Goals 1,3 Goals 1-7 (target 10) Goals 1, 7 Goals 1-7 Goals 1,3, 4-7

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Increasing Agricultural Outputs and Rural Incomes-Links to MDG1

Invest in Soil Health Small scale water management Improved seeds Extension Research Increasing Agricultural Productivity Rural Income Generation Improving Nutrition Storage Livestock Processing Credit Farmer associations Market space Food for Work Pregnant women, lactating mothers and infants (7-24 months) School meals Supplementation for vulnerable groups Diet diversification Food Aid Total Hunger needs

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Energy Infrastructure and Services

 Assessing needs based on necessary energy use of rural households and social services  Interventions for electricity (including grid and off-grid technologies) and cooking (including improved fuels and devices)  Illustrative targets have been developed based on Millennium Project Energy Group work  Projections may be iteratively refined based on projections of rural social services

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Water Supply and Sanitation (Rural)-

 Targets based on MDG targets of halving the proportion of people in rural areas without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015.

 Interventions based on combination of technologies needed (e.g. boreholes vs. rainwater collection, latrines vs. septic tanks, and including network infrastructure)  Need to include hygiene education  Inclusion of Operations and Maintenance and rehabilitation costs

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Integrated Water Resource Management

Provision and maintenance of water storage, and other infrastructure for water management (such as watershed management and water conservation, early warning systems, ground and surface storage systems, etc.)  Upgrading, preparation and implementation of new or existing plans, systems and institutions for integrated water resources management, as appropriate.

 Hydrological monitoring  Measures to address the social and environmental issues associated with large-scale infrastructure

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Transport Needs Assessments

 Should encompass both infrastructure and services for rural transport:  Infrastructure: e.g. upgrading and construction of footpaths, paved secondary or district roads, feeder and community roads  Services: e.g. systems for providing and maintaining vehicles to support critical health care, extension, maintenance needs.

 Targets should address both dimensions:  Infrastructure illustrative targets: “ensure that 90 percent of the rural population is within 2km of the nearest motorized pick-up point by 2015”  Services illustrative: “establish national systems for providing and maintaining motorbikes or other vehicles in support of healthcare, etc by 2015” (e.g. Riders for Health) 

Costs:

 Are driven primarily by infrastructure, for which there are both capital and recurrent costs  For transport services, effective systems can produce low, reliable unit costs

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