{"id":3166,"date":"2018-07-23T20:38:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T18:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albaniandf.org\/\/?page_id=3166"},"modified":"2021-10-18T09:40:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T07:40:27","slug":"programi-permiresimi-i-rrugeve-dytesore-dhe-lokale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albaniandf.org\/en\/projekte\/projekte-ne-zbatim\/programi-permiresimi-i-rrugeve-dytesore-dhe-lokale\/","title":{"rendered":"Programi “P\u00ebrmir\u00ebsimi i Rrug\u00ebve Dyt\u00ebsore dhe Lokale”"},"content":{"rendered":"

General overview<\/h4>\n

<\/b>During the last 20 years Albania has made impressive progress passing from a centralized, backward system to a market-based economy. According to a joint report by INSTAT, UNDP and World Bank on poverty trend in Albania during 2002-2005-2008, the GDP increased by 7.1%, accompanied by a considerable reduction of poverty level in rural areas. However, concerning the highland areas, the level of poverty has not undergone noteworthy changes. The poor population is still concentrated in highland rural regions. Nevertheless, Albania has achieved a sustained economic growth and has undertaken economic reforms which have led to macroeconomic sustainability, governance improvement, investment development in the private sector, provision of public social services.\u00a0<\/span>

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The challenge<\/h4>\n

<\/b>Albania has inherited from the communist regime a poor infrastructure which has had a negative impact on the transport of goods and people. According to World Bank\u2019s Survey on Poverty Assessment in Albania in 2003, many Albanians, after employment, consider infrastructure problems to be the main cause of their difficulties and a significant factor in their low standard of living as 57% of population lives in rural areas where the conditions of road transport are poor or very poor. These unsatisfactory road conditions represent the biggest hindrance for the transport of people and goods, international investments, the development of tourism, the access to social services, employment opportunities especially for people in rural areas. Albania has a road network of 12,000 km out of which 4,980 km of rural road network with a communal profile and 4,471 km of regional road network. The contribution of this road network in the development of agriculture and the importance in return of agriculture in the GDP for the overall economic development and reduction of poverty, highlights the significance of immediate intervention for the improvement of secondary and local network.\u00a0<\/span>

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Approach<\/h4>\n

<\/b>Giving due attention to the immediate and efficient improvement of the secondary and local road network, the Albanian Government has drafted \"The National Strategy for Development and Integration 2007-2013\" and \"National Transport Plan\u201d. Moreover, in 2007 the Albanian Government initiated the Project on the Improvement of Secondary and Local Road Network. This project received the support of the World Bank which prepared the Project Appraisal Document. The implementation of such an important project was entrusted to the ADF which is an experienced Agency in the implementation of infrastructure projects. \"The Improvement of Secondary and Local Roads\" Project, which is co-financed by the World Bank and other donors at an estimated amount of $ 368 million, aims at increasing the concrete efforts for the improvement of infrastructure in the country and for increasing the access to basic services and local markets especially in rural areas via the rehabilitation of secondary and local road network. \nThe Project became effective in September 2008 and is expected to be finalized by the end of 2017.\u00a0<\/span>

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Results<\/h4>\n

<\/b>In December 2016 works have been completed in all road segments .This is one of the most ambitious programs implemented in the last 25 years in Albania. Since the beginning of SLRP until 31 December 2016, ADF has funded the reconstruction of 144 secondary and local road segments and bridges, with a total length of about 1200 km.\u00a0<\/span>

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