Balochistan Road Development Sector Project. Communication & Works Department operates in Pakistan.
The objectives of the Project are to reduce poverty and support pro-poor economic growth by (i) enhancing access for rural populations to economic opportunities and social services through improvement of the province's road network, (ii) improving trade facilitation and efficiency of the priority road transport corridor linking Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia together, which passes through Balochistan, and (iii) providing essential institutional support and capacity building of the Communication and Works Department (CWD). The Project will improve the inadequate provincial connectivity and allow better access, psecifically for the rural poor, to education and health facilities, markets, districts, and to the provincial cities. The Project will also support subregional cooperation by (i) improving cross-border movements of goods and passengers at the Chaman border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, (ii) improving access to ports located in southern Pakistan, and (iii) reducing transport cost through improved road conditions and reduced travelling time
