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Assessment of Users’ Priority for Rural Road Development Work: A Case Study on Tangail District

Arna Nishita Nithila, Md. Musleh Uddin Hasan, Rafsun Mashraky, Uttama Barua

Abstract


In Bangladesh, there is no such provision for assessment of users’ priority in rural road development works. This study attempts to show the significance of this issue by assessing users’ priority for different types of rural road development works. Users’ priority varies from socio- economic characteristics of rural areas. Due to this variation, priority assessment is not the same for all upazilas which should be an important consideration in rural road development projects. In other Asian countries like India, Nepal, users’ participation in rural road development projects is regarded as a crucial part. But in Bangladesh, there are no such initiatives for users’ participation in planning, implementing and monitoring rural road development projects. For this reason, rural road development projects are not properly assessed the users’ demand .This study explores such issues through the assessment of users’ priorities which should be considered for sustaining the rural road development works and thus helping them to contribute a lot in the rural economy.

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