Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction Workshop
Agenda

Registration

Opening Remarks by J. Weiss, Research Director, ADBI

Session 1: Transport Infrastructure, Growth and Poverty Reduction
Chair: N. Rayner, Director, Transport and Communications Division, ECRD, ADB

Joining the Mainstream: Impact of Transport Investment on Poverty Reduction by Cynthia Cook, Consultant; and
Assessing the Impact of Transport Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction – A Way Forward by Tyrrell Duncan, Principal Evaluation Specialist, OED, ADB
Discussion

• Presentation: Joining the Mainstream: Impact of Transport Investment on Poverty Reduction [PDF 199KB | 30 pages]

Break

Session 2: Roads and Associate Services Required By The Poor
Chair: S. Setboonsarng, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

The Importance of Transport Services for Poverty Reduction by Nigel Rayner, Director, Transport and Communications Division, ECRD, ADB

• Presentation: The Importance of Transport Services for Poverty Reduction [PDF 80KB | 19 pages]

From Rural Roads to Poverty Reduction: Links and Channels by Mala Hettige, Principal Evaluation Specialist, OED, ADB

• Presentation: From Rural Roads to Poverty Reduction: Links and Channels [PDF 1.2MB | 20 pages]

Discussion

Lunch

Session 3: The Impact of Road Infrastructure on Poverty
Chair: J. Weiss, Research Director, ADBI

Infrastructure, Growth, and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia; Road Development and Poverty Reduction in the PRC by Eunkyung Kwon, Senior Transport Economist, ECRD, ADB

• Paper: The Infrastructure, Growth, and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia: A Cross-sectional Analysis [PDF 323KB | 27 pages]
• Presentation: Road Development and Poverty in the People's Republic of China [PDF 258KB | 37 pages]

Discussion

Break

Session 4: Road Safety and Gender in Road Infrastructure
Chair: Mala Hettige, Principal Evaluation Specialist, OED2, ADB

Road Safety and its Socio-economic Impacts on the Poor by Charles Melhuish, Lead Transport Sector Specialist, RSDD, ADB

• Presentation: Road Safety and its Socio-economic Impacts on the Poor [PDF 397KB | 31 pages]

Gender in Road Infrastructure by Shireen Lateef, Principal Social Development Specialist, RSDD, ADB

• Presentation: Gender in Road Infrastructure [PDF 131KB | 9 pages]

Discussion

Welcome Reception

Transportation Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR by Phonevanh Outhavong, Chief of Poverty Eradication Planning Division, Department of General Planning, Lao PDR

Road and Poverty in Lao PDR by John Weiss, Research Director, ADBI

Discussion

Break

Session 2: Rural Roads and Poverty Reduction
Chair: Judy Sese, Director, Bureau of Research Standards, DPWH, Philippines

Impact of Rural Roads in Agrarian Reform Communities in the Philippines by Sununtar Setboonsarng, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

• Presentation: Impact of Rural Roads in Agrarian Reform Communities [PDF 632KB | 30 pages]

Rural Infrastructure Development and Poverty Reduction by Rainer Kuhnle, Team Leader, IDTA, Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project-IST, Bangladesh

• Presentation: Rural Infrastructure Development and Poverty Reduction- Example of Bangladesh [PDF 147KB | 9 pages]

Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction by Angan Mohottige Don Bendusena, Director, Department of National Planning, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Sri Lanka

Discussion

Lunch

Session 3: Highway Management
Chair: Tyrell Duncan, Principal Evaluation Specialist, OED, ADB

Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Development: The Research of China Rural Road Development by Hong Xia, Director of Foreign Fund Utilization, Planning Department, Ministry of Communication, PRC

Highway Management Project by Narong Keowsawetabhan, Director, Government Project Loan Division, Ministry of Finance, Thailand

Some Comments with a View to Improving the Management of Transport Infrastructure Investment by Bui Minh Quang, Deputy Director, Project Management Division No.1, Ministry of Transport, Vietnam

Discussion

Break

Session 4: A Road Project Cycle
Chair: A.K.M. Faizur Rahman, Chief Engineer, Roads and Highways Department, Ministry of Communications, Bangladesh

Philippine Transport Infrastructure Projects by Jay Lacsamana, Chief Economist, DAR-ADB Agrarian Reform Central Office

Introduction to Philippine's Road Project by Laurence Pochard, Senior Project Specialist, SEID, ADB

Interim Guidelines for the Rehabilitation of Concrete Roads in the Philippines by Judy Sese, Director, Department of Public Works and Highways, Philippines

Discussion

Wrap up/Summing up the day's discussions

Session 1: Infrastructure and Governance
Chair: C. Melhuish, Lead Transport Specialist, RSDD, ADB

Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Experiences of Bangladesh by Mr. AKM Faizur Rahman, Chief Engineer, Roads and Highways Department, Ministry of Communications, Bangladesh

• Paper: Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Experiences of Bangladesh [PDF 100KB | 11 pages]

Local Governance Improvement for Rural Transport Infrastructure in Bangladesh by Ki Hee Ryu, Project Specialist, SARD, ADB

Discussion

Break

Session 2: Road Maintenance and the Role of the Communities
Chair: K. Ryu, Project Specialist, SARD, ADB

Developing Local Capacity for Maintenance of Rural Roads: An Example from Sri Lanka’s Southern Province by Snimer Sahni, Senior Project Economist, SARD, ADB

Community Participation in Decision Making and Maintenance of Rural Transport Infrastructure by Wahidur Rahman, Local Government Engineering Department, Bangladesh

Transport Infrastructure by Mohamed Saleem Mohamed Iqbal, Deputy Project Director, Ministry of Highway, Sri Lanka

Discussion

Lunch

Session 3: Country Experiences
Chair: S.Y. Khan Mojlish, Member, Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh

Best Practices of Pro-poor Road Investments in Vietnam by Pham Thi Thanh Binh, International Department State Bank, Vietnam

Incorporating Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction by Nurmala Simanjuntak, Directorate General, Department of Public Works, Indonesia

Country Report by B. N. Puri, Adviser, Planning Commission and Dhar Chakravarty, Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, India

• Presentation: Rural Roads Programme in India [PDF 88KB | 13 pages]

Discussion

Break

Session 4: Poverty Impact Assessment in Transport Projects

Poverty Impact Assessment in Project Analysis by John Weiss, Research Director, ADBI

Discussion

Break out group

Report back to Panel/Summary of discussions

Session 1: Urban Transport System

Sustainable Urban Transport: A Case in Xian City, PRC by Makoto Ojiro, Principal Project Economist, ECRD, ADB

Poverty Impact of Bangkok Mass Transit by Aroon Aungsuyanon, Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, Ministry of Transport, Thailand

Urban Transportation and Poverty Alleviation in India by P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti, Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Government of Jammu & Kashmir, India

Discussion

Break

Session 2: Transport Infrastructure and Rural Development
Chair: Cynthia Cook, Consultant

Mainstreaming Labor-Based Road Maintenance to the National Roads Network in Cambodia by Peter Broch, Transport/Project Economist, MKID, ADB

Poverty Impact of Expressway Project in Hunan Province, PRC by Ling Xiao, Resettlement and Social Specialist, Hunan Expressway Construction and Development Corporation, PRC

Maga Neguma Rural Road Development by Sarohini Savithri Senanayake, Director, Programming Division, Ministry of Highways, Sri Lanka

Discussion

Lunch

Session 3: Participation in Infrastructure Projects
Chair: John Weiss, Research Director, ADBI

Public-Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects by Woo Chong Um,Principal Operations Specialist, MKRD, ADB

• Presentation: Public-Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects [PDF 639KB | 21 pages]

Private Sector Financing for Infrastructure in ADB by Stephen Wermert, Senior Structured Finance Specialist, PSIF

• Presentation: Private Sector Financing for Infrastructure [PDF 140KB | 14 pages]

Discussion

Break

Session 4: Measures to Improve Projects

Main Features of Successful Pro-poor Project Design by Cynthia Cook, Consultant

Break out group session: measures to improve existing projects

Report back to Panel

Session 1: Regional Co-operation
Chair: J. Weiss, Research Director, ADBI

Regional Cooperation in Transport by Clay Wescott, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, ADB

• Presentation: Regional Cooperation and Transport [PDF 382KB | 29 pages]

Cross Border Infrastructure in GMS by Manabu Fujimura, Associate Professor, Economic Department, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo Japan

Discussion

Break

• Paper: Workshop on Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Highlights of the Panel Discussion [PDF 134KB | 8 pages]

Panelists:
A.K.M. Faizur Rahman, Chief Engineer, Roads and Highways Department, Ministry of Communications, Bangladesh
B.N. Puri, Adviser, Planning Commission, India
Xia Hong, Director, Planning Department, Ministry of Communication, PRC
Cynthia Cook, Consultant
Peter McCawley, Dean, ADB Institute
J. Weiss, Research Director, ADB Institute

Closing remarks by Peter Mc Cawley, Dean, ADBI

Closing Lunch

Afternoon is free for consultation with ADB staff.