Indicator Definition
| Indicator Name | BAR 1.4.1 Number of people who have gained access to markets, schools, and health centres due to the construction or rehabilitation of trail bridges and/or additional tracks, and access roads with established maintenance mechanisms |
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| Indicator Definition | This indicator measures the number of people who have improved access to essential services such as markets, schools, and health centres as a direct result of the construction or rehabilitation of trail bridges, roads, and tracks roads with established maintenance mechanisms). This includes both new constructions and rehabilitations that ensure long-term access improvements. Responsibility: When should indicator be reported on by TRAC4Change unit and when should It be reported on by the project? If the project is clearly within Helvetas then it is the project that should report on the indicator, if outside of Helvetas then the unit will report. |
| Related to Old Performance Indicator | |
| Indicator Level | Output |
Disaggregation
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| Measuring Unit | People living in communities that directly benefit from the newly constructed or rehabilitated trail bridges, roads, and tracks |
Examples of Actvities
Construction of new trail bridges and rehabilitation of existing ones to improve access across rivers or valleys.
Building or rehabilitating roads and tracks that connect remote communities to essential services.
Establishing and supporting maintenance mechanisms to ensure the sustainability of constructed infrastructure.
Community mobilization and capacity building to maintain and manage infrastructure.
Coordination with local authorities to integrate newly constructed or rehabilitated roads and bridges into existing transportation networks.
Data Collection
| Data Source and Means of Verification | Project records (e.g., construction reports, maintenance plans, community engagement documentation. Population records from local governments or other official data sources (to calculate the estimated outreach). Household surveys (about the quality and impact of the infrastructure) and traffic counts on the bridges and roads prior and after the intervention for humans, livestock, vehicles (2 wheelers, 3 wheelers, 4 wheelers). |
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| Measuring Frecuency | At least annual, normally, after after an activity is carried out |
| Data Collection Guidance | The number of people that have gained access to markets, schools and health centers due to the constructed/rehabilitated trail bridges, roads, or track should be calculated when the construction/rehabilitation activities are planned. All people living in the surrounding communities (within reasonable distance) should be counted, regardless whether they actually use the road (they have still gained access). The result can be registered once the activity has been completed. This is a best estimate based on population records limited by a geographical area, do not overstate the result. Household surveys and traffic count is used to assess the impact of road improvements on accessibility and socioeconomic activities, particularly in terms of access to markets, education, and healthcare services. This information will be used for outcome indicator WFC 1.13 as well as project impact evaluation or other assessments – but it is not a requirement for this indicator. |
| Common Challenges | Challenge: Disaggregation of age, gender, and left behind/vulnerable groups. Approach: Use population records and demographic data from local governments or community authorities to estimate disaggregated figures where direct data collection is not feasible. Alternatively, incorporate disaggregated questions into household surveys (baseline and/or endline) to capture gender, age, and vulnerable group data directly. Here it is very important that the sample is representative. |
How to report
Annual reporting: Aggregate the (estimated) total number of people who have gained access to markets, schools, and health centres due to the infrastructure improvements.
Normally a project can count all villages that were connected by project activities and multiply the number of villages reached with the average village size of villages reached if the population is not known for each village.