Employment impact assessment of the National Feeder Roads Programme, Rwanda

For a summary of the report and its main findings, please see the Information Brief below.

The ILO STRENGTHEN2 project is conducting employment impact assessments of EU-funded investments in sub-Saharan Africa, to promote the creation of more and better jobs. This report presents an employment impact assessment (EmpIA) of the National Feeder Roads Project (NFRP) in Rwanda. The project aimed to connect agricultural areas and markets, improving access to food, economic and social services. The programme would contribute to poverty reduction through promoting economic growth and food security.

Geographic information systems (GIS) data and methods were applied to assess the long-term economic and employment impacts of the project. Night-time lights (NTL) satellite imagery was the main dataset used, which provides a measure of light emissions at night and can be applied as a proxy for economic activity. GIS was further applied to assess how the programme improved access to social infrastructure for the target population.