Programs Included in “How to Make Public Works Work: A Review of the Experiences” Table A.1 Characteristics of Public Works Programs Region
Starting year
Labour Intensive Public Works Project (LIPWP) Frente de Alta Intensidade de Mão de Obra (FAIMO) Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP)
Africa
1978
Africa
Early 1980s
Africa
2005
Madagascar
HIMO (FID)
Africa
2000
Malawi
Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) Public Works Region Infrastructure Maintenance Program (CRIMP)
Africa
1995
Africa
1999
Somalia
Action Contre la Faim (ACF)’s cash for work
Africa
2004
South Africaª
Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP)
Africa
2004
Country Botswana Cape Verde Ethiopia
Malawi
Program
Type of work performed
Labor intensity
Objective
Targeting method
Maintenance of dirt roads.
Seasonal
Self-targeting
78%
Rural roads, infrastructure for soil and water conservation. Soil fertility restoration, and improvement of land productivity, access to market infrastructures, and access to drinking and irrigation water. Improvement of public infrastructure. Rehabilitation and reconstruction of infrastructures after natural disasters. Rural road maintenance.
Seasonal
Self-targeting
—
Antipoverty
Other
—
Seasonal
Other
80%
Antipoverty
Combination
>40%
Bridge
Other
—
Seasonal
Other
—
Antipoverty
Combination
—
331
Construction and maintenance of roads, irrigation infrastructure, flood control infrastructure. Environmental protection activities, reforestation, soil conservation and water retaining infrastructure. Water catchments’ rehabilitation (mainly used to provide drinking water for animals). Maintenance of infrastructure and environment, social and economic employment opportunities.
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