CLIENT
Client: Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
TITLE
Infrastructure Financing Specialist
COUNTRIES
Solomon Islands
DATES
2022
SECTOR
Roads
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Improvement Program (STIIP) was approved in 2016 to improve Solomon Islands transport infrastructure financed by the National Transport Fund (NTF). The MID and its development partners commissioned a review of the current approach to infrastructure maintenance, rehabilitation and construction subprojects being executed under STIIP using the NTF mechanism.
SERVICES PROVIDED BY STRATEGY & ECONOMICS
Three main tasks: S&E’s Managing Director formed part of a team recruited by the ADB to evaluate STIIP. His specific work focus entailed analysing and reviewing current NTF policies to identify anomalies and redundancies and make recommendations for how current policies can be improved including identifying mechanisms for promoting sustainable NTF funding. In addition, the design and operation of STIIP was examined to identify ‘lessons learnt’ that can be applied to future similar projects and to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of existing government policy after the implementation of STIIP.