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Demonstration of HDM-4 in Evaluating Different Investment Alternatives for Unpaved Road

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  • 1. BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidya Nager, Anand India.

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In the context of under-developing countries like Afghanistan, poverty can be reduced by proper management and effective use of infrastructure budgets and the provision of labour-intensive construction projects. The labour-intensive work approach has the potential to boost livelihoods in the short term, create new small businesses in road maintenance and construction, encourage workers to save and invest wages in other types of new micro-enterprises, and improve critical road infrastructure for long-term economic growth. The use of the HDM-4 model is demonstrated in this study in defining road improvement and maintenance works and selecting the optimum maintenance and rehabilitation strategies available for the road sector in Afghanistan under the constrained budget available for the road sector. This study presents the economic analysis and justification of upgrading an existing engineered gravel road to a paved standard, evaluating eight different investment options. The existing road is 22.02 km long and passes through hilly terrain.

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