Rural Transport Survey Report, Batkanu-Makoth, Bombali District, Sierra Leone

This study was carried out in the interior zone, focusing on the Batkanu鈥怣akoth rural road in Bombali District in the Northern Province

Abstract

This survey was held in the framework of the Rural Transport Diagnostic Study for Sierra Leone, sponsored by AfCAP. This study was carried out in the interior zone in Sierra Leone, focusing on the Batkanu鈥怣akoth rural road in Bombali District in the Northern Province. The study sought to understand the existing transport services for the rural communities along and within the road鈥檚 catchment area. Structured but in鈥恉epth qualitative interviews with transport users, operators, regulators and those concerned with socio鈥恊conomic development were conducted, following the rapid rural appraisal methodology. The study showed that motorcycle taxis are the dominant mode of transport providing daily rural transport services. Some taxi cars, pick鈥恥p trucks and mini鈥恇uses ply the road as well, depending on the time of the year.

This work is part of the Applied Research on Rural Roads and Transport Services through Community Access Programmes in Africa and Asia (AFCAP2 and AsCAP)

Citation

Mustapha, S. et al (2017). Rural Transport Survey Report 鈥� Batkanu-Makoth, Bombali District, Sierra Leone. London: ReCAP for DFID.

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Published 13 January 2020