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<p>DFID’s transport projects are developing rural road networks and better transport
services, such as affordable and accessible buses, to provide remote poor communities
with access to services and better opportunities for trading.</p><p>For example, in
Pakistan we are investing in highways that link more deprived areas to wealthier provinces;
and in rural Nepal we have improved road access for isolated rural communities to
schools, markets, and hospitals, reaching over two million people. We are also funding
a £28m research programme to identify more cost-effective ways of improving transport
connections for remote rural communities in Africa and Asia. This programme has developed
new road standards and technical manuals which have been used on over 280,000km of
rural roads.</p>
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