Through a process of leveraging foreign currency for policy reforms, the project has consistently encouraged Tanzania to adopt policies, implement new procedures and commit funding for improving road access into Tanzania's key agricultural regions. Each of these reforms have dramatically improves road rehabilitation and maintenance.
Additional reforms are in progress.
As a result, rural road access is rapidly improving and a major new growth industry is being developed. Transportation of people and goods in the rural areas has shown tremendous improvement. Small businesses have also benefitted from these efforts. Retail shops and vendors now appear at weekly and monthly community markets. Permanent retail shops along improved roads show an increase in daily sales ranging from 50 percent to 140 percent.