Ishihara, SatoshiBennett, Christopher R.2012-08-132012-08-132010-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11711In late 2008 the Republic of Armenia requested the Bank's assistance to mitigate the impact of the global financial crisis. This technical note describes how the Lifeline Road Improvement Project (LRIP) was prepared and implemented as a Rapid Response Project, prepared in only six weeks. This project saw over 150 km of roads improved and almost 12,000 person-months of employment generated during an eight month period between May to December 2009. The lessons learned may guide other projects with similar objectives.CC BY 3.0 IGOACTION PLANADVERTISEMENTASPHALTASPHALT CONCRETEAUTOMOBILEBASIC ACCESSCAPACITY BUILDINGCONCRETECONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION SITESCOST BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISDESIGN DRAWINGSDRAINAGEEMBANKMENTSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTGRAVELGRAVEL ROADSGUARD RAILSHIGHWAYSINCOMEINNOVATIONSINSPECTIONINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSLABOR MARKETSLAND ACQUISITIONLIMITED ACCESSLOCAL ROADSLOW VOLUME ROADSMAIN ROADMASONRYNEW TECHNOLOGIESPAVED ROADSPAVEMENTPAVEMENT CONDITIONSPAVEMENT DESIGNPAVEMENT MARKINGSPEDESTRIANPEDESTRIAN FACILITIESPEDESTRIANSPOOR ROADPROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT PROCESSESRECONSTRUCTIONRESETTLEMENTRESULTRESULTSROADROAD ADMINISTRATIONROAD CONDITIONSROAD CONSTRUCTIONROAD DESIGNROAD IMPROVEMENTROAD LENGTHSROAD LINKSROAD NETWORKROAD PAVEMENTSROAD SAFETYROADSROADS &AMPHIGHWAYSRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL COMMUNITYRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGYRURAL ROADSAFETYSAFETY IMPROVEMENTSSAFETY OF PEDESTRIANSSETTLEMENTSSIDEWALKSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL IMPACTSSOCIAL SERVICESSTABILIZATION OF SLOPESSTEELSTONESUBBASESUPERVISIONTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTRAFFICTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTTRAFFIC SAFETYTRAFFIC VOLUMETRAFFIC VOLUMESTRAINING COURSESTRANSPORTTRANSPORT PROJECTSTRAVEL TIMEURBAN AREASURBAN ROADSVEHICLESVILLAGESWEBWEB SITEWorld Bank10.1596/11711