Recent DFID (UKAID) support for the transport sector in developing countries has included two programmes focused on applied research in the area of low-volume rural roads and transport services. Between 2004 and 2009, DFID supported the South East Asia Community Access Project (SEACAP) in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. This was followed by DFID support to the Africa Community Access Project (AFCAP phase 1) between 2008 and 2014. Building on the success of these two partnerships, in 2014 DFID initiated support to a second phase of support to AFCAP and new support for similar applied research focused on South Asia (AsCAP). These two projects are managed under the overall umbrella of the Research in Community Access Partnership (ReCAP).
The aim of ReCAP is to build on the programme of high quality research established under SEACAP and AfCAP phase 1 and take this forward to a sustainable future in which the results of the research are adopted in practice and influence future policy.
ReCAP is a demand-led programme in which partner countries and other regional and international stakeholders identify research and other activities that contribute to the overall objectives of the ReCAP logical framework.
