3.0 Plan-Specific Actions and Time-Bound Measurable (TBM) Targets
Plan-Specific Actions
Plan-Action Prerequisites and
Linkages
Time-Bound Measurable
Targets
Plan-Action
Implementation
Agency
Rural Development Information System (RUDIS)
C5.1
Note: RUDIS is to be developed maintained and
supported by the ITSD of the Ministry of Local
Government and Social Affairs. It is to be an
integrated rural development information system to
serve as a comprehensive dynamic database and
information system on all aspects of rural
development. Information in RUDIS will contain
updateable details on rural communities including: a
definition of what constituents a rural community in a
given Prefecture, their number in a given commune or
Prefecture, as well as the status and profile of these
rural communities in terms of: population and the
population distribution; amenities and social
infrastructure (the type, number and the state of
hospitals, community centers, schools, etc in the
community); the physical and communications
infrastructure (roads, water, electricity, telephone,
radio service etc) among others.
Prerequisites:
1. The RUDIS Project Report
covering
implementation
details and plans and the cost
of the system.
2. The setting up of the ITSD of
Ministry of Local Government and
Social Affairs
Ministry of Local Government
and
Social
Affairs
to
commission and complete the
RUDIS
Project
Implementation Report by
2003
Implement RUDIS by 2004
Plan-Action Linkages:
Non
RUDIS will be used by Government agencies for rural
development planning and for studying the impact of
government policies on rural communities. It will also
be used by the private sector as a one-stop information
source for developing services and business ventures,
targeted at specific rural communities. The NGO and
the Donor community will also use RUDIS to plan
their intervention programmes targeted at rural
communities in specific areas like poverty reduction,
improving the living condition for rural communities,
rural employment and income generation programmes
etc.
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Ministry of Local
Government and
Social Affairs