11 MIN READIntroduction A rural road is never only a road. For the communities it serves, it is the difference between a harvest that reaches the...
9 MIN READIntroduction Road maintenance is chronically underfunded in most countries. The World Bank estimates that road agencies in developing countries receive, on average, only 30–50%...
20 MIN READIntroduction Across the world, an estimated 3.4 million kilometers of rural roads remain unpaved. These roads form the backbone of rural economies, connecting farms...
6 MIN READRoad failure is rarely caused by the pavement surface itself. In most cases, deterioration begins deep beneath the roadway, within the base, sub-base, and...
9 MIN READWhen it comes to stabilizing weak or problematic soils for road construction or pavement design, two methods are frequently compared: enzyme soil stabilization and...