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Contracts Awarded in May 2007

TA No.	:	4897-AFG
Sector	:	Economic Management
Project Name	:	Support to the Afghanistan National Development Strategy
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Finance
Name of Consultant	:	Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) (Afghani. Islamic Rep. of)
Address	:	House No. 69 Charaha-ye-Shehid Shar-e-Now, Kabul Afghanistan 070276464/ anja@acbar.org
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operation
Amount of Contract	:	US$382,000.00
Date of Contract	:	8 May 2007

TA No.	:	4455-PRC
Sector	:	Railways
Project Name	:	L/TA: Support to Ethnic Minorities Development Plan
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Railways
Name of Consultant	:	Yunnan Nationalities University (China, People's Rep. of)
Address	:	Yi'Eryi Street 134 Kunning, Yunnan 650031, People's Republic of China
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operation
Amount of Contract	:	US$150,000.00
Date of Contract	:	10 May 2007

TA No.	:	4864-PRC
Sector	:	Railways
Project Name	:	Managing Railway Passenger Operations More Efficiently
Executing Agency	:
Name of Consultant	:	SNCF International (France) in association with IBM Global Services (China) (China, People's Rep. of)
Address	:	10, Avenue Ledru Rollin Paris 75579 Cedex 12 France
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operation
Amount of Contract	:	US$575,000.00
Date of Contract	:	31 May 2007

TA No.	:	4867-PRC
Sector	:	Environment & Biodiversity
Project Name	:	Qingdao Water Resources Management Project
Executing Agency	:	Qingdao Municipal Development and Reform Commission
Name of Consultant	:	SOGREAH (France)
Address	:	6, Rue De Lorraine Echirolles 38100 France
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$570,000.00
Date of Contract	:	28 May 2007

TA No.	:	9074-INO
Sector	:	Agriculture Production, Agroprocess
Project Name	:	Seismically Upgraded Housing in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam & N. Sumatera
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Public Works
Name of Consultant	:	Inti Hexa Semesta (IHS), PT. (Indonesia) in association with Inacon Luhur Pertiwi, PT (Indonesia)
Address	:	Wisma Anugraha, First Floor Jl. Taman Kemang No. 32-B Jakarta 12730 Indonesia
Contract Description	:	Poverty Reduction
Amount of Contract	:	US$619,390.00
Date of Contract	:	25 May 2007

TA No.	:	9079-INO
Sector	:	Microfinance
Project Name	:	Restoration of Microenterprise and Microfinance in Aceh (JFPR)
Executing Agency	:	Bank Daerah Pernambungan Aceh (BDP Aceh)
Name of Consultant	:	Multi Area Desentralisasi Pembangunan (MADEP), PT. (Indonesia) in association with Perkumpulan Untuk Peningkatan Usaha Kecil (Pupuk) (Indonesia)
Address	:	JK Landak Baru XI No.9 Makasar 90222 Sulawesi Selatan Indonesia Fax 021 8719033
Contract Description	:	Poverty Reduction
Amount of Contract	:	US$399,776.00
Date of Contract	:	8 May 2007

TA No.	:	4875-LAO
Sector	:	Integrated
Project Name	:	Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Communications, Transport, Post & Construction
Name of Consultant	:	GHD Pty. Ltd. (Australia) in association with Burapha Development Consultants Co., Ltd. (Lao, People's Dem. Rep.)
Address	:	Level 8, 180 Lonsdale St. Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$464,000.00
Date of Contract	:	10 May 2007

TA No.	:	4921-LAO
Sector	:	Hydropower Generation
Project Name	:	Cumulative Impact Assessment for the Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Energy and Mines
Name of Consultant	:	Vattenfall Power Consultant AB (Sweden) in association with Ramboll Natura AB (Sweden)
Address	:	Jamtlandsgatan 99 Stockholm Se-162 16 P.O. Box 527 Sweden
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$773,500.00
Date of Contract	:	16 May 2007

TA No.	:	9095-LAO
Sector	:	Microfinance
Project Name	:	Catalyzing Microfinance for the Poor (JFPR)
Executing Agency	:
Name of Consultant	:	Maxwell Stamp PLC (United Kingdom) in association with Enterprise Development Consultants (Lao People's Dem Rep)
Address	:	Abbot's Court, Farringdon Lane London EC1R 3AX, United Kingdom
Contract Description	:	Poverty Reduction
Amount of Contract	:	US$1,010,850.00
Date of Contract	:	23 May 2007

TA No.	:	9096-LAO
Sector	:	Banking Systems
Project Name	:	Upgrading of ICT and MIS at the Agriculture Promotion Bank (JFICT)
Executing Agency	:
Name of Consultant	:	Financial Consultants, The (FINCON) (Pakistan) in association with Forest Bay Computing Limited (Irish Republic)
Address	:	House #65, Street 59, Sector I - 8/3 Islamabad, Federal 44000 Pakistan
Contract Description	:	Poverty Reduction
Amount of Contract	:	US$410,000.00
Date of Contract	:	25 May 2007

TA No.	:	4876-PAK
Sector	:	Transmission & Distribution
Project Name	:	Power Distribution Enhancement Multitranche Financing Facility
Executing Agency	:	Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pvt.) Limited
Name of Consultant	:	British Power Intl. Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Address	:	Century House South, Riverside Colchester, England, Co1 1re United Kingdom
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$845,000.00
Date of Contract	:	10 May 2007

TA No.	:	9070-PHI
Sector	:	Trade
Project Name	:	Developing Philippine Business Registry (JFICT)
Executing Agency	:	Bureau of Small and Medium Enterprise Development
Name of Consultant	:	Leverage Systems Technologies, Inc. (Philippines)
Address	:	27F, The Orient Square F. Ortigas Jr. Road Ortigas Center Pasig City Philippines Fax 6311834
Contract Description	:	Poverty Reduction
Amount of Contract	:	US$187,000.00
Date of Contract	:	2 May 2007

TA No.	:	6321-REG
Sector	:	Health Programs
Project Name	:	Fighting HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
Executing Agency	:	Asian Development Bank
Name of Consultant	:	Population Services International (United States)
Address	:	1120 19th St., N.W. Suite 600 Washington D.C. 20036 USA
Contract Description	:	Regional TA
Amount of Contract	:	US$150,000.00
Date of Contract	:	4 May 2007

TA No.	:	6321-REG
Sector	:	Health Programs
Project Name	:	Fighting HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
Executing Agency	:	Asian Development Bank
Name of Consultant	:	Pacific Rim Innovation & Management Exponents, Inc (Philippines)
Address	:	502 Manila Luxury Condominium Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines
Contract Description	:	Regional TA
Amount of Contract	:	US$580,000.00
Date of Contract	:	23 May 2007

TA No.	:	6362-REG
Sector	:	Multisector
Project Name	:	South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Tourism Development Project
Executing Agency	:	Asian Development Bank
Name of Consultant	:	Tourism Resource Consultants (New Zealand) in association with Metcon Consultants (Nepal)
Address	:	Level 3, 29 Brandon Street Po Box 2515, Wellington New Zealand
Contract Description	:	Regional TA
Amount of Contract	:	US$792,000.00
Date of Contract	:	23 May 2007

TA No.	:	4853-SRI
Sector	:	Water Supply & Sanitation
Project Name	:	Small Towns & Rural Arid Areas Water Supply and Sanitation
Executing Agency	:	National Water Supply and Drainage Board
Name of Consultant	:	Nippon Koei Co Ltd (Water Supply) (Japan) in association with IDP Consult, Inc (Philippines)
Address	:	2 Kojimachi 4-Chome Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102 0083 Japan
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$843,000.00
Date of Contract	:	7 May 2007

TA No.	:	4820-UZB
Sector	:	Agriculture Production, Agroprocess
Project Name	:	Implementation & Monitoring of Policy Reforms in the Agriculture Sector
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Economy
Name of Consultant	:	Scanagri Sweden AB (Sweden) in association with Scanagri Denmark A/S
Address	:	Klara Ostra Kyrkogata 12 Stockholm S-105 33 Sweden
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operation
Amount of Contract	:	US$750,000.00
Date of Contract	:	21 May 2007

TA No.	:	4862-VIE
Sector	:	Multimodal Transport & Sector Development
Project Name	:	Ho Chi Minh City Metro Rail System Project
Executing Agency	:	People's Committee
Name of Consultant	:	MVA Asia/MVA Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China) in association with Systra France (France)
Address	:	701, 7th Floor, East Town Bldg., 41 Lockhart Road, Wanchai Hong Kong
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$1,640,000.00
Date of Contract	:	10 May 2007