TA Fact-Finding Mission Undertaken/Scheduled: 1-10 Feb 1999
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TA Approval Date
27 April 1999
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Estimated Completion Date
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- Cost and Financing Plan (in US$)
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JSF |
650,000.00 |
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650,000.00 |
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- Description
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Agriculture dominates the economy of Lao PDR, contributing 55 percent to GDP in 1995 and accounting for 76 percent of employment. Although the country has some 5million ha of cultivable land, only about 800,000 ha are cultivated. The Project will help develop agriculture by increasing cultivating area in the major five plains along the Mekong River.
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| Strategic Development Objectives |
- Primary
- Economic Growth
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- Secondary
- Poverty Reduction
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- Objectives and Scope
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The Government has invested considerable resources in developing irrigation infrastructure throughout the country, especially since it complements its government food self-sufficiency program. Recent experience reveals that beneficiary farmers more effectively handle the management of such infrastructure themselves. Therefore, the Government has adopted a policy of handing over all management and financial responsibilities relating to irrigation systems to Water Users Associations. The Government has requested Bank support to assist in a widespread program to transfer medium and large-scale systems. The TA will assist the executing agency to prepare a strategy and a master plan for nationwide Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) of such systems and will support formulating an investment proposal for the proposed IMT project. The master plan will essentially be a planning document to develop a prioritized program for achieving the national objective. The proposed IMT Project is expected to assist in implementing the first phase of the IMT program. The TA is expected to result in a sector type project based on criteria established for selection of individual schemes and preparing detailed design, cost estimates and economic and financial analysis for selected model schemes.
- Policy Dialogue
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- Environment Category:
B
- Environment Impact and Mitigation
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- Social Aspects and Remedies
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- Benefits and Beneficiaries
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The Project is expected to formulate a program that will improve living conditions of the beneficiary farmers in selected irrigation schemes by supplying irrigation water for dry season and supplementary irrigation water in wet season. The rehabilitation of the irrigation schemes and active agricultural extension activities will increase the incomes of beneficiary farmers.
- Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
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- Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
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- Consulting Services
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The TA will be implemented by a team of international and domestic consultants over a four months period expected to commence in September 1999 and end in December 1999. It is envisaged that 46.5 person-months of consulting services will be required, comprising 18 person-months of international consultants and 28.5 person-months of domestic consultants. The consultants should have proven expertise in handling all professional aspects of irrigation management issues in Asia and have direct experience in the irrigation sector in Lao PDR.
- Procurement
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- Contacts
- Bank
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C. R. Rajendran
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Secretary, Compliance Review Panel
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OCRP
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Tel. No.:
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(632) 632-4149
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E-mail:
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crajendran@adb.org
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- Executing Agency
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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Contact Person
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Tel. No.
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Fax. No.
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856-21-214079
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E-mail
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