As one of Bhutan's largest multilateral development partners, ADB has been providing assistance for the country's transition and development since 1982.
Over the course of this partnership, ADB and the Government of Bhutan have focused their efforts on four sectors: energy, transport and communications, water supply and sanitation, and finance sector development.
This country brief summarizes how the partnership between the Government of Bhutan and ADB has contributed to the development of the country.
Development Results of ADB-Supported Operations in Bhutan, 2004-2012
As of 31 December 2012 Download Excel file
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Sector/Output |
Outputs Delivered |
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Education |
|
Classrooms built or upgraded (number) |
75 |
|
Teachers trained (number) |
84 |
|
Students benefiting from school improvement programs or direct support (number) |
3,063 |
|
Energy |
|
Transmission lines installed or upgraded (kilometers) |
1,260 |
|
Distribution lines installed or updgraded (kilometers) |
1,770 |
|
New households connected to electricity (number) |
17,296 |
|
Greenhouse gas emission reduction (tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year) |
2 |
|
Transport |
|
National highways and provincial, district, and rural roads built or upgraded (kilometers) |
346 |
|
Beneficiaries from road projects (number) |
97,000 |
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The table includes projects completed during the period, and funded by ADB's ordinary capital resources and/or the Asian Development Fund, cofinanciers, and the government. The outputs presented are limited to ADB's core sectors, as defined under Strategy 2020 and tracked through indicators in the ADB Results Framework. ADB monitors progress on these outputs in the annual Development Effectiveness Review. The numbers represent the sum of outputs and beneficiaries of individual projects. Therefore, the beneficiary numbers reported under education—teachers trained, and students benefitting from school improvement programs or direct support—include those who benefited from more than one project.
Source: ADB project completion reports
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Classrooms built or upgraded between 2004-2012: 75
Classrooms cover (i) classrooms; (ii) laboratory rooms, including those for science, computers, and languages; (iii) lecture halls; (iv) libraries and workshop facilities; (v) auditoriums; and (vi) sports facilities, which may include gyms, and basketball and volleyball courts.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
31317-013: Basic Skills Development Project |
Loan |
1830 |
21-Jun-01 |
27-Aug-08 |
Partly successful |
75 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Teachers trained between 2004-2012: 84
The number of teachers or professors trained over the duration of the project as a result of the project, both pre-service in order to become teachers; and in-service, for teachers to acquire or improve their teaching capacity. Teachers refer to those employed in formal primary, secondary, and tertiary education.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
31317-013: Basic Skills Development Project |
Loan |
1830 |
21-Jun-01 |
27-Aug-08 |
Partly successful |
84 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Students benefiting from school improvement programs or direct support between 2004-2012: 3,063
Students benefiting from (i) school improvement programs (at the end of the project); or (ii) having received direct support through scholarships, feeding, or similar programs (total number over the duration of the project). School improvement programs include civil works and provision of equipment or furniture.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
31317-013: Basic Skills Development Project |
Loan |
1830 |
21-Jun-01 |
27-Aug-08 |
Partly successful |
3,063 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Transmission lines installed or upgraded between 2004-2012: 1,260 kilometers
The indicator covers power, gas, and oil transmission lines. It is the measure of the ground distance, in kilometers, traversed by the transmission line. For power transmission lines, we are looking for the simple distance from tower A to tower B and not the circuit-kilometers.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
34374-013: Rural Electrification and Network Expansion |
Loan |
2009 |
30-Sep-03 |
19-Dec-06 |
Highly successful |
1,260 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Distribution lines installed or updgraded between 2004-2012: 1,770 kilometers
"Distribution lines installed or upgraded" is the aggregate of the following three sub-indicators: (i) km of power distribution lines installed or upgraded, generally at 110 kv or lower); (ii) km of district heating network pipes installed or upgraded; and (iii) km of urban gas supply network pipes installed or upgraded.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
34374-013: Rural Electrification and Network Expansion |
Loan |
2009 |
30-Sep-03 |
19-Dec-06 |
Highly successful |
1,343 |
|
29242-013: Sustainable Rural Electrification Project |
Loan |
1712 |
25-Nov-99 |
12-Jan-06 |
Successful |
427 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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New households connected to electricity between 2004-2012: 17,296
The indicator is the number of new households connected to the grid. Only new household connections resulting from a project are counted; households already connected to the grid and receiving improved services through a project are not counted. The number of new household connections resulting from a project is counted in total and not proportional to the ADB funding component only. The guiding principle is that ADB assistance is integral to the completion of the entire project; without the ADB assistance, the total target household connections would not be attained.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
34374-013: Rural Electrification and Network Expansion |
Loan |
2009 |
30-Sep-03 |
19-Dec-06 |
Highly successful |
9,206 |
|
29242-013: Sustainable Rural Electrification Project |
Loan |
1712 |
25-Nov-99 |
12-Jan-06 |
Successful |
8,090 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Greenhouse gas emission reduction between 2004-2012: 2 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year
A proxy emission factor is to be used for developing Asia (countries where ADB may implement projects), which is 793.73 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per gigawatt-hour (GWh). This proxy factor is to be used to calculate emission reduction/ avoidance accruing from the projects, i.e., GWh generated using renewable energy, and GWh saved through efficiency improvement.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
29242-013: Sustainable Rural Electrification Project |
Loan |
1712 |
25-Nov-99 |
12-Jan-06 |
Successful |
2 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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National highways and provincial, district, and rural roads built or upgraded between 2004-2012: 346 kilometers
Length of open access road networks built or upgraded in km (without full access control). "Upgrading" includes all activity to restore a degraded road to originally intended design capacity (repair/rehabilitation) and to improve on its design capacity (e.g. by widening). Upgrading does not cover road signage (only).
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
32288-013: Road Improvement Project |
Loan |
1763 |
03-Oct-00 |
08-Aug-06 |
Successful |
328 |
|
28079-013: Urban Infrastructure Improvement Project |
Loan |
1625 |
30-Jul-98 |
30-Jun-05 |
Highly successful / successful |
18 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Beneficiaries from road projects between 2004-2012: 97,000
Includes all beneficiaries defined by reports and recommendations of the President or project completion reports as beneficiaries of roads constructed or upgraded; generally those in the vicinity of the road or in the project area. Beneficiaries of railway projects are not included.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
32288-013: Road Improvement Project |
Loan |
1763 |
03-Oct-00 |
08-Aug-06 |
Successful |
60,000 |
|
28079-013: Urban Infrastructure Improvement Project |
Loan |
1625 |
30-Jul-98 |
30-Jun-05 |
Highly successful / successful |
37,000 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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