39631-013: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project

Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview


Description

The project will contribute to reversing the devastating impact of the earthquake and so revive economic activity and enable people to resume their livelihoods and return to normal life. This will be achieved primarily through rehabilitating and reconstructing damaged and destroyed infrastructure as quickly as possible, which will particularly assist the poor and other vulnerable people. The project will have the following components: (i) quick-disbursing, which will be used to finance only impo... Read More

Country Pakistan
Project Number 39631-013
Project Type or Modality of Assistance Grant
Loan
Technical Assistance
Financing Public sector (Sovereign)
Status Approved
Approval Numbers Grant No. 0029
Loan No. 2213
TA No. 4730
Grant No. 0037
Approval Date 05 Oct 2007
ADB Financing ($ thousand) 344,500
Geographical Location State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Khyber Paktunkhwa Province of Pakistan
Sector / Subsector Classification Multisector
/ Multisector
Thematic Classification Economic growth
Safeguard Categories Environment: B
Resettlement: B
Indigenous People: B

Results Delivered

Classrooms built or upgraded (number) 2,395
Teachers trained (number) 656
Students benefiting from school improvement programs or direct support (number) 52,213
National highways and provincial, district, and rural roads built or upgraded (kilometers) 793

The results data reported above are limited to ADB's core sectors, as defined under Strategy 2020 and tracked through indicators in the ADB Results Framework. For definitions of results indicators, please see the ADB Results Framework Indicators Definition.

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Responsible ADB Officer
Mian S. Shafi
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Responsible ADB Department
Central and West Asia Department

Responsible ADB Divisions
Pakistan Resident Mission

Executing Agencies
Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehab Authority
Brig. Muhammed Salik Javid

Ministry of Finance (Old)

Office of the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP)
Muhammad Yunus Khan, Auditor General

Ministry of Finance
Asif Bajwa, Additional Secretary

Office of the Controller General Accounts (CGA)
Iftikhar Ahmed Khan, Controller, General Accounts

PDS Creation Date
16 Apr 2009

Last PDS Update
18 Apr 2013

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