Lao People's Democratic Republic : Support for Post-Private Sector and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Program Partnership Framework
Project Details
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Project Officer
Mohd Ismail, Mohd Sani
Southeast Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Lao People's Democratic Republic -
Modality
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Sector
- Industry and trade
Project Name | Support for Post-Private Sector and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Program Partnership Framework | ||||
Project Number | 44114-012 | ||||
Country / Economy | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Partnerships Private sector development |
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Sector / Subsector | Industry and trade / Small and medium enterprise development |
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Description | |||||
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Country Operations Business Plan 2009-2011 | ||||
Impact | Sustainable economic growth supported by increased contribution of the private sector and SMEs |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | Improved business environment where the private sector and SMEs operate efficiently and effectively |
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Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | Component 1: Complete the national roll-out of the business registry offices. Component 2: Regulatory impact assessment program. Component 3: Implementation of SME strategy. Component 4: Trade Policy Capacity and trade facilitation. |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | (i)TA related workshops, seminars and training and any equipment procurement, (ii) Lao Economists Study Group; (iii) support and coordinate with the Program Steering Committee and the RIA Inter-Agency Taskforce, (iv) support with coordinating with ADB Mission and the RIA Units; and (vi) formulation of the second subprogram of the PSME-2 in 2013. (i) Knowledge products on competition policy, trade policy, and SME development; (ii) support the RIA Units at several ministries and agencies, (iii) progress of the Government in implementing policy triggers under subprogram 2 of the PSME-2 program Physical closing of this TA is on 31 March 2014. |
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Involuntary Resettlement | |
Indigenous Peoples | |
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Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | A team of 8 international consultants (total of 28 person months) and 3 national consutlants (total of 60 person months-PM) will be engaged. International Consultants: 1. Competition Policy Expert (4 PM, continuous) 2. Regulatory Expert (7 PM, intermittent) 3. Accounting Profession Expert (4 PM, continuous) 4. Technology Adoption Expert (4 PM, intermittent) 5. SME Finance Expert (2 PM, continous) 6. WTO Expert (4 PM, continuous) 7. Trade Economist (2 PM, continuous) 8. Trade Facilitation Expert (1 PM, continuous) 6. Trade Economist (2 PM, continuous) National Consultants: 1. Legal Expert (12 PM, continous) 2. Project Economist (24 months, continuous) 3. Project Officer (24 months, continuous) |
Responsible ADB Officer | Mohd Ismail, Mohd Sani |
Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, SERD |
Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Industry and Commerce |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 04 Feb 2010 |
Fact Finding | 23 Apr 2010 to 23 Apr 2010 |
MRM | - |
Approval | 27 Sep 2010 |
Last Review Mission | - |
PDS Creation Date | 25 Mar 2010 |
Last PDS Update | 30 Sep 2013 |
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
27 Sep 2010 | 03 Dec 2010 | 03 Dec 2010 | 31 Mar 2014 | - | 30 Jun 2014 |
Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 190,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,190,000.00 | 17 Feb 2023 | 910,813.32 |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Support for Post-Private Sector and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Program Partnership Framework: Technical Assistance Completion Report | TA Completion Reports | May 2015 |
Support for Post-Private Sector and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Program Partnership Framework (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) | Technical Assistance Reports | Sep 2010 |
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