Validations of Project Completion Reports
Validations of project completion reports to improve accountability for achieving results, quality of completion reports, and independence of project ratings.
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Indonesia: Regional Roads Development Project
The project aimed to improve strategic and national road corridors in North and West Kalimantan and in Central and East Java to support economic growth in the country’s less developed and poorer areas. The rehabilitation and capacity expansion of road corridors were expected to strengthen national and regional connectivity, and improve access to markets, job opportunities, and social services. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful. -
Bhutan: Rural Renewable Energy Development Project
The project was intended to support Bhutan in addressing local energy demand and national energy security and contribute to socioeconomic development. The project’s expected impact was sustained inclusive economic growth by widening access to reliable and affordable clean energy services. Its intended outcome was expanded coverage and mix of clean energy supply in a sustainable manner. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful. -
India: Second West Bengal Development Finance Program
The Second West Bengal Development Finance Program (WBDFP II) that was approved in 2017 continued support for the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program initiated by the government in 2012. -
People’s Republic of China: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
The Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project, which covers about 291,300 hectares (ha), was formulated to rehabilitate, protect, and conserve wetland and biodiversity, and coastal forests in the PRC’s Yancheng municipality. The project was also geared to protect marine and estuarine plants and fish species in northern Jiangsu. The project’s integrated approach was to address these constraints on wetland protection. The planned interventions were to involve both engineering measures and policy and social development (livelihoods and community participation). -
Azerbaijan: Road Network Development Program (Multitranche Financing Facility and Tranche 4)
The MFF was approved to develop Azerbaijan's road network, which was also expected to contribute to the establishment of a long-term partnership between ADB and Azerbaijan. The program impact was sustained socioeconomic development in Azerbaijan and enhanced cooperation with neighboring countries. The program outcome was the development of an adequate, efficient, safe, and sustainable road network, linking the country domestically and internationally. Project 4 was to reconstruct four bridges and five local roads in the Ganja-Gazakh region. -
India: Clean Energy Finance Investment Program (Tranche 1)
The MFF comprised three tranches totaling $6.6 billion to finance significant parts of IREDA’s indicative financing plan from 2014 to 2024. Its envisaged outcome was to facilitate investment to add at least 990 MW of renewable energy capacity generating an estimated 3,900 GW-hours (GWh) of electricity, and annually avoid 3.2 million additional tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). Tranche 1’s envisaged impact was the same for the MFF—increased renewable energy infrastructure. -
People’s Republic of China: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project
The project aimed to promote balanced and environmentally sustainable urbanization in Tianshui through the restructuring and expansion of district heating, construction of urban roads and flood control facilities, and strengthening of its urban management capacity. The intended outcome was improved heating, transport, and flood control services in Tianshui municipality. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful. -
Bangladesh: Natural Gas Access Improvement Project
The rationale for the project was to address the four issues that were urgently needed in the gas sector’s priority investments. The project’s expected impact was increased and more reliable access to natural gas for sustained economic growth in Bangladesh. Its intended outcome was expanded capacity and improved efficiency in natural gas production, transmission, and distribution systems. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful. -
Bangladesh: Strengthening Governance Management Project
The whole project aimed to improve transparency and accountability of public service delivery in tax and land record administration with the help of information and communication technology (ICT). The project expected the impact to be greater public trust in central government for service delivery with indicators of government effectiveness improving by 10 percentage points, while lowering the percentage of national survey respondents unaware of sources of information of government services to under 50%. -
People’s Republic of China: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project (Phase II)
The project built on the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project, approved in December 2006 and was expected to expand and improve district heating and NGS in the Bayannur and Wuhai Districts in IMAR. The expected project outcome was improved air quality in urban areas in IMAR. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Less than successful.