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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India: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
The Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program was designed to assist the state in increasing economic growth, reducing poverty, and sustaining improvements in urban environment and in the quality of life in 15 medium-sized urban local bodies. The program was designed as a multitranche financing facility (MFF) and aimed to deliver essential municipal infrastructure and services, including improvements in water supply, wastewater management, solid waste management, urban drainage, urban transport and roads, and social infrastructure. -
Nepal: Strengthening Public Management Program
In September 2012, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the policy-based Strengthening Public Management Program (SPMP) with a grant of $25.0 million to be disbursed in two tranches,1 and a technical assistance (TA) grant of $3.0 million, subsequently bolstered by additional financing to $6.6 million.2 The program aimed to improve the effectiveness of public goods and services delivery in Nepal as demonstrated by increased access to basic health care services and improved adult literacy rates by 2015. -
India: Uttarakhand State-Road Investment Program (Project 1)
The Government of India and Uttarakhand State Government saw that increased investment in road infrastructure would lead to improved personal mobility and accessibility, thus, reducing poverty and increasing personal incomes. The state government prepared its $1.2 billion 10-year Road Development Program (RDP) that covered seven sequential projects for implementation between 2007 and 2017. The aim was to improve roads to national standards and maintain the 16,800-kilometer (km) state road network in good condition. -
Indonesia: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
As a sector development program, it would introduce relevant reforms that would result in higher demand for and implementation of public–private partnerships (PPPs) across a range of sectors in Indonesia. The project loan would establish an infrastructure project development facility (IPDF), which would alleviate one of the most critical constraints impeding infrastructure development, namely, the lack of adequate project preparation. -
Uzbekistan: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program (Project 2)
The Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program (WSSSIP) was approved when ADB and the government signed the financing framework for a $300 million multitranche financing facility (MFF) on 28 August 2009. The MFF would fund urban water supply and sanitation infrastructure development in eight of Uzbekistan’s 13 regions. The MFF was to be delivered through four tranches. Project 1 with a $60 million loan, covered investments in Bukhara and Navoi provinces and became effective on 21 April 2010. -
Nepal: Emergency Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project
The project was funded by a grant of $25.6 million from ADB’s Asian Development Fund. It aimed at (i) restoring economic activities in three districts: Kailali and Kanchanpur in the far western region, and Sunsari in the eastern region and (ii) improving access to livelihoods and basic infrastructure for an estimated 300,000 people affected by the flooding through direct support to revive agriculture and other income-generating livelihood options. -
Uzbekistan: Water Resource Management Sector Project
The project was designed to address the declining irrigation efficiency by rehabilitating and upgrading selected irrigation systems—pump stations and related inter-farm canals—in the Fergana Valley and Zarafshan River Basin in Uzbekistan, and through improved water management. The need for rehabilitation and upgrading stemmed from the lack of investment and inadequate maintenance. The project adopted a sector approach, taking a holistic view of the main issues affecting the irrigation sector, from intake to farm level. -
People’s Republic of China: Liaoning Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
The project sought to promote sustainable economic development in seven of Liaoning Province’s small cities and towns by constructing and upgrading road infrastructure and water supply, stormwater and wastewater reticulation, and environmental improvement. The project was expected to help attract investment and in-migration from rural areas. It was also intended to provide employment opportunities and training to reduce unemployment and poverty levels in the province, and to improve institutional capacity management. -
Bhutan: Urban Infrastructure Development Project
The Government of Bhutan requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide financial and technical assistance to improve urban infrastructure and services in Bhutan’s two largest cities, Thimphu and Phuentsholing, particularly in the cities’ newly expanded areas. -
India: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program–Tranche 2
The $300 million multitranche financing facility (MFF) Uttaranchal Power Sector Investment Program (India) was approved in 2006, with four tranches, aiming to support clean energy development, transmission system expansion, and capacity building. It was to be implemented over 7 years up to January 2013, each with a 5-year utilization period. The MFF financing modality was requested by the Government of India and the Government of Uttarakhand.