Project Data Sheet
Project 34306-012
Project Data Sheet
Project 34306-012
| Project Name | Empowerment of Women | ||||
| Project Number | 34306-012 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Nepal |
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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 | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Education / Non-formal education Finance / Inclusive finance |
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| Gender | Gender equity | ||||
| Description | The objective of the project is to improve the socioeconomic status of women through an integrated approach. The components of the project shall include: (i) institutional development and strengthening of women's community organizations; (ii) support for income generating activities by facilitating access to existing services in credit and savings, marketing and business management and skills development; (iii) construction of community-managed time-saving small-scale infrastructures such as improved water supply and sanititation services, grinding mills and alternative energy saving devices; (iv) legal literacy/gender awareness/empowerment issues. Measurable outcomes include the accumulation of capital through increased savings by poor women; enhanced women's income due to stronger women's organizations, access to labor-saving infrastructure, access to credit and skills training; an improved socio-economic environment for women to participate in decision-making processes that affect them, and better awareness by women of their basic legal rights. | ||||
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| Environment | B |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will require 4 months of international consultants and 24 person-months of domestic consultants. Expertise to be provided by the consultants include an international team leader/institutional development specialist with experience in preparing ADB PPTAs; a local team leader/rural development specialist; a microcredit specialist, a community development specialist and a legal literacy specialist. |
| Procurement | TBD |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Mongiorgi-Lorenzo, Marzia |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Mr. Pratap Pathak, Joint Secretary Singhadurbar Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 07 Aug 2001 |
| Fact Finding | 28 Jan 2002 to 04 Feb 2002 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 24 May 2002 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 23 Feb 2007 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 24 May 2002 | 13 Sep 2002 | 13 Sep 2002 | 28 Feb 2003 | 28 Feb 2004 | 21 Mar 2005 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 450,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 450,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 415,150.12 |