The TA will prepare a Project that is suitable for ADB financing and will facilitate sustainable urban development in selected urban growth centers outside Kathmandu, by addressing critical environmental improvement needs. The TA will involve policy formulation and institutional strengthening to develop a mechanism to improve urban environmental infrastructure and services and develop municipal institutions.
| Project Name | Urban Environment Improvement | ||||
| Project Number | 32239-012 | ||||
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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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| Sector / Subsector | Water and other urban infrastructure and services - Urban policy, institutional and capacity development |
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| Description | The TA will prepare a Project that is suitable for ADB financing and will facilitate sustainable urban development in selected urban growth centers outside Kathmandu, by addressing critical environmental improvement needs. The TA will involve policy formulation and institutional strengthening to develop a mechanism to improve urban environmental infrastructure and services and develop municipal institutions. The TA will be implemented in three phases and will (i) analyze the growth potential of secondary urban towns; (ii) formulate urban growth strategies for high growth urban "satellite" towns to Kathmandu, including a detailed socioeconomic survey and poverty profile of selected "satellite" towns; and (iii) prepare a project proposal for facilitating urban-based regional economic growth, while maintaining and improving the environment of secondary towns and related areas, through the provision of urban infrastructure such as solid waste monitoring and control, traffic management, community facilities, and related institutional development. About 6-10 urban growth centers acting as urban growth nodes to Kathmandu, will be included in the Project. | ||||
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| Consulting Services | About 70 person-months (20 peson-months international and 50 person-months domestic) of consulting services will be required. International experts in urban development, local government management, environmental management/engineering, sociologist/demographer, institutional reform and capacity building, and economic/financial analysis and domestic experts in institutional development, local government administration, municipal engineering and finance, urban economics, environmental science, community development, and social science will be required. |
| Procurement | N/R |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Xiaoyan Ye |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Urban Development and Water Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Department of Housing & Urban Development Ministry of Housing & Physical Planning Babar Mahal, Kathmandu Nepal |
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| Concept Clearance | 10 Mar 1999 |
| Fact Finding | 25 Oct 1999 to 05 Nov 1999 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 23 Dec 1999 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 04 Dec 2006 |
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| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 23 Dec 1999 | 29 Feb 2000 | 29 Feb 2000 | 31 Mar 2001 | 31 Jul 2002 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 750,000.00 | 0.00 | 135,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 885,000.00 | 23 Dec 1999 | 733,930.02 |
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