The TA will prepare a design for a project to support the Government's efforts to (i) reduce the incidence of poverty in FATA through sustainable and appropriate development activities; (ii) improve livelihoods among the rural population by increasing incomes and employment opportunities through a mix of economic and social interventions; (iii) arrest resource and environmental degradation; and (iv) facilitate the mainstreaming of FATA into the country's economic and political system.
| Project Name | FATA Rural Development | ||||||||
| Project Number | 33268-012 | ||||||||
| Country | Pakistan |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agricultural policy, institutional and capacity development - Irrigation - Land-based natural resources management - Livestock - Rural water supply services - Water-based natural resources management Education / Technical and vocational education and training Transport / Road transport (non-urban) |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||||||
| Description | The TA will prepare a design for a project to support the Government's efforts to (i) reduce the incidence of poverty in FATA through sustainable and appropriate development activities; (ii) improve livelihoods among the rural population by increasing incomes and employment opportunities through a mix of economic and social interventions; (iii) arrest resource and environmental degradation; and (iv) facilitate the mainstreaming of FATA into the country's economic and political system. The TA has four design aims: (i) provide communication and productive infrastructure (roads, drinking water, irrigation.); (ii) increase incremental household incomes through improved agriculture and natural resource-based productivity; (iii) encourage participatory, community development through transparent selection and funding of community-level socio-economic infrastructure, delivery of financial services, and non-farm employment opportunities including capacity building; and (iv) institutional strengthening for community organizations and service delivery agencies. | ||||||||
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
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| Consulting Services | A total of 52 person-months (pm) of consulting services, comprising 17 pm of international and 35 pm of domestic specialist inputs, are required as follows: institutional and rural development, human resource development, economics, rural infrastructure, watershed management, agricultural economics/agricultural marketing, agricultural development, rural finance and enterprise development, animal husbandry/livestock development, irrigation systems, community forestry and range management, rural sociology and community development, gender and development, training and development, institutions and governance, and environmental impact assessment and mitigation. |
| Procurement | To be determined. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Miyazato, Tetsuro |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | CWSS |
| Executing Agencies |
FATA Secretariat Mr. Ghulan Quadir Khan, Chief FATA Warsak Road Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 20 Apr 1999 |
| Fact Finding | 08 Jul 2002 to 18 Jul 2002 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 13 Nov 2002 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 16 Feb 2007 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 13 Nov 2002 | 28 Feb 2003 | 28 Feb 2003 | 31 Jul 2003 | 31 Mar 2005 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 750,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 750,000.00 | 13 Nov 2002 | 738,045.95 |
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| Preparing the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Rural Development Project | Technical Assistance Reports | Nov 2002 |
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