Lao People's Democratic Republic : Northern Community-Managed Irrigation Sector Project
The objective of the TA is to prepare a follow-on sector investment project, which will address poverty reduction, environmental protection and gender issues through the development of small-scale (less than 100 ha) CMI schemes in selected northern provinces.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Phanouvong, Sisavanh
Southeast Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Lao People's Democratic Republic -
Modality
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Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
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| Project Name | Northern Community-Managed Irrigation Sector Project | ||||
| Project Number | 34188-012 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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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 Knowledge solutions |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agricultural policy, institutional and capacity development - Irrigation |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The objective of the TA is to prepare a follow-on sector investment project, which will address poverty reduction, environmental protection and gender issues through the development of small-scale (less than 100 ha) CMI schemes in selected northern provinces. The TA will comprise the following major activities: (i) review lessons learnt from ongoing projects in relation to current policies; (ii) undertake analyses of institutional capacity at national, province, district and village water users associations (WUAs) levels; (iii) determine the northern provinces to be included in the proposed project taking into consideration the stakeholders' priorities and Government's implementation; (iv) review and upgrade the completed appraisal studies on sample subprojects.; (v) conduct a social and environmental assessment of sample subprojects with particular emphasis on poverty reduction and environmental protection; (vi) analyze the cost effectiveness and financial sustainability; and (vii) develop a sector investment package and necessary supporting mechanism for sustainable and affordable CMI. | ||||
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| Environment | B |
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| Consulting Services | The TA work will be carried out by a team of experts from an international consulting firm in association with domestic consultants. Other details of consulting services to be required will be determined during the fact-finding mission. Procurement of one service vehicle will be proposed to facilitate the work of the consultants. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Phanouvong, Sisavanh |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Department of Irrigation Mr. Phuovieng Latdavong, Permanent Secretary P.O. Box 5192, Vientiane Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 10 Mar 2001 |
| Fact Finding | 11 Jun 2001 to 19 Jun 2001 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 11 Sep 2001 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 01 Jun 2007 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 11 Sep 2001 | 26 Oct 2001 | 26 Oct 2001 | 31 Dec 2002 | 15 Dec 2004 | 19 May 2005 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 700,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 700,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 697,544.64 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Northern Community-Managed Irrigation Sector Project | Technical Assistance Reports | Sep 2001 |
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