Bangladesh : Rural Infrastructure Improvement II
The TA will help the Government formulate a project proposal to enhance rural livelihoods through improved rural infrastructure, reduced rural poverty, and enhanced local governance in Bangladesh. The ensuing Project will improve rural infrastructure in 23 districts in Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chittagong divisions and increase economic opportunities for the rural poor by participating in improvement of rural infrastructure. The Project will have four key activities: (i) stakeholder capacity building and local governance improvement; (ii) rural infrastructure improvement; (iii) income generating activities for the rural poor; and (v) institutional support for effective management.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Ryu, Ki Hee
South Asia Department
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Country/Economy
Bangladesh -
Modality
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Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
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| Project Name | Rural Infrastructure Improvement II | ||||
| Project Number | 36224-012 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Bangladesh |
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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 |
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| Gender | Gender equity | ||||
| Description | The TA will help the Government formulate a project proposal to enhance rural livelihoods through improved rural infrastructure, reduced rural poverty, and enhanced local governance in Bangladesh. The ensuing Project will improve rural infrastructure in 23 districts in Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chittagong divisions and increase economic opportunities for the rural poor by participating in improvement of rural infrastructure. The Project will have four key activities: (i) stakeholder capacity building and local governance improvement; (ii) rural infrastructure improvement; (iii) income generating activities for the rural poor; and (v) institutional support for effective management. | ||||
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | A |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will require 9 person-months of international consulting services and 27 person-months of domestic consulting services. The consultants will be recruited as individual consultants based on the recommendation of the team leader, who will be fielded before mobilizing the main group of the consultants and identify suitable and qualified individual consultants (up to 31 person-months) with expertise in local governance, rural infrastructure, resettlement, financial management, social development, and environment. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Ryu, Ki Hee |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Local Government Engineering Department Md. Roushan Kabir, Project Director [email protected] LGED Bhaban (Level 6), Agargaon Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 09 Mar 2004 |
| Fact Finding | 05 Sep 2004 to 19 Sep 2004 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 20 Dec 2004 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 06 Feb 2007 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 20 Dec 2004 | 08 Feb 2005 | 08 Feb 2005 | 31 May 2005 | 31 Dec 2005 | 31 Oct 2006 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 400,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 277,888.34 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (JSF) | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2004 |
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