Pakistan: TA Loan for Megacity Development
ADB is helping Pakistan upgrade infrastructure and services in Karachi to improve the quality of life in the city. The project will provide resources to improve city planning, management, and financing, as well as service delivery. It will help prepare priority projects for funding by external agencies. It will also establish an innovative financing vehicle for capital investment needs.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Keum, In-Ho
Central and West Asia Department
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Country/Economy
Pakistan -
Modality
- Loan
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Sector
- Finance
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Project Name | TA Loan for Megacity Development | ||||
Project Number | 38405-013 | ||||
Country / Economy | Pakistan |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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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 |
Finance / Finance sector development - Infrastructure finance and investment funds Transport / Transport policies and institutional development Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban sewerage - Urban slum development - Urban solid waste management - Urban water supply |
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Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||
Description | The goal of the TA Loan is to enhance contribution of the mega city, Karachi, to national development and improve the quality of life for the mega city residents, including the poor, in a sustainable manner. The expected outcomes are (i) improved mega city governance, management, and planning, (ii) improved and expanded urban infrastructure and services based on a strategic framework and (iii) sustainable and efficient financing of mega city infrastructure and services. To these end, the TA Loan includes (i) a capacity building facility providing a pool of resources for institutional reforms and building the capacities of the city district government of Karachi (CDGK) Town Municipal Administrations, and utilities in city strategy development and planning, management, and financing, as well as in applying commercial principles in the provision of infrastructure and services, (ii) a project preparation facility providing a flexible pool of funds for preparing high priority bankable projects that may subsequently be funded by external agencies, and (iii) establishment and operationalization of a specialized financing vehicle for mega city infrastructure and services which is envisaged to act as (a) an efficient conduit for channeling development funds to the city, (b) a catalyst for reforming the city agencies, and (c) an agent to mobilize funds from nongovernment sources for the large scale capital investment needs. It is expected that the TA Loan will also enhance the Government ownership of the institutional reforms,capacity building, and investment projects. | ||||
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The economy and population of Karachi has expanded significantly, but few investments have been made in the city's urban infrastructure facilities for over two decades. Infrastructure and services, that are inadequate and unreliable, are adding to business and household costs, hurting Karachi's urban and natural environments, and decreasing the city's global competitiveness compared with alternative Asian mega cities. The Government's recent Devolution policy provides major benefits to be realized, but has left many issues to be addressed in areas such as (i) fiscal imbalance and unclear and incomplete allocation of responsibilities between levels of government and (ii) inadequacy of the city's and towns' financial and technical capacities to fully meet their new responsibilities within the devolved framework. There is a need for substantial and long-term capacity building at the city and town levels if the devolution would yield the intended benefits for more effective urban service delivery. There is also increasing recognition that the growing gap between urban infrastructure demand and current supply cannot be met through traditional government sources, including local government revenues, subsidies, and transfers from the higher levels of Government. Alternative sources of financing and new ways of providing infrastructure and services are required. In its midterm development framework, the Government of Pakistan made a commitment to enhancing the competitiveness and quality of life in its large cities. The Government constituted a high-level committee led by the Planning Commission for coordinated development of its mega cities, starting with Karachi as a central plank of its economic development strategy. In this context, the Government requested, and ADB has agreed to assist the Government in addressing the mega city challenges. The Project which combines interventions for enhanced city governance and finance and improved economic infrastructure and social services conforms with ADB's current country strategy and program update whose major trusts are good governance, sustainable economic growth, and inclusive development. |
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Consulting Services | International and/or domestic consulting forms will be recruited using ADB's quality- and cost-based selection and quality based selection (QBS) procedures as appropriate for each subproject. Certain subprojects will utilize QBS as they require expertise of limited availability. Individual consultants will be engaged in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB on the engagement of domestic consultants. Specialists in urban planning, water supply, sewerage, solid waste management, urban transport and roads, low income community upgrading, private sector participation in urban infrastructure provision, economics, finance, social development, resettlement, and environment will help CDGK carry out comprehensive feasibility analyses and where necessary engineering designs, preparation of bid documents, and procurement of goods and services in a manner satisfactory to ADB. Specialists in urban governance, urban/municipal finance, institutional development, corporate governance, will also be recruited to help design and implement programs under the Capacity Building Facility. Tentative estimates for the consulting services requirements for the whole TA Loan are about 145 and 430 person-months of international and domestic consultants, respectively. |
Procurement | All goods and services under the Project will be procured in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Keum, In-Ho |
Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Urban Development and Water Division, CWRD |
Executing Agencies |
Finance Department,GOS Mr. Malik Israr Hussain Barrack No. 19, Sindh Secretariat 4-A, Finance Department, Government of Sindh, Karachi |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 08 Sep 2005 |
Fact Finding | 29 Aug 2005 to 10 Sep 2005 |
MRM | 10 Oct 2005 |
Approval | 02 Feb 2006 |
Last Review Mission | - |
PDS Creation Date | 17 Feb 2006 |
Last PDS Update | 16 Apr 2010 |
Loan 2229-PAK
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
02 Feb 2006 | 14 Jun 2006 | 14 Sep 2006 | 31 Jul 2010 | 30 Apr 2009 | 13 Aug 2009 |
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 13.33 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 10.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 100% |
Counterpart | 3.33 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 100% |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Mega City Development Project | Project/Program Completion Reports | Dec 2010 |
Mega City Development Project | Project/Program Administration Manual | Aug 2006 |
Technical Assistance Loan for Mega City Development Project between Islamic Republic of Pakistan and ADB dated 14 June 2006 | Loan Agreement (Special Operations) | Feb 2006 |
Mega City Development Project | Reports and Recommendations of the President | Jan 2006 |
Project Agreement for Technical Assistance Loan for Mega City Development Project between ADB and Province of Sindh | Project/Program Agreements | Jan 2006 |
Safeguard Documents See also: Safeguards
Safeguard documents provided at the time of project/facility approval may also be found in the list of linked documents provided with the Report and Recommendation of the President.
None currently available.
Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation
Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Pakistan: Mega City Development Project | Validations of Project Completion Reports | Dec 2013 |
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