The goals of the PPTA is to prepare a project using the multitranche financing facility (MFF) that will develop Afghanistan's water resources and irrigated agriculture potential through infrastructure investment, improve water management, institutional strengthening, and capacity development. The project will build core competencies and develop ongoing programs within the water resources and irrigated agriculture sectors to facilitate development and implementation of an investment pipeline.
| Project Name | Water Resources Development | ||||
| Project Number | 42091-012 | ||||
| Country | Afghanistan | ||||
| 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 - Water-based natural resources management |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | The goals of the PPTA is to prepare a project using the multitranche financing facility (MFF) that will develop Afghanistan's water resources and irrigated agriculture potential through infrastructure investment, improve water management, institutional strengthening, and capacity development. The project will build core competencies and develop ongoing programs within the water resources and irrigated agriculture sectors to facilitate development and implementation of an investment pipeline. The PPTA will provide analytical sector work to create development plan for water resources and irrigated agriculture. This will include (i) confirming sector objectives, (ii) assessing the current status of sector institutions, (iii) defining needed capacity development, institutional strengthening, and needed reforms, and (iv) providing a sector roadmap as a part of the financial framework for the MFF modality. Following this, the PPTA will prepare there priority core subprojects involving irrigation rehabilitation, development of new irrigation infrastructure, and bank and flood protection for financing under the ensuing loan. The investment preparation will comprise the bulk of the PPTA activities. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS - approved 2009) prioritzes development of water resources for irrigation as a key activity for economic growth and poverty reduction. ADB's Country Partnership Strategy is in line with ANDS and also highlights water resources and one of the focal areas for ADB support. | ||||
| Impact | The TA and ensuing Project will be development and improved management of water resources with an emphasis on irrigation infrastructure. | ||||
Project Outcome
| Description of Outcome | The outcome will be an ADB project design that includes preparation of: (i) a sector strategy to guide a long-term ADB program for water resources and irrigation agriculture; (ii) an investment project[s] for ADB financing; (iii) capacity development program; and (iv) a project preparation facility for subsequent projects. |
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| Description of Project Outputs | The TA will include the following outputs: (i) a sector strategy, road map, and investment plan; (ii) criteria to select subprojects to be financed under the Project; (iii) feasibility-level technical preparation (excepting detailed designs), with economic, financial, social, and environmental assessments of representative core subprojects and their impacts, and analysis of the proposed Project as a whole; (iv) an initial list of prioritized investments based on the selection criteria and preparation of the core subprojects; (v) detailed implementation arrangements, including methodologies and modalities for subproject selection and preparation, project management, procurement, and financial management, inter alia; (vi) a project investment and financing plan; (vii) institutional and policy analyses with recommendations to enhance project impact; (viii) due diligence for financial management, governance, procurement, and safeguards according to ADB guidelines including a resettlement framework with compensation matrix and possible plans for core subprojects, initial environmental examinations and environmental impact assessments as required for the core subproject, and indigenous peoples plans as required; (ix) terms of reference for implementation consultants; (x) workshops, consultations, training, and seminars; (xi) a project design and monitoring framework; and (xii) a monitoring and evaluation framework. |
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| Geographical Location | Afghanistan |
Safeguard Categories
| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | C |
| Indigenous Peoples | B |
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
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Business Opportunities
| Consulting Services | ADB will engage a multidisciplinary team of specialists that will be comprised of international and national members who will work closely with MEW and MAIL to execute the PPTA. The team will require the following expertise inter alia: water resources management; irrigation, hydrology, river training, river morphology, hydraulics, groundwater and geotechnical engineering; project and resource economics; agriculture; institutional analysis; finance and economics; environment; capacity development; social assessment and resettlement; and geographic and management information systems. It is anticipated that the TA will require about 45 person months of international and 15 person months of national consulting services in water resources development and planning, hydrology, river training, river morphology, irrigation planning, economics and social and environmental assessment inter alia. |
Responsible Staff
| Responsible ADB Officer | ADB Disclosure |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Kabul Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water Darul Aman Road, Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Finance Pashtunistan Watt, Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
Timetable
| Concept Clearance | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Fact Finding | 04 Feb 2008 to 24 Feb 2008 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 10 Jun 2008 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 31 Mar 2008 |
| Last PDS Update | 26 Jul 2010 |
TA 7088-AFG
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 10 Jun 2008 | 30 Jun 2008 | 30 Jun 2008 | 31 Oct 2009 | 31 May 2010 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 1,800,000.00 | 0.00 | 75,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,875,000.00 | 10 Jun 2008 | 1,657,065.08 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Water Resources Development Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) | Technical Assistance Reports | Apr 2008 |
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.
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Water Resources Development Project: Initial Environmental Examination | Initial Environmental Examination | Jul 2009 |
Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation
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