Regional : Assessing the Socioeconomic Effects of the Greater Mekong Subregion Projects
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program was initiated in 1992 with ADB support. By end-2007, it had mobilized $9.9 billion in investment projects and $166 million in technical assistance, of which ADB's support amounted to $3.4 billion for investments and $76 million for TA. In spite of the significant progress under the Program, reliable estimates of the socioeconomic effects of GMS projects are rare. The Mid-Term Review of the GMS Strategic Framework (2002-2012) recommended stronger M&E of GMS projects and programs by establishing a system for monitoring and quantifying their poverty impact.
Project Details
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Nguyen, Cuong Minh
Southeast Asia Department
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| Project Name | Assessing the Socioeconomic Effects of the Greater Mekong Subregion Projects | ||||
| Project Number | 42148-012 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Regional |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions |
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| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management / Economic affairs management |
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| Description | The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program was initiated in 1992 with ADB support. By end-2007, it had mobilized $9.9 billion in investment projects and $166 million in technical assistance, of which ADB's support amounted to $3.4 billion for investments and $76 million for TA. In spite of the significant progress under the Program, reliable estimates of the socioeconomic effects of GMS projects are rare. The Mid-Term Review of the GMS Strategic Framework (2002-2012) recommended stronger M&E of GMS projects and programs by establishing a system for monitoring and quantifying their poverty impact. The proposed RETA aims to contribute to this by (i) constructing a more comprehensive set of baseline socioeconomic indicators for selected GMS projects; (ii) evaluating the socioeconomic effects of selected GMS projects that are ongoing or have been completed with a view to providing quantitative estimates; and (iii) providing key policy implications and lessons that could inform the design and implementation of subregional projects in the GMS. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | |||||
| Impact | Enhanced development effectiveness of the GMS Economic Cooperation Program. | ||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Improved understanding of the effects of GMS projects on participating countries' socioeconomic development. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | A Mission was fielded from July 15-16 2010 to attend the third regional workshop to discuss and provide feedback on the draft final country reports produced by the participating research institutes (RIs). 11. A lot of progress has been made by the RIs on the use of techniques, and there has been a significant increase in capacity of all the RIs to undertake impact evaluation. |
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| Description of Project Outputs | The expected outputs are: i. A database of outcome and impact indicators and their potential determinants. The database will consist of information from the surveys conducted under the RETA and from secondary sources including official surveys, and project documents and databases. ii. Reports including assessments of the intermediate outcomes and impacts of the selected ongoing and completed GMS projects. iii. Lessons from the assessment which could be incorporated into design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of ongoing and future GMS projects. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | The RETA encountered periodic delays with the implementation period extended three times and is supposed to be due for completion on 31 May 2013. Within that period, ten case studies were completed and a draft regional synthesis report was prepared on the socioeconomic effects of the GMS projects. Apart from the regional synthesis report and the case studies originally envisaged for dissemination through an appropriate publication, it was also agreed that a monograph based on the RETA outputs will be produced for policy makers, evaluation specialists and general readers familiar with regional cooperation and project evaluation. Additional consultations were undertaken to provide information needed in the planning of further analytical work. However, there were substantive structural constraints and limitations to assessing the socioeconomic impact of selected GMS projects like the North-South Economic Corridor using the previous survey results (e.g., in the selection of villages, sampling size, questionnaire design, and limited economic data about the control group, among others). Given that substantial technical input and time will be required to address these constraints, it was agreed that the existing final report could be used for dissemination. The final report was issued in 2014. |
| Geographical Location | Regional |
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| During Project Design | The proposed RETA addresses a key recommendation of the Mid-Term Review of the GMS Strategic Framework (2002-2012) that was prepared in close consultation with GMS countries as well as the private sector and civil society organizations. The Review was approved by the GMS Ministers at the 14th Ministerial Meeting held on 21 June 2007. The RETA concept was also presented to senior officials of the GMS at the Fifth Meeting of the Task Force for the GMS Summit held on 28 March 2008, and will be discussed further during fact-finding. |
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| Consulting Services | The RETA will be implemented in partnership with national research institutes (NRIs) in each country, and will require the services of international and national consultants. for an estimated period of 12 person-months and 9 person-months, respectively. The international consultants will consist of (i) a team leader/coordinator, and (ii) economists/ specialists. The RETA will also engage a national consultant / analyss on an individual basis for 9 person-months to assist the TA Supervising Unit officer in coordinating the RETA activities. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Nguyen, Cuong Minh |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Div, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 23 Jun 2008 |
| Fact Finding | 10 Mar 2008 to 24 Mar 2008 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 02 Oct 2008 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 25 Jul 2008 |
| Last PDS Update | 02 Jan 2015 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 02 Oct 2008 | - | 02 Oct 2008 | 30 Jun 2010 | 30 Jun 2014 | 29 May 2015 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 950,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 950,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 696,522.04 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Assessing the Socioeconomic Effects of the Greater Mekong Subregion Projects: Technical Assistance Completion Report | TA Completion Reports | Jul 2015 |
| Assessing the Socioeconomic Effect of GMS Projects | Technical Assistance Reports | Oct 2008 |
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