Pakistan's rate of urbanization is unprecedented, where cumulatively the population of its cities has expanded by over 70% during the past 2 decades alone. As a result, its cities have and continue to experience relentless urban densification and expansion, resulting in ever-increasing demand for urban services and growing pressures on urban service institutions to deliver. This situation has become acute in many cities, and especially Pakistan's intermediate cities, where urban delivery institutions are increasingly unable to cope, resulting in significant environmental degradation, unhealthy public spaces, and a severe shortage of civic amenities. The classic hallmarks of strained urban development are apparent in many cities, including unplanned and overcrowded settlements and residential areas, traffic-clogged streets and arterials, irregular and poor quality water supplies, and serious environmental and public health impacts caused by poorly functioning liquid and solid waste management systems.
Project Name | Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Project (Phase 2) | ||||
Project Number | 51215-002 | ||||
Country | Pakistan |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development |
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Sector / Subsector | Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Other urban services - Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban sewerage - Urban water supply |
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Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
Description | Pakistan's rate of urbanization is unprecedented, where cumulatively the population of its cities has expanded by over 70% during the past 2 decades alone. As a result, its cities have and continue to experience relentless urban densification and expansion, resulting in ever-increasing demand for urban services and growing pressures on urban service institutions to deliver. This situation has become acute in many cities, and especially Pakistan's intermediate cities, where urban delivery institutions are increasingly unable to cope, resulting in significant environmental degradation, unhealthy public spaces, and a severe shortage of civic amenities. The classic hallmarks of strained urban development are apparent in many cities, including unplanned and overcrowded settlements and residential areas, traffic-clogged streets and arterials, irregular and poor quality water supplies, and serious environmental and public health impacts caused by poorly functioning liquid and solid waste management systems. Fully recognizing livable cities as engines of economic growth and centers of culture and knowledge, the government has now placed urban sector development as a key priority of its national strategic development agenda. It has also amended the constitution to decentralize urban services, paving the way to build stronger institutional capacity in municipal governments so that they can respond more rapidly and effectively to the growing needs of individual cities as they evolve. So far, urban sector reforms have included selected cities of Punjab, which is Pakistan's most populous province and generates half of the nation's gross domestic product. In this context, the Government of Punjab (GOP), through the support of its Urban Unit, has and continues to implement key urban sector reform initiatives in selected areas throughout the province, working closely with international development partners to upgrade and expand urban infrastructure, and reform and build capacity in infrastructure service delivery institutions. This has notably included support from the World Bank, which has provided assistance to five large cities of Punjab, and more recently from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through PICIIP (Phase 1). |
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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The TA will finance (i) preparation of feasibility and/or due diligence assessments based on prefeasibility studies (PFS) to be conducted by the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), and (ii) ancillary works on project preparatory coordination for the ensuing loan for PICIIP 2. The TA will help ensure project readiness and minimize possible start-up delays for the project. | ||||
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Geographical Location | Bahawalpur, Muzaffargarh, Rahim Yar Khan, Sargodha |
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During Project Design | Stakeholder discussions were held to confirm arrangements. |
During Project Implementation | Implementation period is ongoing. The CDIA consultants mobilized in September 2018, and an inception workshop with relevant stakeholders is planned for early November 2018. |
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Consulting Services | ADB will engage 2 international consultants for a total of 5 person-months, and 6 national consultants for a total of 15 person-months, in accordance with ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time) and the associated project administration instructions and TA staff instructions. Individual consultants are being recruited as the number and budget of consultants are small. Possible use of output-based contracts will be considered, in line with Midterm Review of Strategy 2020 Action Plan 2.9.2 and 2.10.2. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Kohlhase, Jude Ernest |
Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Urban Development and Water Division, CWRD |
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Concept Clearance | - |
Fact Finding | - |
MRM | - |
Approval | 15 Dec 2017 |
Last Review Mission | - |
Last PDS Update | 25 Sep 2018 |
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
15 Dec 2017 | - | 15 Dec 2017 | 10 Jul 2019 | 10 Jan 2020 | - |
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
225,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 225,000.00 | 15 Dec 2017 | 132,668.41 |
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Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Project (Phase 2): Project Data Sheet (Urdu translation) | Translated PDS | Jan 2018 |
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