Regional : Southeast Asia Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Policy Facility
The transaction technical assistance (TA) facility will provide technical support, capacity building, and policy advice to prepare a series of ensuing programs and projects to strengthen public management, financial sector, and trade policies in the Southeast Asian developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) during 2019-2022. The TA facility will combine supports for policy and reform actions required by the Southeast Asian DMCs to prepare various policy-based and project loans during 2019-2021. The TA facility, therefore, enables ADB to strengthen its engagement with policies and reforms in the Southeast Asian DMCs, thereby strengthening results and outcomes of the reforms, catalyzing resources needed for development, strengthening ADB's knowledge services and support to the DMCs, and improving ADB''s response to client needs with respect to policy designs, capacity building, and knowledge management.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Chongvilaivan, Aekapol
Southeast Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Regional -
Sector
- Finance
| Project Name | Southeast Asia Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Policy Facility | ||||||||||||||||
| Project Number | 53071-001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Country / Economy | Regional Cambodia Indonesia Lao People's Democratic Republic Myanmar Philippines Timor-Leste Viet Nam |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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Finance / Finance sector development - Inclusive finance - Infrastructure finance and investment funds - Insurance and contractual savings Industry and trade / Industry and trade sector development - Small and medium enterprise development Public sector management / Decentralization - Public administration - Public expenditure and fiscal management |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||||||||||
| Description | The transaction technical assistance (TA) facility will provide technical support, capacity building, and policy advice to prepare a series of ensuing programs and projects to strengthen public management, financial sector, and trade policies in the Southeast Asian developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) during 2019-2022. The TA facility will combine supports for policy and reform actions required by the Southeast Asian DMCs to prepare various policy-based and project loans during 2019-2021. The TA facility, therefore, enables ADB to strengthen its engagement with policies and reforms in the Southeast Asian DMCs, thereby strengthening results and outcomes of the reforms, catalyzing resources needed for development, strengthening ADB's knowledge services and support to the DMCs, and improving ADB''s response to client needs with respect to policy designs, capacity building, and knowledge management. | ||||||||||||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Sound macroeconomic management and progressive reforms have played a pivotal role in Southeast Asia''s economic performance. The banking system was restructured, with more tightened financial regulations. Local currency bond markets have been deepened to reduce country exposure to exchange rate risks and capital flow volatility. Fiscal policy has been more prudent and targeted at achieving the medium- to long-term national development goals that are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Industrial and trade policies have successfully established globally competitive economic clusters by fostering international trade and foreign investment and improving ease of doing business. Governments continue to tackle corruption and improve governance and institution by adopting international standards and practices. While sound economic fundamentals and prudent macroeconomic policy will continue to uphold an optimistic outlook, Southeast Asia''s continued growth prospect is not preordained. Policy reforms need to be further strengthened to address evolving development challenges and build resilience against emerging uncertainties. These challenges include: (i) deepening capital markets and financial inclusion; (ii) strengthening public finance management; and (iii) expanding trade and competitiveness. The TA facility is aligned with the operational priorities of the Strategy 2030 in terms of strengthening governance and institutional capacity (operational priority 6) and fostering regional cooperation and integration (operational priority 7). It will directly contribute to the Southeast Asian DMCs'' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It catalyzes resources and synergies for responding to the DMCs'' emerging and evolving policy and reform challenges through policy advisory services, knowledge management support, and capacity building to put forward the key reform agendas in three areas: (i) capital markets and financial inclusion; (ii) public finance and management; and (iii) trade and competitiveness. |
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| Geographical Location | Cambodia - Nation-wide; Indonesia - Nation-wide; Lao People's Democratic Republic - Nation-wide; Myanmar - Nation-wide; Philippines - Nation-wide; Timor-Leste - Nation-wide; Viet Nam - Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | International: 140 person-months National: 250 person-months |
| Procurement | The TA facility will recruit individual and firm consultants from both national and international sources depending on the nature of each ensuing project and availability and suitability of consultants. SEPF will maintain regular contacts with the Governments of the Southeast Asian DMCs as well as with the consultants to ensure work proceeds according to the agreed schedules and expected outputs. TA review missions and consultant progress reports will provide adequate monitoring and evaluation of TA delivery. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Chongvilaivan, Aekapol |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 28 Jun 2019 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 29 Sep 2020 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 28 Jun 2019 | - | 28 Jun 2019 | 30 Jun 2022 | 28 Jun 2024 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 7,545,000.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10,045,000.00 | 22 Sep 2022 | 4,825,147.25 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Southeast Asia Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Policy Facility: Major Change in Technical Assistance | TA Change in Scope, Amount, and Implementation Arrangements | May 2021 |
| Southeast Asia Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Policy Facility: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Jun 2019 |
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| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Project Preparatory Technical Assistance | Technical Assistance 9766 | 07 Feb 2022 | WILLIS LTD GBP (U.K.) in association with Risk Management Solutions (U.S.A.) | 51 Lime Street London, United Kingdom EC3M 7DQ | Asian Development Bank | 2,126,000.00 | — |
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Procurement Plan
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