The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will identify, demonstrate, and evaluate how to use high-level technologies to effectively plan high-quality infrastructure investments, especially for transport infrastructure, to reduce construction and maintenance costs, and measure economic impacts. The usefulness of big data and satellite imagery, in the face of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has been demonstrated, visualizing movements of people and goods and helping government to design response activities. Lessons learned from the TA will be shared and discussed with developing member countries (DMCs) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) operational departments for planned or future ADB projects and government policies in developing Asia, including upper-middle income countries (UMICs).
| Project Name | Using Frontier Technology and Big Data Analytics for Smart Infrastructure Facility Planning and Monitoring |
| Project Number | 54114-001 |
| Country | Regional Bangladesh Cambodia Indonesia Lao People's Democratic Republic Myanmar Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Thailand Viet Nam |
| Project Status | Proposed |
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
| Sector / Subsector | Transport / Road transport (non-urban) - Transport policies and institutional development - Urban public transport - Urban roads and traffic management |
| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements |
| Description | The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will identify, demonstrate, and evaluate how to use high-level technologies to effectively plan high-quality infrastructure investments, especially for transport infrastructure, to reduce construction and maintenance costs, and measure economic impacts. The usefulness of big data and satellite imagery, in the face of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has been demonstrated, visualizing movements of people and goods and helping government to design response activities. Lessons learned from the TA will be shared and discussed with developing member countries (DMCs) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) operational departments for planned or future ADB projects and government policies in developing Asia, including upper-middle income countries (UMICs). |
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The recent advances in high-level technology offer opportunities to plan, construct, and maintain high-quality infrastructure. Spatial information, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Internet of things could be used for designing, constructing, maintaining, and monitoring high-quality infrastructure projects. DMC governments and international development agencies, however, have been struggling to find effective ways to use high-level technologies. Without proper planning and consideration of options available, valuable opportunities could be missed. The value of missed opportunities could be invaluable. Thus, there is a strong and urgent need to conduct pilot case studies involving the effective use of high-level technologies to draw policy recommendations. |
| Impact | Physical and financial sustainability of transportation infrastructure improved |
| Outcome | Transportation infrastructure monitoring and maintenance systems in ADB DMCs improved, and operational and maintenance costs reduced |
| Outputs | Pre-feasibility study of using innovative technologies and data sources for enhanced monitoring of infrastructure quality conducted Research studies on urban infrastructure in developing Asia conducted and capacity building implemented Case studies on impacts of high-quality infrastructure conducted and disseminated |
| Geographical Location | Bangladesh - Nation-wide; Cambodia - Nation-wide; Indonesia - Nation-wide; Lao People's Democratic Republic - Nation-wide; Myanmar - Nation-wide; Pakistan - Nation-wide; Philippines - Nation-wide; Sri Lanka - Nation-wide; Thailand - Nation-wide; Viet Nam - Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. The TA requires up to 50 person months of international and up to 100 person months of national consultant inputs. |
| Procurement | The TA requires both macro and micro data. The data sets will be procured from government agencies, private data providers, and other research institutes. Equipment such as laptop computers, handheld devices, sensors and other infrastructure monitoring equipment and statistical software may also be procured for the TA where needed. Procurement of data, equipment, and software will be in accordance with ADB's Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and the associated Staff Instructions. For the equipment, a certificate of equipment turnover or disposal will be submitted at the end of TA implementation. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Yamano, Takashi |
| Responsible ADB Department | Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Economic Analysis and Operations Support Division |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 20 May 2020 |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | - |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 15 Jul 2020 |
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