Initial Poverty and Social Analysis (IPSA) provides an initial poverty and social assessment of people who may be beneficially or adversely affected by a project.
This document dated April 2023 is provided for the ADB project 56288-001 in the Philippines.
Concept papers provide the general information and description of a proposed project.
This document dated April 2023 is provided for the ADB project 56288-001 in the Philippines.
Annual audited project financial statements for sovereign operations provide project financial information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by an independent certified public accountant.
This document dated 18 January 2023 is provided for the ADB project 52173-002 in the Philippines.
Initial Environmental Examinations (IEE) describe the environmental condition of a project, including potential impact, formulation of mitigation measures, and preparation of institutional requirements for environmental monitoring.
This document dated October 2022 is provided for the ADB project 52145-001 in Cambodia.
Annual audited project financial statements for sovereign operations provide project financial information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by an independent certified public accountant.
This document dated 5 July 2022 is provided for the ADB project 50201-001 in the People's Republic of China.
This report reviews the progress of regulatory and policy reforms in Nepal and offers lessons to help refine the country’s fiscal federalism framework according to the provisions of the 2015 Constitution.
Environmental monitoring reports describe the environmental issues or mitigation measures of a project.
This document dated December 2021 is provided for the ADB project 50201-001 in the People's Republic of China.
Safeguards due diligence reports are prepared as part of safeguard due diligence and review to ensure compliance with ADB safeguard policy due diligence requirements.
This document dated December 2021 is provided for the ADB project 41392-023 in Cambodia.
Loan agreements outline the terms of an agreement for a loan.
This document dated 19 November 2021 is provided for the ADB project 52173-003 in the Philippines.
Though the guns had fallen silent and mines removed from their villages and gardens, many people returned home to destruction and bare structures.
Restoring normalcy to the former conflict zone, post conflict rehabilitation and construction became a priority in the immediate aftermath of the end of the civil conflict.
“The project focused on restoring basic infrastructure to assist with post conflict resettlements.”
Envisaged as a project with far-reaching impact, the Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project aimed to reduce poverty in conflict-affected areas. The project conformed to the government’s medium-term policy for the north (Wadakkin Wasantham/Northern Spring) and complemented ongoing ADB projects, such as the North East Community Restoration and Development Project, and other projects.
Mainly focusing on the Northern Province, this project also addressed issues in the Eastern Province and some border villages in the North Central Province—all affected by the conflict. It focused on assisting the post conflict resettlement of the estimated 85,000 to 90,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to their original areas of residence.
The project covered multiple sectors restoring basic infrastructure such as roads, electricity, water supplies, and tank irrigations, in addition to strengthening civil administration, and restoring and improving people’s livelihoods.
Some of these areas lacked basic utilities, such as drinking water and electricity, as there had been insufficient investment in the region during the war. Only a few had access to piped water, which varied between 2% and 20% in the different northern districts. The restoration of the Point Pedro Water Supply Scheme in Jaffna and construction of the Eachchalampattu Water Supply Scheme in the East provided 33,000 people with access to clean drinking water.
A total of 228.3 km of national, provincial, and local authority roads were rehabilitated. Moreover, the rehabilitated 705 km of rural access roads significantly improved the livelihoods of formerly isolated farming communities, while reducing travel time and vehicle operating costs.
In addition, the rehabilitated minor, medium, and large tank irrigation schemes and small tank systems enabled over thousands of farm families, predominantly former IDPs, to begin irrigated cultivation again on 19,916 ha in the Northern Province, and parts of the Eastern and North Central provinces.
Partial and total blackouts were common in the north. However, with the construction of the grid station at Chunnakam and a new transmission line from Kilinochchi to Jaffna, a reliable supply of electricity to the north was restored.
The reconstruction of the legal complexes in Chavakachcheri, Kytes, and Mallakam helped create a fully operational governance system that restored the perceived personal and communal security of the war-affected communities and IDPs. This was essential to support the early recovery efforts, and sustain rehabilitation and rebuilding initiatives.
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