Early Warning System

Countries

Afghanistan

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Proposed

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Borrower

Government

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Law and Government
Technical Cooperation
Transport

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 1.00 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Project Disclosure PDF [Original Source]

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Mar 17, 2021

Disclosed by Bank Oct 7, 2020

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to ADB project information, this technical assistance would be provided to Ministry of Public Works (MPW), Afghanistan in order to develop the institutional capacity of various transport agencies consisting of Ministry of Transport, Railway Authority, Civil Aviation Authority, Traffic Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior Affairs and Ministry of Public Works staff for further development of transport sector reforms.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The proposed TA will strengthen MPW in its core functions, assist in enhancing management's capacities including policy formulation, sector planning, and regulation. Considering that MPW has also been designated implementing agency for all transport sector projects, the TA will provide the needed support to project conceptualization and for administration of ongoing projects. The Government requested ADB assistance for the TA in February 2020 during the review mission.

IMPACT & OUTCOME

Long-term prosperity through the development of efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally and socially sustainable transport infrastructure;
Steady economic growth and increase in foreign trade driven by increased trade competitiveness
The functionality of the PMO restored and put in a sustainable path

Investment Description

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.adb.org/forms/request-information-form

ADB has a two-stage appeals process for requesters who believe that ADB has denied their request for information in violation of its Access to Information Policy. You can learn more about filing an appeal at: https://www.adb.org/site/disclosure/appeals

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

The Accountability Mechanism is an independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by an Asian Development Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Accountability Mechanism, they may investigate to assess whether the Asian Development Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can learn more about the Accountability Mechanism and how to file a complaint at: http://www.adb.org/site/accountability-mechanism/main.

Executing Agencies

Ministry of Finance
Pashtunistan Watt,
Kabul,
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan