Building Capacity in the Urban Sector Through Differentiated Approaches (ADB-55066-001)

Countries
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia
  • Palau
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
Active
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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Voting Date
Dec 14, 2021
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Sectors
  • Technical Cooperation
  • Water and Sanitation
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Investment Type(s)
Fund
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 3.00 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
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Jul 8, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Dec 14, 2021

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Project Description
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According to the bank's website, "The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will assess immediate and long-term needs to sustain urban services across the small Pacific Island Countries (PICs). The TA will identify innovative capacity building and supplementation to urban services utilities and enhance urban services in the Pacific. The TA will explore investment approaches to help long-term urban services operations for a better coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery era and beyond.

1. The proposed regional knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will assess and support immediate and long-term capacity development and supplementation needs to sustain the delivery of urban services by public utilities across selected Pacific developing member countries (DMCs). The TA will pilot the newly approved Pacific Approach 2021 2025 and support a stronger and more sustainable recovery trajectory from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The TA will assess the potential to apply similar approaches to addressing capacity gaps in other public entities in the fragile and conflict-affected situations and small island developing states of the Pacific."

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Responsible ADB Officer Galing, Edkarl M.
Responsible ADB Department Pacific Department
Responsible ADB Division PAUW
Executing Agencies
Asian Development Bank
6 ADB Avenue,
Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines

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