Early Warning System

Regions

Europe and Central Asia

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

Countries

Mongolia

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

Approved

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."

Voting Date

Dec 7, 2023

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.

Borrower

Government of Mongolia

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

Sectors

Agriculture and Forestry
Industry and Trade

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

Investment Type(s)

Loan

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

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 57.10 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.

Loan Amount (USD)

$ 57.10 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.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 68.11 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

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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Apr 9, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Dec 7, 2023

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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.

As stated by the ADB, the project will be aligned with the following impact: competitiveness and sustainability of Mongolia's agriculture sector improved.
The outcome of the project will be value addition on Mongolian agricultural resources increased by project participating enterprises (PPE).
The project is expected to enhance technology adoption of agro-enterprise, to increase primarily the agro-processing capacity and secondly agricultural production in Mongolia, and hence increase value addition to agricultural resources. The increased capacity will lead to employment generation, and indirectly benefit herders, farmers, and primary processors through the PPEs' increased demand for raw materials.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The ADB categorized the risk of the project as follows:

Environment	B
Involuntary Resettlement	C
Indigenous Peoples	C

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Modality and Sources Amount ($ million : US Dollar)
ADB 57.100
Sovereign Project (Concessional Loan): Ordinary capital resources 42.700
Sovereign Project (Regular Loan): Ordinary capital resources 14.400
Cofinancing 0.000
None 0.000
Counterpart 11.010
Beneficiaries 6.640
Government 4.370
Total 68.110

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated by the ADB, Khanbogd Cashmere LLC is located in an existing industrial area of Songinokhairkhan District in western of Ulaanbaatar City. Since its establishment in 1999, the company has been operating a sustainable cashmere scouring, de-hairing and exporting business, and it is now the largest primary cashmere processing companies in Mongolia, processing 11% of all the scoured cashmere in the country. Production in 2021 was 745 tons (t) of scoured cashmere and 205 t of de-haired cashmere.

Erdmeat LLC currently operates a small-scale meat processing plant. Procured from Erdenet Mining Corporation in 2012, the plant is located in the industrial area of Erdenet City of Orkhon Aimag. Erdenet City, the second-largest city in Mongolia is situated 410 km northwest from the capital city Ulaanbaatar.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	Erdmeat LLC	Client	Agriculture and Forestry
-	-	-	-	Khanbogd Cashmere	Client	Industry and Trade

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.

ADB Team Leaders:

Thomas Panella - Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development
Phone: +63-2-8632-5279/4444
Email: tpanella@adb.org
Address: 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong, 1550 Manila, Philippines

Yukitsugu Yanoma - Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist
Phone: +976 11 313440
Email: yyanoma@adb.org
Address: Level 18, Shangri-La Office, Shangri-La Centre, 19A Olympic Street, Sukhbaatar District-1, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 14241, Mongolia

Executing and Implementing Agency - Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry:

T. Jambaltseren - State Secretary
Phone: +976-51-261308
Email: jambaltseren@mofa.gov.mn
Address: Government building 9/A, Peace Avenue, Bayanzurkh district, Ulaanbaatar-13381

Clients -

Erdmeat LLC:

Address: Erdenet, Orkhon 61020, Mongolia
Phone: +976 9906 0017
Website: https://erdmeat-llc.business.site/

Khanbogd Cashmere:

Address: Bayanzurkh District, 1st khoroo, Seoul Business Center 406, Ulaanbaatar, 13380, Mongolia
Phone: +976-7509-5588
Email: cashmere@khanbogd.mn
Website: https://khanbogdcashmere.com/en/

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.