Sustainable Rural Infrastructure and Watershed Management Project (ADB-50236-001)

Countries
  • Laos
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Northern Laos
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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
B
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
May 31, 2017
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 Laos
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Infrastructure
  • Technical Cooperation
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 2.00 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
Other Related Projects
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Jul 7, 2020

Disclosed by Bank May 16, 2017

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Project Description
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The project is intended to address issues of PRI and watershed management in mountainous provinces of Northern Lao PDR by using an integrated land use planning approach that integrates efficient, sustainable and climate resilient rural infrastructure, and feasible watershed protection measures. For an ecosystem based sustainable rural development, infrastructure and the watershed have to be considered simultaneously. The expected impact of the project will be to achieve sustainable and inclusive rural development. The outcome of the project will be to enhance sustainable, market oriented agricultural production and natural resources management in selected watersheds.

CONSULTING SERVICES

(i) A TRTA firm providing 40 person-months (p-m) of international and 70 p-m of national consultants will be recruited through quality-and cost-based selection method using a quality-cost ratio of 90:10 and a full technical proposal.

(ii) The International Water Management Institute will be recruited through single source selection to provide flood and drought risk assessments (8.5 p-m).

(iii) Individual consultants, comprising international and national, will be required.

The consultants will be recruited using individual recruitment selection procedures and will be engaged on an intermittent basis by ADB.

Investment Description
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Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction


Contact Information
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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry-Planning Dept
Lane Xang Avenue, Patuxay Square
PO Box No. 811

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

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