Cambodia Higher Education Improvement Project (WB-P162971)

Countries
  • Cambodia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Active
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Apr 26, 2018
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 Cambodia
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 90.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 92.50 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 @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jun 19, 2018

Disclosed by Bank Jun 20, 2017

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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.

The objective of the project is to improve the quality and relevance of higher education and research mainly in STEM and agriculture at targeted higher education institutions and to improve governance in the sector. The public HEIs include three within Phnom Penh-the Institute of Technology Cambodia (ITC), the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA), the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), and two in the provinces–the Svay Rieng University (SRU), and University of Battambang (UBB).

The direct beneficiaries of HEIP include approximately 16,356 students (5,070 females: 31.0 percent) in the relevant departments at targeted HEIs who will enhance learning from: (a) improved teaching; (b) additional research opportunities; (c) more learning materials; and (d) upgraded facilities. Other beneficiaries include academic staff at targeted HEIs who will benefit from the higher education partnership programs and research funds.

 

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

Cofinancing:

Government of Cambodia US$ 2.5 million


Contact Information
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World Bank
Tsuyoshi Fukao
Senior Education Specialist
Simeth Beng
Senior Education Specialist
 
Implementing Agencies
Ministry of Education,
Youth, Sport
Touch Visalsok
visalsoktouch@yahoo.com
 

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