Water Supply and Sanitation Project (WB-P164901)

Countries
  • Laos
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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
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
Mar 14, 2019
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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Water and Sanitation
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)
$ 25.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 25.00 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)
$ 25.90 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 Mar 21, 2019

Disclosed by Bank May 7, 2018

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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.

To provide access to improved water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services in selected areas, and strengthen the capacity of selected institutions to improve service delivery. There are 3 components in the project as: 

Component 1: Water Supply Service Delivery. Including
(a): Water supply infrastructure: The project will finance new water supply systems, rehabilitation of non-functioning systems, and improvement of existing systems to improve performance.

(b): Institutional strengthening for sustainable water supply services. 

Component 2: Sanitation and Hygiene. Including (a): Institutional Strengthening for Sanitation and Hygiene Behavior Change; (b) Wastewater management in emerging town areas.

Component 3: Implementation Support and Sector Capacity Building. Including (a): Implementation support; (b): Monitoring and evaluation; and (c): Communication, advocacy, and coordination

 

 

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

International Development Association (IDA-World Bank) US$ 25.00 million

Borrower                                                    US$   0.90 million


Contact Information
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1/World Bank
Pratibha Mistry
Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist

2/Borrower/Client/Recipient
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Contact: Angkhansada Muangkham
Title: Deputy Director General of External Finance and Debt Management

Email: angkhansada@yahoo.com

3/Implementing Agencies
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Contact: Phomma Veoravanh
Title: Director General, Dept. of Water Supply

Email: pveoravanh@yahoo.com

Contact: Bounpheng Philavong

Ministry of Health

Title: Director General Dept. of Hygiene and Health Promotion
Email: pbounpheng@gmail.com

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Telephone: (202) 473-1000

Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects

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