Cambodia: Solid Waste and Plastic Management Improvement Project (WB-P170976)

Countries
  • Cambodia
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
A
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 22, 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.
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
  • 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)
$ 60.00 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 @ WB website

Updated in EWS Apr 21, 2021

Disclosed by Bank Apr 2, 2020

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Project Description
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According to the bank's documents, the proposed project aims to "create pilot cities throughout Cambodia that can demonstrate improved solid waste management performance adaptable and scalable to other cities in the country. The Project will support solid waste management policy and legislation as well as capacity development at the national level. The project will also support solid waste management policy, legislation as well as capacity development at the municipal level to better regulate and monitor the private sector waste collection companies, increasing the financial revenues from the solid waste sector to support cost recovery in the sector and increase monitoring, enforcement and citizen engagement and public awareness."

Investment Description
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World Bank
Katelijn Van den Berg, Andre A. Bald
Senior Environmental Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient
Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
H.E. HEM Vanndy, Under Secretary of State
hemvanndy@hotmail.com

Implementing Agencies
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Sopheak Phibal Chao, Director of Sewerage Management and Construction
phibal@gmail.com
Ministry of Environment
H.E. Sao Sopheap, Secretary of State
saosopheap@yahoo.com
Ministry of Interior
H.E. Prak Samoeun, Director General
praksamoeun@ncdd.gov.kh

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