Nepal: Rural Connectivity Improvement Project - Additional Financing
The overall project is estimated to cost $255.72 million, including additional financing of $120.00 million, of which ADB is providing a concessional loan of $100.00 million from ADB's ordinary capital resources. The government will finance $20.00 million of the proposed additional financing project. The attached TA is estimated to cost $1.00 million, which will be financed on a grant basis by ADB's Technical Assistance Special Fund.
The impact and outcome of the overall project will remain unchanged from those of the ongoing project. The proposed additional financing will scale up the current output 1 by 375 km of rural roads and output 2 by increasing capacity support to fulfill the roles and responsibilities in a federal system.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Brubaker, Andrew David
South Asia Department
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Country/Economy
Nepal -
Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
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| Project Name | Rural Connectivity Improvement Project - Additional Financing | ||||||||
| Project Number | 48218-011 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Nepal |
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| Project Status | Proposed | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Rural market infrastructure |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||
| Description | The overall project is estimated to cost $255.72 million, including additional financing of $120.00 million, of which ADB is providing a concessional loan of $100.00 million from ADB's ordinary capital resources. The government will finance $20.00 million of the proposed additional financing project. The attached TA is estimated to cost $1.00 million, which will be financed on a grant basis by ADB's Technical Assistance Special Fund. The impact and outcome of the overall project will remain unchanged from those of the ongoing project. The proposed additional financing will scale up the current output 1 by 375 km of rural roads and output 2 by increasing capacity support to fulfill the roles and responsibilities in a federal system. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The additional financing will increase the project's scope by upgrading an additional 375 km of rural roads across five provinces. The implementation arrangements will evolve from the ongoing project to better align and support federalism. The overall project scope is aligned with the government's priorities under the Fifteenth Plan (fiscal year 2020FY2024), ADB's country partnership strategy for Nepal, 20202024 and ADB's Strategy 2030. The roads will improve connection of rural and agricultural areas with administrative and socio-economic centers. The roads will be improved to all-weather standards, with safety features, and will be maintained for 3 years under performance-based maintenance contracts. The additional financing will also integrate climate adaptation and disaster resilience measures into the technical designs of the infrastructure. Compared to the ongoing project, the additional financing will also include upgrading bridges that are essential for all-weather connectivity and include more intermediate lanes necessary for higher volume areas and steeper slopes. |
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| Impact | Connectivity between rural communities, productive agricultural areas, and socioeconomic/administrative centers in Nepal improved a |
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| Outcome | Transport efficiency on project roads increased |
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| Outputs | Rural road conditions between the selected rural communities, productive agricultural areas, and socioeconomic centers improved |
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| Geographical Location | Bagmati Province, Gandaki, Karnali, Lumbini Province | ||||||||
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | B |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
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| Responsible ADB Officer | Brubaker, Andrew David |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Department of Local Infrastructure |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 19 May 2022 |
| Fact Finding | 29 Aug 2022 to 12 Sep 2022 |
| MRM | 02 Dec 2022 |
| Approval | - |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 20 May 2022 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Rural Connectivity Improvement Project - Additional Financing: Draft Community Participation and Resettlement Plan | Resettlement Plans | Dec 2022 |
| Rural Connectivity Improvement Project - Additional Financing: Initial Environmental Examination | Initial Environmental Examination | Dec 2022 |
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