Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project | 38426-023
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Completion Report Project Numbers: 38426-023 and 30232-013 Grant Number: 0267 Loan Numbers: 2092, 2796, and 8257 October 2019 Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project This document is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency unit – Nepalese rupee /s (NRe /NRs ) At Appraisal At Project Completion 8 February 2004 30 June 201 7 NRe1.00 = $0.01389 $0.00895 $1.00 = NRs72 NRs 111.72 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank CISC – central implementation support consultant DDC – district development committee DMF – design and monitoring framework DOLIDAR – Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads DPO – district project office DRILP – Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihoods Project EIRR – economic internal rate of return GESI AP – gender equality and social inclusion action plan MTR – midterm review NGO – nongovernment organization OFID – OPEC Fund for International Development PCU – project coordination unit SDC – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDR – special drawing rights VDC – village development committees VWRCC – village works and roads construction committee NOTE (i) In this report, “$” refers to United States dollars. Vice -President Shixin Chen, Vice President (Operations 1) Director General Hun Kim , South Asia Department (SARD) Director Mukhtor Khamudkhanov, Nepal Resident Mission, SARD Team leader Laxmi P. Subedi, Senior Social Development Officer (Safeguards), SARD Team members Deepak B. Singh, Senior Environment Officer, SARD Bhakta M. Sitoula, Project Analyst, SARD Suman Subba, Senior Social Development Officer (Gender), SARD Malika KC Thapa, Operations Assistant, SARD In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. PAGE BASIC DATA i I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 II. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 1 A. Project Design and Formulation 1 B. Project Outputs 3 C. Project Costs and Financing 5 D. Disbursements 5 E. Project Schedule 6 F. Implementation Arrangements 6 G. Technical Assistance 6 H. Consultant Recruitment and Procurement 7 I. Gender Equity 7 J. Safeguards 8 K. Monitoring and Reporting 8 III. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE 9 A. Relevance 9 B. Effectiveness 9 C. Efficiency 11 D. Sustainability 11 E. Development Impact 12 F. Performance of the Borrower and the Executing Agency 13 G. Performance of Cofinanciers 13 H. Performance of the Asian Development Bank 14 I. Overall Assessment 14 IV. ISSUES, LESSONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 A. Issues and Lessons 14 B. Recommendations 15 APPENDIXES 1. Design and Monitoring Framework 16 2. Project Cost at Appraisal and Actual 23 3. Project Cost by Financier 25 4. Disbursement of ADB Loan and Grant Proceeds 29 5. Contract Awards of ADB Loan and Grant Proceeds 32 6. Implementation of Gender Action Plan and Achievements 34 7. Achievement and Performance Assessment of Safeguards 46 8. Status of Compliance with Loan Covenants 56 9. Economic Analysis 71 10. Maintenance Responsibility and Road Status 85 BASIC DATA (I) A. Loan Identification 1. Country Nepal 2. Loan number and financing source 2092 -NEP ( COL ) 3. Project title Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project 4. Borrower Government of Nepal 5. Executing agency Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads 6. Amount of loan SDR27.32 million ($40.00 million) 7. Financing modality Project loan B. Loan Data 1. Appraisal – Date started 8 February 2004 – Date completed 22 February 2004 2. Loan negotiations – Date started 10 May 2004 – Date completed 11 May 2004 3. Date of Board approval 24 September 2004 4. Date of loan agreement 23 December 2004 5. Date of loan effectiveness – In loan agreement 23 March 2005 – Actual 31 October 2005 – Number of extensions 1 6. Project completion date – Appraisal 31 October 2011 – Actual 31 October 2011 7. Loan closing date – In loan agreement 31 October 2011 – Actual 31 October 2011 – Number of extensions None 8. Financial closing date – Actual 26 January 2012 9. Terms of loan – Interest rate 1.0% per annum during the grace period, 1.5% per annum thereafter – Maturity 32 years – Grace period 8 years 10. Disbursements a. Dates: Loan 2092-NEP (COL) Initial Disbursement Final Disbursement Time Interval 25 November 2005 20 January 2012 74 months Effective Date Actual Closing Date Time Interval 31 October 2005 26 January 2012 75 months ii b. Amount (SDR): Loan 2092-NEP (COL) Cancelled Last Undis- Original Increased during during Revised Amount bursed Category Allocation Implementation Implementatio Allocation Disbursed Balance (1) (2) n (3) (4=1+2 –3) (5) (6 = 4–5) Transport 0 infrastructure 12,595,000 7,066,241 19,661,241 19,661,241 Supplementary 0 investment 2,141,000 (1,161,876) 979,124 979,124 Vehicles and 0 motorcycles 56,000 28,836 84,836 84,836 Office equipment and 0 furniture 198,000 691,994 889,994 889,994 Consulting services 2,521,000 (2,504,658) 16,342 16,342 0 Technical services 4,601,000 (2,280,160) 2,320,840 2,320,840 0 Training 1,268,000 (330,992) 937,008 937,008 0 Surveys and studies 569,000 (510,575) 58,425 58,425 0 Implementation 0 supervision 670,000 (390,941) 279,059 279,059 Interest charge 836,000 (507,450) 328,550 328,550 0 Unallocated 1,873,000 (1,873,000) 0 Total 27,328,000 7,787,071 (9,559,652) 25,555,419 25,555,419 0 Amount ($): Loan 2092-NEP (COL) Cancelled Last Original Increased during during Revised Amount Undisburs Category Allocation Implementation Implementatio Allocation Disbursed ed Balance (1) (2) n (3) (4=1+2 –3) (5) (6 = 4–5) Transport 18,435,305 12,166,878 30,602,183 30,602,183 0 infrastructure Supplementary 0 3,133,782 1,606,652 1,527,130 1,527,130 investment Vehicles and 0 81,967 42,361 124,328 124,328 motorcycles Office equipment and 0 289,813 1,061,747 1,351,560 1,351,560 furniture Consulting services 3,689,988 0.000 3,666,695 23,293 23,293 0 Technical services 6,734,485 0.000 3,125,716 3,608,769 3,608,769 0 Training 1,855,972 0.000 399,186 1,456,786 1,456,786 0 Surveys and studies 832,845 0.000 744,860 87,985 87,985 0 Implementation 0 980,679 0.000 551,033 429,646 429,646 supervision Interest charge 1,223,653 0.000 714,487 509,166 509,166 0 Unallocated 2,741,511 0.000 2,741,511 0 Total 40,000,000 13,270,986 13,550,140 39,720,846 39,720,846 0 11. Local costs (financed): Loan 2092-NEP (COL) – Amount ($) 35.73 – Percent of local costs 93.12 – Percent of total costs 93.12 C. Project Data 1. Project cost ($ million): Loan 2092-NEP (COL) Cost Appraisal Estimate Actual Foreign exchange cost 7.00 5.89 Local currency cost 63.20 68.03 Total 70.20 73.92 iii 2. Financing plan ($ million) Cost Appraisal Estimate Actual Implementation cost Borrower financed 16.4 24.7 ADB financed 39.2 39.2 SDC financed 7.9 7.9 GIZ financed 0.7 0.0 Local government and beneficiaries 5.0 1.6 Total implementation cost 69. 4 73.4 Interest during construction costs Borrower financed 0.0 0.0 ADB financed 0.8 0.5 Other external financing 0.0 0.0 Total interest during construction cost 0.8 0.5 ADB = Asian Development Bank, GIZ = Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, SDC = Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. 3. Cost breakdown by project component ($ million) Component Appraisal Estimate Actual Base Cost Community development and rural livelihood restoration 15.5 14.3 Capacity building and decentralized governance 1.3 1.5 Rural transport infrastructure 35.6 53.8 Project management services 7.6 3.8 Contingencies Physical contingencies 4.6 0.0 Price contingencies 4.4 0.0 Interest charge s during implementation 1.2 0.5 Total 70.2 73.9 4. Project schedule Item Appraisal Estimate Actual Date of contract with consultants Q1 2005 Q4 2006, Q1 2007, Q2 2007, Q3 2007 Completion of engineering designs Q4 2007 Q2 2010 Civil works contract Date of award Q1 2006 Q2 2006 Completion of work Q1 2011 Q3 2011 Equipment and supplies Dates First procurement Q1 2005 Q2 2006 Last procurement Q4 2011 Q2 2011 Start of operations Completion of tests and commissioning Q1 2009 Q1 2006 Beginning of start-up Q1 2009 Q2 2009 5. Project performance report ratings Ratings Implementation Period {Development Objectives} {Implementation Progress} From 1/7/2004 to 30/12/2004 Satisfactory Satisfactory From 1/4/2005 to 31/3/2005 Satisfactory Satisfactory From 1/4/2005 to 30/9/2005 Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory From 1/10/2005 to 31/12/2005 Satisfactory Satisfactory From 1/4/2006 to 31/12/2006 Satisfactory Satisfactory From 1/4/2007 to 31/12/2007 Satisfactory Satisfactory From 1/4/2008 to 31/12/2010 Satisfactory Satisfactory From 1/4/2011 to 31/12/2011 On Track From 1/4/2012 to 31/12/2012 On Track iv D. Data on Asian Development Bank Missions Specialization Name of Mission Date No. of Persons No. of Person -Days of Members Project review 1 8 to 22 May 2007 10 50 a, b, c, d, e Project midterm review 2 1 to 15 Oct 2007 7 45 a, b, c, d, h Project review 3 8 to 23 Dec 2008 7 37 d, b, c, h Project review 4 18 to 30 Jun 2009 6 32 d, b, c, h Project review 5 10 to 24 Dec 2009 6 30 b, d, h Project review 6 26 Apr to 10 May 2010 7 49 b, i, d, h.