Sri Lanka: Upper Watershed Management Project
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Completion Report Project Number: 28162 Loan Number: 1545 October 2006 Sri Lanka: Upper Watershed Management Project CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit – Sri Lanka rupees (SLRe/SLRs) At Appraisal At Project Completion 31 July 1997 31 December 2005 SLRe1.00 = $0.0171 $0.009868 $1.00 = SLRs58.4 SLRs101.34 ABBREVIATIONS AFM – assistant field manager CBO – community-based organization DAS – Department of Agrarian Services DOA – Department of Agriculture DS – divisional secretary DWLC – Department of Wild Life Conservation EA – executing agency EIRR – economic internal rate of return FAC – field action committee FD – Forest Department FM – field manager ha – hectare IA – implementing agency IPM – integrated pest management km – kilometer LUPPD – Land Use Policy Planning Division MASL – Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka MFE – Ministry of Forestry and Environment MoAD – Ministry of Agricultural Development MoE – Ministry of Environment MTR – midterm review NCC – National Coordination Committee NGO – nongovernment organization NPV – net present value NRMS – Natural Resource Management Services NWMP – National Watershed Management Policy PCC – provincial coordination committee PCR – project completion report PCRM – project completion report mission PMO – project management office PRA – participatory rural appraisal RFA – reimbursable foreign aid RRP – report and recommendation of the President SD – Survey Department SLRM – Sri Lanka Resident Mission SM – social mobilizer UWMP – Upper Watershed Management Project WMU – watershed management unit GLOSSARY grama niladhari Local government officer. NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government ends on 31 December. (ii) In this report, "$" refers to US dollar Vice President L. Jin, Operations 1 Director General K. Senga, South Asia Department (SARD) Director A. Pio, Sri Lanka Resident Mission, SARD Team leader M. Amerasinghe, Project Implementation Officer, Sri Lanka Resident Mission, SARD Team members U. Hemapala, Financial Management and Disbursement Officer, Sri Lanka Resident Mission, SARD N. Salgado, Senior Project Assistant, Sri Lanka Resident Mission, SARD CONTENTS Page BASIC DATA i MAP v I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 II. EVALUATION OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 2 A. Relevance of Design and Formulation 2 B. Project Outputs 4 C. Project Costs 6 D. Disbursements 6 E. Project Schedule 7 F. Implementation Arrangements 7 G. Conditions and Covenants 7 H. Consultant Recruitment and Procurement 8 I. Performance of Consultants, Contractors, and Suppliers 8 J. Performance of the Borrower and the Executing Agency 8 K. Performance of the Asian Development Bank 9 III. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE 9 A. Relevance 9 B. Effectiveness in Achieving Outcome 10 C. Efficiency in Achieving Outcome and Outputs 12 D. Preliminary Assessment of Sustainability 12 E. Impact 13 IV. OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 A. Overall Assessment 13 B. Lessons 14 C. Recommendations 15 APPENDIXES 1. Overall Assessment 16 2. Project Framework 17 3. Organizational Structure 28 4. Consultant Inputs 30 5. Training Program 31 6. Socioeconomic Assessment 33 7. Financial and Economic Analyses 43 8. Actual Project Costs 55 9. Project Implementation Schedule 57 10. Loan Covenant Compliance 59 11. Summary of Output Targets and Achievements 75 12. Photographs of Project Area 76 BASIC DATA A. Loan Identification 1. Country Sri Lanka 2. Loan Number 1545-SRI(SF) 3. Project Title Upper Watershed Management Project 4. Borrower Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 5. Executing Agency Ministry of Environment 6. Amount of Loan SDR12,237,000 7. Project Completion Report Number PCR: SRI 1545 B. Loan Data 1. Appraisal – Date Started 11 June 1997 – Date Completed 25 June 1997 2. Loan Negotiations – Date Started 18 August 1997 – Date Completed 19 August 1997 3. Date of Board Approval 24 September 1997 4. Date of Loan Agreement 19 January 1998 5. Date of Loan Effectiveness – In Loan Agreement 05 May 1998 – Actual 05 May 1998 – Number of Extensions One 6. Closing Date – In Loan Agreement 30 June 2005 – Actual 31 December 2005 – Number of Extensions One 7. Terms of Loan – Interest Rate 1% per annum – Maturity (number of years) 40 – Grace Period (number of years) 10 8. Terms of Relending (if any) – Interest Rate – Maturity (number of years) – Grace Period (number of years) – Second-Step Borrower ii 9. Disbursements a. Dates Initial Disbursement Final Disbursement Time Interval 01 July 1998 03 April 2006 81 months Effective Date Original Closing Date Time Interval 05 May 1998 30 June 2005 73 months b. Amount Category Original Amount Last Revised Net Amount Amount Undisbursed or Allocation Cancelled Allocation Available* Disbursed Balance Subloan (SDR) (SDR) (SDR) ($) ($) ($) 1 Civil Works 370,000 0 370,000 504,663 839,096 (334,433) 2 Survey, Design, 516,000 0 516,000 756,775 315,648 441,127 and Mapping 3 Extension and 221,000 0 221,000 281,228 351,346 (70,118) Demonstration 4 Institutional 737,000 0 737,000 1,040,822 682,222 358,600 Strengthening 5a Equipment and 221,000 0 221,000 307,192 213,740 93,452 Furniture 5b Vehicles 590,000 0 590,000 852,651 285,742 566,909 6 Consulting 885,000 0 885,000 1,221,450 1,026,379 195,071 Services 7 Training 1,695,000 675,000 1,020,000 1,482,248 369,916 1,112,332 8a Reforestation 2,875,000 676,000 2,199,000 3,061,478 2,647,781 413,697 8b Soil Conservation 2,800,000 0 2,800,000 3,910,610 4,376,345 (465,735) 8c Resettlement (607,000) 607,000 903,341 3,595 899,746 9 Service Charges 369,000 369,000 531,875 364,615 167,260 10 Unallocated 958,000 607,000 351,000 521,812 0 521,812 Total 12,237,000 1,351,000 10,886,000 15,376,145 11,476,425 3,899,720 * The dollar value of the net loan amount consists of disbursed portion at historical rate and the undisbursed portion at current rate. 10. Local Costs (Financed) - Amount ($) 8,142,436 - Percent of Local Costs 66.5 - Percent of Total Cost 49.0 C. Project Data 1. Project Cost ($ million) Cost Appraisal Estimate Actual Foreign Exchange Cost 4.9 3.3 Local Currency Cost 18.8 14.2 Total 23.7 17.5 iii 2. Financing Plan ($ million) Cost Appraisal Estimate Actual Implementation Costs Borrower Financed 6.0 4.9 ADB Financed 16.6 11.5 Beneficiaries 1.1 1.1 Total 23.7 17.5 ADB = Asian Development Bank. 3. Cost Breakdown by Project Component ($‘000) Component Appraisal Estimate Actual Foreign Local Total Cost Foreign Local Total Exchange Currency Exchange Currency Costa A. Participatory Rehabilitation and Protection of Forests 800 5,100 5,900 563 3,942 4,505 B. Conservation-Oriented Farming Systems 1,200 7,400 8,600 1,167 5,824 6,991 C. Project Management and Institutional Strengthening 1,600 2,700 4,300 1,239 3,308 4,545 Physical contingencies 400 1,600 2,000 Price contingencies 400 2,000 2,400 Total project cost before service charge 4,400 18,800 23,200 2,932 13,072 16,041 Service charge during construction 500 0 500 365 0 365 Total 4,900 18,800 23,700 3,333 13,072 16,406 a Excludes estimated $1.1 million beneficiary contribution. 4. Project Schedule Item Appraisal Estimate Actual Date of Contract with Consultants Q4 1999 Q3 1998 Civil Works Contracta Equipment and Supplies Dates First Procurement Q4 1998 Q2 1998 Last Procurement Q4 2002 Q4 2005 a Civil works consisted of many small contracts to be performed though community participation. 5. Project Performance Report Ratings Ratings Development Implementation Implementation Period Objectives Progress From 29 November 1998 to 31 December 1998 S S From 01 January 1999 to 31 December 1999 S S From 01 January 2000 to 31 December 2000 S S iv Ratings Development Implementation Implementation Period Objectives Progress From 30 January 2001 to 31 March 2001 S U From 01 April 2001 to 31 December 2001 S S From 01 January 2002 to 31 December 2002 S S From 01 January 2003 to 31 December 2003 S S From 01 January 2004 to 31 December 2004 S S From 01 January 2005 to 31 December 2005 S S S = satisfactory, U = unsatisfactory. D. Data on Asian Development Bank Missions No. of No of Specialization Name of Mission Date Persons Person- of Members Days Fact Finding 16–30 Apr 1997 6 64 a,p,q,r,s,c Appraisal 11–25 Jun 1997 5 75 a,m,n,c,i Inception 12–17 Feb 1998 2 12 a,b Review 18–27 Nov 1998 1 10 a Review 08–20 July 1999 2 26 a,b Special Loan Administration 17–19 Jun 2000 1 3 a Special Loan Administration 21–23 Jan 2001 3 3 f,b,j Midterm Review 17–28 Sep 2001 3 36 a,c,b Contact 06–07 May 2002 1 2 d Review 05–19 Dec 2002 2 15 d,e Special Loan Administration 13–17 Oct 2003 2 2 f,g Special Loan Administration 12–16 Jan 2004 1 5 g Special Loan Administration 10–13 May 2004 2 2 f,j Special Loan Administration 7–13 Sep 2004 2 12 i,j Review 19–29 Oct 2004 3 22 j,g,k Review 29 Aug–07 Sep 2 20 j,l 2005 Project Completion Review 17 Jul–11 Aug 3 55 b,c,j,l,t,u 2006 a – project economist, b – assistant project analyst, c – watershed management specialist (consultant), d – rural development specialist, e – forestry specialist (consultant), f – senior project economist, g – social sector/resettlement specialist, h – senior social development specialist, i – senior environment specialist, j – project officer, k – project analyst, l – disbursement officer, m – lead agronomist, n – economist, , p – senior forestry specialist, q – environment specialist, r – social development specialist, s – programs officer, t – sociologist (consultant), u – economist (consultant).