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12023537.Pdf FINAL REPORT CONTENTS OF VOLUMES VOLUME TITLE OF VOLUME SPANISHI ENGLISH JAPANESE ESP-I ENG-I - MAIN REPORT APPENDICIES ESP-II - - FOR MAIN REPORT ESP-III ENG-II - OPERATION MANUAL ESP-IV - - CONGLOMERATE C-1 ESP-V - - CONGLOMERATE C-2 - - SUMMARY SUMMERY IN JAPANESE Currency Exchange Rate US$ 1 = JY 91.7 US$ 1 = S/. 2.84 S/.1 = JY 32.3 (As of June 2010) US$ : United States Dollar JY : Japanese Yen S/. : Peruvian Nuevo Sol PREPARATORY SURVEY WSS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN RURAL AMAZON AREA FINAL REPORT PREPARATORY SURVEY FOR WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN RURAL AMAZON AREA FINAL REPORT VOLUME ENG-I MAIN REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS *** PART-I BASIC INFORMATION CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................................I-1-1 1.1 Preface .................................................................................................................I-1-1 1.2 Objectives of the Study...................................................................................................I-1-3 CHAPTER 2 GENERAL CONDITIONS............................................................................I-2-1 2.1 Natural Conditions..........................................................................................................I-2-1 2.1.1 Geographic Regions of Peru.............................................................................I-2-1 2.1.2 Geographic Regions of the Target Area ..........................................................I-2-2 2.1.3 Water Sources for Water Supply in the Study Area.........................................I-2-5 2.2 Socio Economic Conditions............................................................................................I-2-6 2.2.1 Socio-Economic Conditions of Peru ................................................................I-2-6 2.2.2 Overview of Socio-Economic Conditions in the Project’s Target Areas .........I-2-7 2.3 Outline of the Water and Sanitation Sector ..................................................................I-2-11 2.3.1 Organization...................................................................................................I-2-11 2.3.2 Trends of Investment in the Sector.................................................................I-2-15 2.3.3 Budget Allocations to the Sector within MVCS Portfolio .............................I-2-15 2.4 Activities of Other International Cooperation Agencies in the Sector .........................I-2-17 2.4.1 Overview of International Cooperation in the Sector.....................................I-2-20 2.4.2 International Cooperation in the Rural Setting...............................................I-2-19 2.4.3 Relations of Other Projects with the present Program for Rural Amazon Area .................................................................................I-2-25 2.5 National System of Public Investment..........................................................................I-2-25 2.5.1 Objectives of SNIP.........................................................................................I-2-25 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (i) NIPPON KOEI LAC CO., LTD. PREPARATORY SURVEY WSS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN RURAL AMAZON AREA FINAL REPORT 2.5.2 Public Investment Project and Public Investment Program ...........................I-2-25 2.5.3 Cycle of Project / Program and SNIP Process................................................I-2-25 2.5.4 Required Studies for Pre-Investment stage for Public Investment with indebtedness ...................................................................................................I-2-26 2.5.5 Period of Evaluation.......................................................................................I-2-27 2.5.6 Bank of Projects .............................................................................................I-2-27 2.5.7 Investment stage of a Program .......................................................................I-2-27 CHAPTER 3 PREVIOUS STUDIES AND PAST EXPERIENCES ........................................... 3.1 Review of the previous Perfil for the Program of Potable Water and Sanitation for Rural Amazon Areas ..........................................................................I-3-1 3.1.1 Target localities................................................................................................I-3-1 3.1.2. Criteria of the conglomerates ..........................................................................I-3-1 3.1.3 Target year for evaluation of the Projects and the Program ............................I-3-2 3.1.4 Demand Analysis .............................................................................................I-3-2 3.1.5 Supply Analysis ...............................................................................................I-2-2 3.1.6 Balance of Supply and Demand ......................................................................I-3-3 3.1.7 Technical Description of the Alternatives ......................................................I-3-3 3.1.8 Components of the Program ............................................................................I-3-3 3.1.9 Costs ................................................................................................................I-3-3 3.1.10 Benefits ............................................................................................................I-3-4 3.1.11 Social Evaluation .............................................................................................I-3-4 3.1.12 Sensitivity Analysis .........................................................................................I-3-4 3.1.13 Sustainability ...................................................................................................I-3-4 3.1.14 Environmental Impact ....................................................................................I-3-5 3.1.15 Selection of Alternatives .................................................................................I-3-5 3.1.16 Organization and Management ........................................................................I-3-5 3.1.17 Implementation Plan ........................................................................................I-3-5 3.1.18 Financing .........................................................................................................I-3-5 3.2 Lessons learned from other potable water and sanitation programs or projects for the rural area .........................................................................I-3-7 3.2.1 General .............................................................................................................I-3-7 3.2.2 FONCODES ....................................................................................................I-3-8 3.2.3 SAMBASUR (see 2.4.2 (2) for the outline) ..................................................I-3-10 3.2.4 Paradigm shift from “Supply driven approach” to “Demand Driven Approach” .........................................................................................I-3-10 3.2.5 PRONASAR ................................................................................................I-3-11 3.2.6 Lessons Learned ...........................................................................................I-3-14 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (ii) NIPPON KOEI LAC CO., LTD. PREPARATORY SURVEY WSS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN RURAL AMAZON AREA FINAL REPORT PART-II FEASIBILITY STUDY CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................... II-1-1 1.1 Name of Ptoject ............................................................................................................ II-1-1 1.2 Objectives of the Project............................................................................................... II-1-1 1.3 Formulation of Conglomerates ..................................................................................... II-1-2 1.4 Supply Demand Balance of the Goods and Services of the PIP................................... II-1-2 1.5 Technical Description of the Program .......................................................................... II-1-5 1.6 Costs of the Projects ..................................................................................................... II-1-8 1.7 Benefits of the Projects............................................................................................... II-1-11 1.8 Results of the Social Evaluation ................................................................................. II-1-12 1.9 Sensitivity Analysis .................................................................................................... II-1-16 1.10 Sustainability of the PIP ............................................................................................. II-1-17 1.11 Environmental Impact................................................................................................. II-1-19 1.12 Organization and Management for the Program Implementation .............................. II-1-21 1.13 Implementation Plan................................................................................................... II-1-28 1.14 Financial Risk Analysis .............................................................................................. II-1-30 1.15 Conclusion and Recommendation .............................................................................. II-1-34 1.16 Logical Framework....................................................................................................
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