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ACRONYM Acronym Description ⬛ ACRONYM Acronym Description AAGR : Annual Average Growth Rate ADNAP : National Board of Fisheries AfDB : African Development Bank AHP : Analytic Hierarchy Process AIAS : Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Management Unit ANE : National Roads Administration ANOC : Association of National Olympic Committees ARAs : Regional Water Administration BCF : Billion Cubic Feet BOO : Build-Own-Operation BTL : Build-Transfer-Lease BTO : Build-Transfer-Operation CENACARTA : National Centre for Cartography and Remote Sensing CFB : Code of Fiscal Benefits CFM : Mozambique Railways CFSR : Climate Forecast System Reanalysis CNA : National Water Council CNELEC : National Electricity Council CNPC : China National Petroleum Corporation CRA : Council for the Regulation of Water Supply CWR : Crop Water Requirement DAC : Development Assistance Committee DEEP : Development Experience Exchange Partnership DEM : Digital Elevation Model DETA : Mozambique Airline DGBH : Department of River Basin Management DINOTER : National Directorate of Land Use Planning DIPOL : National Directorate of Maritime and Fisheries Policies DNA : National Directorate of Water DNAAS : National Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation DNAIA : National Directorate for Environmental Impact Assessment - i - ⬛ ACRONYM Acronym Description DNE : National Directorate for Energy DNGRH : National Directorate of Water Resources Management DNT : National Directorate of Treasury DNUH : National Directorate of Housing and Urbanization EC : European Commission EDCF : Economic Development Cooperation Fund EdM : Mozambican Electricity Company EIU : Economist Intelligence Unit ENDE : National Development Strategy ENGRH : National Water Resources Management Strategy ESSD : Environmentally Sound and Sustained Development EU : European Union FAC : Final Acceptance Certificate FAO : Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations FDI : Foreign Direct Investment FIPAG : Water Sector Assets Investment Fund FUNAB : The National Fund of Environment FUNAE : Mozambique National Fund for Rural Electrification GAZEDA : Economic Accelerated Development Zones GIF : Global Infra Fund GIR : Gross Irrigation water Requirement GIS : Geographic Information System HDAPS : Hydrological Data Acquisition and Processing System IBWC : International Boundary and Water Commission ICPR : International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine IFZ : industrial Free Zone IJC : International Joint Commission IMF : International Monetary Fund INAC : National Institute of Audiovisual and Cinema INAM : National Institute of Meteorology INAMI : National Institute of Mines INCM : National Communications Institute of Mozambique - ii - ⬛ ACRONYM Acronym Description INE : National Institute of Statistics INGC : National Institute for Disaster Management INIR : National Institute of Irrigation IPCC : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IQA : Index of water quality IRR : Internal Rate of Return IWRM : Integrated Water Resources Management KOICA : Korea International Corporation Agency LAM : Mozambique Airline LPCD : Liter Per Capita Day MAEFP : Ministry of state Administration and Public Service MAR : Mean Annual Runoff MASA : Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security MDB : Multilateral Development Bank MDGs : Millennium Development Goals MDS : Medium Demand Scenario MEF : Ministry of Economy and Finance MIC : Ministry of Industry and Trade MICOA : Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs MIMAIP : Ministry of Marine, Interior Water and Fisheries MINAG : Ministry of Agriculture MINEC : Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation MIREME : Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy MISAU : Ministry of Health MITADER : Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development MOPHRH : Ministry of Public Works, Housing, and Water Resources MOTRACO : Mozambique Transmission Company MOU : Memorandum of Understanding MTC : Ministry of Transport and Communication NCEP : National Centers for Environmental Prediction NGIS : National Geographic Information System - iii - ⬛ ACRONYM Acronym Description NIR : Net Irrigation water Requirement NOAA : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPV : Net Present Value ODA : Official Development Assistance OECD : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ONGC : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation PA : Water Policy PAC : Preliminary Acceptance Certificate PARP : Poverty Reduction Action Plan PARPA : The government's Action Plan for Reducing Absolute Poverty PCR : Project Completion Report PEA : Project Execution Agency PEDSA : Strategic Plan for the Agriculture Sector Development PNI : National Irrigation Program PNISA : National Investment Plan for the Agricultural Sector PPA : Power Purchase Agreement PPP : Public Private Partnership PQG : Government Five-Year Programme PRONASAR : National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program PSC : Project Steering Committee PTTEP : PTT Exploration and Production Public Company RCP : Representative Concentration Pathways RPEAS : Regulation on Groundwater Research and Exploration SADC : Southern African Development Community SAPP : Southern African Power Pool SDGs : Sustainable Development Goals SEZ : Special Economic Zone SINAS : National Water Sector Information Management System TCF : Trillion Cubic Feet ToR : Terms of Reference TWG : Technical Working group - iv - ⬛ ACRONYM Acronym Description UGB : Basin Management Unit UNDP : United Nations Development Programme UNECE : UN Economic Commission for Europe USEPA : United States Environmental Protection Agency USAID : United Sates Agency for International Development USGS : United States Geological Survey UTIP : The Technical Unit for Implementation of Hydropower Projects WB : World Bank WBA : Water Balance Analysis WMO : World Meteorological Organization - v - Contents Volume Ⅰ Chapter 1. Assignment Overview ................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Background and Progress Status ........................................................................ 1-1 1.1.1 Background ............................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.2 Progress Status ......................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 Objectives and Scope ......................................................................................... 1-5 1.2.1 Objectives.................................................................................................. 1-5 1.2.2 Work Period ............................................................................................... 1-5 1.2.3 Spatial Scope ............................................................................................ 1-5 1.3 Project Implementation Framework (PIF) ............................................................ 1-7 1.3.1 Institutional Stakeholders under the PIF .................................................... 1-7 1.3.2 Project Steering Committee (PSC) ............................................................ 1-8 1.3.3 Milestone Meetings .................................................................................... 1-9 Chapter 2. Country Profile ............................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 General ............................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 History ....................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Government Organizations ........................................................................ 2-2 2.1.3 Administrative Units ................................................................................... 2-3 2.1.4 Relationship with Republic of Korea (ROK) ............................................... 2-6 2.2 Demography ....................................................................................................... 2-7 2.3 Land Use ............................................................................................................ 2-9 2.3.1 General ..................................................................................................... 2-9 2.3.2 Land Use Right Registration .................................................................... 2-11 2.4 Economy ........................................................................................................... 2-12 2.5 Industry ............................................................................................................. 2-15 2.5.1 Agriculture ............................................................................................... 2-16 2.5.2 Energy and Mining ................................................................................... 2-18 2.5.3 Marine Product ........................................................................................ 2-21 - i - 2.5.4 Manufacturing .......................................................................................... 2-21 2.5.5 Special Economy Zone (SEZ).................................................................. 2-23 2.5.6 Critical Infrastructure ............................................................................... 2-24 Chapter 3. Status Survey of River Basins ................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Climatology ......................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Climate .....................................................................................................
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