DC: Bangladesh: Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project
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Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (RRP BAN 40515) DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION A. Major Development Partners: Strategic Foci and Key Activities 1. The major development partners in the rural infrastructure sector are Asian Development Bank (ADB), Canadian International Development Agency, Danish International Development Agency, Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, Government of the Netherlands, GTZ, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Islamic Development Bank, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, United States Agency for International Development, World Bank, and World Food Programme. The development partners are involved in many areas of rural infrastructure, including rural roads, rural markets, construction of bridges and culverts, maintenance of infrastructure, flood rehabilitation, cyclone and flood shelters, area development, and capacity building of the local governments. Major Development Partners: Rural Infrastructure Amount Development Project Name Duration ($ million) Partner ADB Rural Development Project 13: Infrastructure, 1988–1997 91.00 Greater Dinajpur and Jamalpur Districts SDC Rural Development Project 6: Infrastructure, 1989–1997 9.50 Manikganj District IDA, SDC, KfW Rural Development Project 7: Infrastructure, 1989–1997 81.15 Greater Rajshahi, Pabna, and Bogra Districts EC, Netherlands Rural Development Project 8: Infrastructure, 1989–1997 23.00 Greater Rangpur District Japan Flood Rehabilitation Project: (Roads and 1989–1997 94.00 Appurtenant Structures, 4th Revision) IDB Rural Development Project 3: Infrastructure, 1993–2002 31.57 Greater Sylhet District (2nd Phase) Danida Rural Development Project 16: Infrastructure, 1993–1999 60.00 Barisal, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barguna, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur Districts ADB Rural Development Project 18: Infrastructure, 1993–1999 89.00 Greater Khulna, Jessore, and Kushtia Districts USAID Construction of Bridge/Culverts through Monetized 1993–1998 28.00 USAID Flood Aid Provided Under PL-480, Title-III JICA Portable Steel Bridge Project: Dhaka, Chittagong, 1994–1997 36.00 and Sylhet Divisions EC Integrated Food Assisted Development Project 1994–1998 23.00 USAID Integrated Food for Development Project 1994–1999 121.00 CIDA Rural Maintenance Program (3rd Phase) 1995-1998 45.00 IDA, SDC Rural Development Project 11: Infrastructure in 1996–2002 198.00 Greater Rajshahi, Bogra, Pabna, and Dhaka Districts (Village Road and Market Development and Maintenance Project-2) (2nd Revised) GTZ, KfW Rural Development Project 14: Infrastructure, 1996–2002 26.50 Tangail District (2nd Phase) IDA, SDC Rural Development Project: Infrastructure, Greater 1996–2001 140.00 Rajshahi, Pabna, Bogra, and Dhaka Districts (RRMIMP-2) Sida Rural Development Project 4: Infrastructure, 1997–2000 15.00 2 Amount Development Project Name Duration ($ million) Partner Faridpur, Madaripur, Rajbari, and Gopalganj District (3rd Phase) OPEC Rural Development Project 19: Infrastructure in 1997–2004 30.50 Greater Barisal District ADB, Sida, IFAD, Rural Development Project 21: Infrastructure in 1997–2005 156.00 JBIC Greater Rangpur Rural Development Project: Greater Dhaka District 10.00 Saudi Arabia (Manikganj, Munshiganj, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and 1997–1998 Narshingdi District) IDB Construction/Reconstruction of Roads, Bridges, and 1997–2003 145.00 Culverts (Flood Damage Infrastructure) in Rural Area on Priority Basis Japan Construction of Bigger Bridges/Culverts on 1997–2002 41.00 Important Feeder and Rural Roads Project (Revised) SDC Rural Development Project 22: Infrastructure in 1998–2004 16.00 Noakhali Zila (Revised) JBIC Rural Development Project 24: Greater Faridpur, 1998–2006 76.00 Rural Infrastructure Development Project (Work Facility and Participatory Rural Infrastructure Development) Revised IDB Rural Infrastructure Development Project in Greater 1998–2004 35.00 Sylhet District DFID DFID-Aided Steel Bailey Bridge Construction 1998–2003 16.00 Project (2nd Part) Post Flood Rehabilitation Project (3rd Revised) Netherlands Portable Steel Bridge Construction Project under 1998–2002 35.00 ORET Program under The Netherlands Grant KfW Flood Damage Repair 1999–2001 2.60 KfW Rural Development Project: Infrastructure, Tangail 1999–2001 7.50 District (3rd Phase) ADB, KfW, GTZ Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (RDB-25) 2002–2009 76.90 WFP Growth Center Connecting Road Program Ongoing 33.00 IDA Rural Transport Improvement Project (RDP-26) 2003–2010 196.00 JBIC Eastern Bangladesh Rural Infrastructure 2005–2009 104.00 Development Project IFAD, Netherlands Market Infrastructure Development Project in Char 2005–2012 43.00 land Regions. ADB, KfW, GTZ Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project 2006–2011 260.50 (RIIP-2). IDB Integrated Village Infrastructure Development 2006–2011 14.00 Project. Agriculture Sector Programme Support-II (ASPS-II): 62.00 Danida Rural Road & Market Access Component-3 (RRMA- 2006–2011 3). Greater Rajshahi District Infrastructure 17.00 IDB 2006–2010 Development Project. ADB, JBIC, CIDA Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation 2007–2010 45.00 (Sector) Project-2007 (Part-B, Rural Infrastructure) Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and 2008–2013 42.00 World Bank Restoration Project (ECRRP) Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter Construction Project 2008–2011 10.00 Japan in Cyclone (Sidr) Affected Areas. 3 Amount Development Project Name Duration ($ million) Partner IDB Agriculture & Rural Development Project in Greater 2007–2011 4.22 Rangpur District. Netherlands Char Development and Settlement Project-3. 2005–2010 5.00 ADB = Asian Development Bank, CIDA = Canadian International Development Agency, Danida = Danish International Development Agency, DFID = Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, EC = European Community, IDA = International Development Association, IDB = Islamic Development Bank, IFAD = International Fund for Agricultural Development, JBIC = Japan Bank for International Cooperation, JICA = Japan International Cooperation Agency, OPEC = Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, SDC = Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Sida = Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, USAID = United States Agency for International Development, WFP = World Food Programme. Source: Local Government Engineering Department B. Institutional Arrangements and Processes for Development Coordination 2. Development coordination is conducted by the visiting missions with the local offices. The local consultative group (LCG) on local governance provides feedback to concerned government agencies and to the main LCG on the emerging issues in the rural infrastructure sector, and on implementing the recommendations related to rural infrastructure. The priority areas are (i) reducing overlapping responsibilities among road agencies for management of road network; (ii) improving maintenance funding and management; (iii) improving the quality of rural infrastructure; (iv) integrating trade and transport rural infrastructure; (v) strengthening local government institutions in planning, management, and revenue functions; (vi) enhancing local government institutions’ capacity to manage rural infrastructure; and (vii) improving road safety. Regular dialogue at the sector and thematic level are held in the joint government–development partners LCG working groups. The working groups provide forums for directed and practical consideration of sector issues, serving as a locus for information exchange, analysis, coordination, and cooperation. C. Achievements and Issues 3. In preparing the project, ADB coordinated closely with the World Bank, Japan Bank for International Cooperation and KfW to avoid duplication and agreed with the development partners to coordinate further during implementation. ADB and World Bank agreed to coordinate the ADB project and a similar World Bank rural infrastructure project programmed for preparation in mid- 2011 to ensure that they are complementary. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has prepared a map indicating the districts to be covered by the proposed projects by various development partners to avoid duplication and foster complementarity. The development partners underscored the need for a partnership framework in rural infrastructure to harmonize sector interventions. D. Summary and Recommendations 4. The development coordination mechanism for rural infrastructure in the country works well. However, over the medium term, a partnership framework in the rural infrastructure is needed to further harmonize sector interventions. .