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Agrarian Reform Communities Project II The Project will support the Government's Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) 2004-2010. It will pursue a holistic approach to poverty reduction by promoting an agribusiness approach to rural development. It will assist the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) by addressing the most pressing requirements for support in 152 agrarian reform communities (ARCs) and ARC Clusters in 19 provinces in southern Philippines.  

The long-term impact of the Project is to enable ARB households and other sections of the rural poor in approximately 152 selected ARCs and ARC Clusters (ARC Clusters will include target ARCs and ARBs and other farmers in adjacent areas) in 19 provinces (the provinces to be covered include Romblon, Marinduque, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Negros Oriental, Leyte, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Shariff Kabunsuan, Maguindanao, Lanao Del Sur, Tawi Tawi, Basilan, and Sulu) to reduce their poverty, and have sustained improvements in their incomes and quality of life. 

In order to achieve these impacts, the Project is expected to bring about long lasting improvements in the capabilities and well being of poor and marginalized groups in the target communities. In order to achieve the above outcomes of poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods, the Project will support the following outputs: (i) strong participation of local communities in the development process by the (a) enhancement of social capital among target communities through the use of a CDD approach, (b) detailed participatory ARC planning based on participation by the rural poor, as well as (c) improved capacity of ARC organizations and LGUs, for better governance and convergence in the provision of support services to target communities; (ii) agri enterprise development (AED)including (a) transfer of technology, (b) greater entrepreneurship among ARC organizations, (c) linkages between the private sector and corporate entities and ARC organizations, for increased investments into rural areas for growth, (d) wider prevalence of community based savings and lending groups for setting up sustainable micro-finance services among communities, (e)  Land Tenure Improvement to improve security of land titles, enable investments into productivity enhancements, (iii) improved access to rural infrastructure, designed to provide a boost to improved production and productivity, and crop intensification; and (iv) improved project management.
Development Policy Support Program The Development Policy Support Program (DPSP) cluster aims to support the Government in its efforts to (i) achieve and sustain higher economic growth through improved fiscal sustainability, public financial management, and a better investment climate; and (ii) reduce poverty and unemployment by reorienting public expenditures to social policy and productive needs, and by strengthening governance in public financial management.
Infrastructure Preparation and Innovation Facility, Second Additional Financing The proposed second additional financing will continue scaling up the scope of the ongoing project, comprising the original project and the first additional financing, to respond to the government's new investment needs, including to scale up climate action. The project aligns with the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028 and extends its benefits by boosting project readiness and accelerating development of low-carbon and climate resilient public infrastructure projects. The second additional financing, together with the ongoing project, will (i) support the project preparation and improve the quality of priority sovereign financing infrastructure project proposals for government approval; (ii) accelerate early project implementation following government approval through feasibility studies and detailed engineering design (DED), particularly for complex and large-scale infrastructure projects that require international expertise; (iii) strengthen the capacity of the implementing agencies, including the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to implement infrastructure projects; and (iv) centralize climate change considerations in the implementation of infrastructure projects by embedding climate-resilient design and prioritizing projects to support the Philippines' Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and national adaptation priorities.
Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project The project will address unsustainable watershed management in four priority river basins of the country. The project will be implemented as a sector loan to institutionalize effective watershed management regimes in four upper river basins (URBs) that can be replicated across the country. The four URBs are (i) Chico River Basin in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Northern Luzon island, (ii) Wahig-Inabanga on the island of Bohol, (iii) Lake Lanao Basin in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Upper Bukidnon River Basin in Bukidnon (the latter two on the island of Mindanao).
Improving Growth Corridors in Mindanao Road Sector Project The project will improve an estimated 280 kilometers (km) of national primary, secondary, and tertiary roads in Mindanao. The improvements will include paving earth roads, replacing damaged road sections, widening existing roads, adding surface overlays, and replacing and strengthening bridges. The project roads will be designed with features to strengthen resilience to climate change. Among the structural and non-structural features included are elevated pavement levels, enhanced slope protection, and improved maintenance of drainage structures. Road safety on these roads will be improved through road safety community awareness campaigns. The project will finance detailed engineering for improvement of another 300 km of national highways in Mindanao, to be implemented under future projects. The Government will determine the roads for which the detailed design will be prepared. The design will incorporate features to strengthen resilience to climate change.

The project will improve the institutional capacity of DPWH to make management of the transport sector more efficient and contribute to improved operations of the transport sector in Mindanao and nationwide. Strengthening of DPWH's institutional capacity will take place in regional offices and in headquarters. Training in multi-year planning carried out exclusively in DPWH regional offices, while the new human resource database system integrating all DPWH operations will be made operational in all DPWH offices. Making the new online system for budgeting and fiscal monitoring operational and the provision of support in supervising regional planning will take place in DPWH headquarters.
COVID-19: Post-COVID-19 Business and Employment Recovery Program - Subprogram 1 The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had an unprecedented and potentially long-term impact on the labor market in the Philippines. Although the unemployment rate has eased since peaking in April 2020, the labor market recovery remains uneven and emerging new jobs appear to be of lower quality. In response, on 1 May 2021, the government launched the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS), 20212022 to improve access to employment, livelihood, and training opportunities and to support existing and emerging businesses to create sustainable employment opportunities in light of the pandemic-induced job losses. The program will help the government implement the NERS and aims to achieve key targets (highlighted in the box). The program adopts a programmatic approach using policy-based loans for two subprograms to support sustainable business and labor market recovery in the post-pandemic era. Subprogram 1 establishes the foundation of the program through amendments to key legislation and pilot initiatives. Subprogram 2 will focus on the implementation and expansion of these reforms, so that they form a permanent part of the national job creation framework.
Road Improvement and Institutional Development Project The project will result in improved accessibility of transport infrastructure and services. The outcome of the project will be more effective management by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of the road network in the project areas. The project outputs include (i) periodic maintenance of nine national roads in the west coast of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao; (ii) detailed engineering design of roads to be maintained or improved under the project and future projects; and (iii) strengthening institutional capacity in the road subsector.
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Project The project provides $3 million grant under the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF) as emergency assistance to the Philippine Government in response to its appeal to the international community to provide humanitarian relief assistance, in the aftermath caused by a Category 5 Typhoon Haiyan (locally named Yolanda) that made its first landfall in Guiuan municipality in Eastern Samar province on 8 November 2013, and further moved and made subsequent landfalls over Toloso municipality south of Tacloban City in Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island in Cebu province, Concepcion in Iloilo province, the Calamian Group of Islands, and Busuanga in Palawan. Haiyan is the third Category 5 "super typhoon" to hit the Philippines since 2010, and possibly the strongest to ever hit land. United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team described the scale of destruction in Tacloban alone as comparable to the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

The detailed situation update issued by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on 12 November 2013 indicated that over 1,774 people are known to have lost lives, 2,487 are injured and 82 are still missing. Overall, a total of 1,387,446 families (6,937,229 people) have been affected in 7,488 barangays in 39 provinces of nine regions across the Philippines. A total of 582,303 people are currently displaced, with 319,867 persons in 1,135 evacuation centers and 262,436 outside the centers. On 9 November, the Government accepted the offer of international assistance through a letter to the United Nations Resident Coordinator. On 11 November, the Government declared a state of national calamity in order to speed up the relief efforts. To help alleviate resource constraints faced by the Government in providing support for the restoration of life-preserving services to communities affected by Typhoon Yolanda.
Encouraging Investment through Capital Market Reforms Program, Subprogram 2 The program supplements coordinated support provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to accelerate investment by increasing the availability of long-term finance. The program will deepen the capital market through a series of sequenced reforms designed to (i) further develop the government bond market, (ii) encourage growth in domestic long-term savings, and (iii) ease barriers to entry to diversify and broaden available funding sources. Subprogram 2 is included in ADB's country operations business plan, 2017-2019.
Second Health System Enhancement to Address and Limit COVID-19 under the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility - Additional Financing The additional financing of the Second Health System Enhancement to Address and Limit COVID-19 under the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (HEAL2-AF) builds on the original project and will expand the Philippines procurement and deployment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. It will support the governments procurement of at least 40 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines for eligible children, and third and booster shots for the wider population.2 The HEAL2-AF complements the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Health System Enhancement to Address and Limit COVID-19 (HEAL) project, which supports the government's COVID-19 response.
Tropical Storm Washi (Sendong) Project The project provides $3 million grant under the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF) as emergency assistance to the Philippine Government in response to its appeal to the international community to provide humanitarian relief assistance, in the aftermath caused by Tropical Storm Washi (locally named Sendong) that swept across Northeastern Mindanao and Central Visayas from 16 to 18 December 2011, bringing heavy rains that caused massive flooding, flashfloods and landslides. The worst affected areas are Cagayan de Oro City (Misamis Oriental), Iligan City (Lanao del Norte), Dumaguete City and Valencia municipality (Negros Oriental). The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) estimates that as of 21  December 2011, 65,067 families or 348,749 people, covering 319 barangays in 31 municipalities and eight cities in 13 provinces have been directly affected by Tropical Storm Washi. Of this number, 49,441 families or 276,400 people are either sheltered in 60 evacuation centers, billeted with relatives or in makeshift structures. NDRMMC has reported that the death toll has reached 1,009 with 46 missing and 1,603 injured. The number of damaged houses is reported at 12,131 of which 3,581 were totally destroyed while the estimated cost of damages to infrastructure, agriculture and school buildings amounts to Php 999.9 million ($23 million). To meet the immediate expenses necessary to restore life-saving services to the affected population. To assist in meeting urgent needs for food, water, soap, hygiene kits, clothes, medical supplies, shelter facilities, clearing of debris, and livelihood support for the affected people. For rapid support to provide the affected population with the necessary basic goods and services.
Local Government Finance and Fiscal Decentralization Reform Program - Subprogram 1 The proposed Program aims to improve service delivery in the Philippines by assisting the development of efficient and transparent local governments within an adequate and equitable fiscal framework.
Increasing Competitiveness for Inclusive Growth Program - Subprogram 1 The program loan with ADB loan amount of US$350 million was approved by ADB on 26 June 2012. The loan agreement was signed 04 July 2012 and became effective 16 August 2012.  The program will support the government's key reform priorities aimed at employment generation by increasing competitiveness in the economy using an inclusive approach through the labor market. The structural reform priorities include efforts to enhance the business climate by promoting competition policy, regulatory efficiency, competitive logistics, and private sector participation in infrastructure through public-private partnership (PPP) projects. Subprogram 1 supports the government's efforts in improving competitiveness and inclusiveness in three outputs: (i) structural policy reforms to the economy, (ii) creating an efficient market for infrastructure projects through PPP projects, and (iii) promoting competitive labor markets. All 25 policy measures required for subprogram 1 have been fully accomplished. The Department of Finance (DoF) will be the executing agency for the program and will be responsible for the overall implementation of subprogram 1 and the medium-term results framework.
Expanded Social Assistance Project The proposed Expanded Social Assistance Project will build on a decade of Asian Development Bank support for social protection in the Philippines. The 2010 Social Protection Support Project helped establish the national poverty targeting system, and supported implementation and evaluation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino conditional cash transfer (CCT) program. Additional financing approved in 2016 funded a share of the CCT education and health grants for more than four million households nationwide. ADB technical assistance has strengthened capacity and delivered demand-driven policy and advisory support to inform program reforms. While the proposed third phase of support will continue to strengthen the CCT program, it will also help to build a more integrated and efficient social protection system. It will finance transfers and strengthen implementation mechanisms (including payment, financial management, and targeting) for the government's expanded social transfers, including the social pension program. The project will support the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 goal of helping individuals and families cope with risks through a universal and transformative social protection system that builds socioeconomic resilience.
Water District Development Sector Project The Project will enable water districts (WDs), corporatized water utilities operating outside Metro Manila, to expand and rehabilitate supply systems and to build pilot sanitation facilities, in order to reduce water-related diseases due to unsafe drinking water and the lack of sanitation facilities. It will also provide capacity development technical assistance to strengthen the sustainability of WDs and promote partnerships between local government units (LGUs) and WDs in septage management.
Build Universal Health Care Program (Subprogram 2) Subprogram 2 builds on government efforts to implement the three key reform areas of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act of 2019: (i) sustainable financing and strategic purchasing, (ii) integrated delivery of quality health services, and (iii) information management and performance accountability. The programmatic approach will support systematic national and local implementation of health policy reforms.
Capital Market-Generated Infrastructure Financing Program (Subprogram 1) The program aims to deepen the domestic capital market to increase the supply of longterm finance to support investments. It will do so by addressing key constraints that have limited growth in the government and corporate bond markets.
COVID-19: Disaster Resilience Improvement Program The proposed program will provide the government with rapid access to resources to initiate disaster response and early recovery efforts and/or to address the health and economic impacts of health-related emergencies with minimal delay. The program is aligned with the Philippine Development Plan (PDP), 2017 -2022 in supporting the integration of disaster resilience in various sectors of the economy and providing better access to healthcare, particularly in light of the vulnerabilities exposed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue Greenways Project The project aims to improve pedestrian environment in four areas along with Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA). The current pedestrian facilities on EDSA is poorly designed and pedestrians are suffered from the unsafe and uncomfortable pedestrian environment. The elevated walkways will be connected to railway stations and help promoting use of public transportation. The project will build a total of 5-kilometers (km) of elevated walkways in four areas, including the construction of new footbridges, replacement or widening of existing footbridges. The elevated walkways will be covered to protect pedestrians from sunlight and rains. Elevators will be attached to the elevated walkways to address the needs of the elderly, persons with disability (PWDs), and people traveling with small children.
Fostering Women's Empowerment Through Financial Inclusion in Conflict-Impacted and Lagging Provinces Project Multi-tranche loan/investment in bonds, up to $30 million1 (in PHP equivalent) for supporting micro-housing and business-enterprise micro-loans in conflict affected and poorer parts of the Philippines
Integrated Coastal Resources Management The long-term goals of the Project are enhanced coastal resources and reduced poverty among municipal fisherfolks. The Project purpose is sustainable management and conservation of coastal resources and increased income for coastal communities.
COVID-19: Competitive and Inclusive Agriculture Development Program (Subprogram 1) The program will support the implementation of key policy and institutional reforms, particularly the Rice Tarrification Act and its associated reforms and programs. As the reforms are wide and deep in their impact, it is important that the government will continue to earn support to the reforms from the people of the Philippines.
Social Protection Support Project The project supports the Government of the Philippines in implementing and expanding its social protection agenda, especially the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program - Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program  (Pantawid) and the Listahanan national household targeting system for poverty reduction (NHTS-PR). The associated TAs will support capacity development and institutional strengthening of the government for efficient implementation of the social protection agenda.
Angat Water Transmission Improvement Project (Additional Financing) The project will expand the scope of the ongoing project to include the construction of a new aqueduct (AQ7). The AQ7 that will be financed under the proposed additional financing will provide operational flexibilities to the Angat downstream water transmission system and enable MWSS to rehabilitate the existing aqueducts without disrupting water supply. The proposed additional financing will also include new capacity development activities to (i) strengthen gender and development programs implemented under the ongoing project; (ii) train MWSS staff on operation and maintenance (O&M) of the tunnels and aqueducts; and (iii) expand the awareness programs on water conservation, hygiene promotion, and health-related risks.
Power Sector Development Program Loan The primary objective of the program loan is to restore financial viability of the power sector and specifically support the Government's committed action to absorb NPC's long-term liabilities. 

The specific objective of Subprogram 1 of the PSDP is to support the absorption of NPC's stranded debt and cost by the Government and create necessary conditions for the successful implementation of the privatization program in Subprogram 2.
Facilitating Youth School-to-Work Transition Program (Subprogram 2) The program supports government efforts to improve the employability of at-risk youth and facilitate young Filipinos’ transition to the workforce by: (i) improving youth labor market programs; (ii) enhancing youth training systems; and (iii) strengthening labor market policies for the benefit of the youth.
Inclusive Finance Development Program (Subprogram 2) The program directly supports reforms included in the Philippine Development Plan 2017– 2022 and will increase financial inclusion by (i) strengthening the institutional and policy environment, (ii) improving financial infrastructure, and (iii) increasing the capacity and reach of financial service providers.
Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) National Community-Driven Development Project The project will support the implementation of the government's KALAHI CIDSS- National Community-Driven Development Project (KC-NCDDP) to restore basic social services and rebuild communities affected by Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan).

The impact will be improved resiliency of poor communities to natural hazards. The outcome will be improved access to services and infrastructure for communities in affected provinces and their participation in more inclusive local disaster risk reduction and management planning, budgeting, and implementation.

The outputs are (i) community-driven development subprojects selected, implemented, and completed; (ii) institutional and organizational capacity strengthened; and (iii) program management and monitoring and evaluation systems enhanced.