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Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Telecom Development Company Afghanistan (TDCA, Roshan or the Company) is the leading mobile telephone operator in Afghanistan with approximately 34% market share and 6 million subscribers. The Company began commercial operations in July 2003. The Company has asked IFC to provide a senior loan of up to US$65 million to finance the Companys acquisition of a 3G license, capital expenditures to roll-out the 3G network and make debt repayments (the Project). (i) Enhance use of telecommunication services in a low income country, through the roll-out of a 3G network, which will enable more people to access to broadband data services especially given Afghanistan's low fixed line penetration of less than 0.2%. (ii) Expand geographic coverage: While approximately 60% of the population is within reach of its network, Roshan is planning to extend service further to rural and untapped areas, with a population coverage target of 80% in five years. (iii) Extend economic opportunity and financial inclusion to all Afghans: Roshan's M-Paisa service has provided, since 2008, the Afghan population with mobile banking services, such as money transfers, bill payments and salary payments to the unbanked population in the country.  There are approximately 130,000 M-Paisa users and with the introduction of better quality 3G technology, the number of users is expected to grow to approximately 1.3 million by the end of 2016. (iv) Improve the well-being of people in Afghanistan through its corporate social program, Roshan Community: Roshan will continue to develop and financially support a wide range of programs aimed at improving the well-being of the people of Afghanistan that are focused on six main areas: healthcare, education, commerce, social welfare, arts & culture and the environment.  (v) Provide political risk mitigation: In view of the increasing challenging security situation in Afghanistan coupled with the planned withdrawal of troops in 2014, country risk and security concerns continue to be the primary barriers to foreign investment in Afghanistan. By supporting this project, IFC is expected to send a positive signal to potential investors that it is possible to finance infrastructure projects in Afghanistan.
AIB Equity Project Afghanistan International Bank (AIB or the Bank) is a local Afghan private sector bank established in March 2004. It is headquartered in Kabul. As of December 2014, the Bank had 33 branches, 2 cash outlets, 59 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), and 136 Point of Sale (POS) devices, across 10 provinces in Afghanistan. AIBs banking services include corporate/commercial, small business and retail banking, as well as electronic and Islamic banking. With total assets of US$964.2 million, AIB has the largest market share in the Afghan banking sector of approximately 23%.  The proposed project entails IFC taking an equity stake of up to 15% in AIB in two tranches. The initial tranche is for an equity stake of 7.5%, purchased equally from AIBs two main sponsor shareholders. The second tranche comprises of an IFC option to increase its equity stake by an additional 7.5% within two years of its initial investment in AIB by subscribing to new shares issued by AIB (fresh capital injection).  The proposed IFC investment together with the proposed IFC advisory services will help to further institutionalize AIBs shareholding, strengthen the Bank in operational risk management and build its capacity for commercial lending in diversified sectors. IFCs goal is to help the Bank, and by example the banking sector, improve financial inclusion in this Frontier and Conflict-affected State (FCS), where the per capita income of US$690 in 2014, was the lowest in Asia and among the 20 lowest in the World. According to the World Banks estimates, 96% of the Afghan population is unbanked, while the 2014 Enterprise Survey reports that only 5.1% of firms in Afghanistan have a line of credit and only 2% of firms are using banks for their funding needs. 1) Access to Finance, Job creation and Private Sector Development: The project will help in giving businesses greater access to finance, thus contributing to job creation and private sector development. Afghanistan has faced chronic unemployment and a burgeoning young population implies an estimated 400,000 new entrants into the job market.  2) Strengthen the Banking Sector: IFC's proposed equity and potential advisory package will provide support to AIB, strengthening the overall banking sector and improving competition by enhancing best practices.  3) Build Confidence in Afghanistan's Financial Sector: IFC's engagement with AIB at a time when Afghanistan and many other countries in the MENA region, are faced with economic, security and political challenges will send a positive signal to the market and enforce IFC's countercyclical role. This will support the Government of Afghanistan in its reform agenda.
Kabul Serena Hotel Tourism Promotion Services (Afghanistan) Limited -TPS(A)- was established by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) for the purpose of investing in the Kabul Serena Hotel.  TPS(A) will completely renovate and expand the old Kabul Hotel (the project) at an estimated cost of $27.8 million.  The hotel development will be phased with 160 rooms total and will be operated by AKFEDs hotel management subsidiary, Serena Tourism Promotion Services (STPS), which trades as Serena Hotels.  Originally built in the 1930s, the Kabul Hotel is in a major state of disrepair as a result of war damage and overall neglect over the years but was once an attractive hotel and an important meeting place in Kabul
BRAC Afghanistan Bank (BAB) The project involves the establishment of a greenfield commercial bank, BRAC Afghanistan Bank (BAB or Bank) in Afghanistan. The Bank would focus on offering financial services to small enterprises in Kabul and other major cities.  The project is sponsored by BRAC (NGO) which is a Bangladesh-based developmental organization and one of the largest microfinance operators in the world, with extensive microfinance and community development operations in Afghanistan. The project is expected to have a high significant impact on the countrys economic development.  Afghanistan has endured more than 25 years of war and civil strife with devastating results. Through financing, the project will stimulate economic activities of the countrys citizens (about 53% of Afghanistans 30 million people live on less than $2 per day). Over 5 years, the Bank intends to have strong outreach and target smaller and medium sized companies with critical working capital for their day-to-day operations as well as longer-term funding needed to re-establish and grow their businesses. The project will also broaden and deepen access to financial services in Afghanistan.  Finally, by formalizing and conducting its activities as a bank, the project is expected to further strengthen the nascent banking system and serve as a best practice for other existing banks.
Alternative Rite of Passage for Girls at Risk of FGM Facilitate an alternative rite of passage course and ceremony for girls coming of age in Kipkelion
Eastern Indonesia Renewable Energy Project (Phase 1) Phase 1 of the project will construct, operate and maintain a 72 MW wind power plant in Jeneponto (South Sulawesi).
Muara Laboh Geothermal Power Project The project will develop geothermal steam resources through production and injection facilities in the Liki Pinangawan Muaralaboh concession area and construct, operate, and maintain a single power generation unit with a total capacity of approximately 80 megawatts (MW). The concession is located in the South Solok Regency, 150 kilometers (km) southeast of Padang, West Sumatra. The project will be developed and implemented under a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with PLN (the off-taker) and a 20-year support from the Ministry of Finance, as stipulated under a business viability guarantee letter (BVGL). It is intended for base load operation. PLN will build 80 km of transmission lines from the plant site to two 150 kilovolt (kV) substations near Muara Laboh and Sungai Rumbai. The substations will connect power from the generation unit to the Sumatra grid through an existing 275 kV transmission line.
Road Rehabilitation II The main objectives of the project are: economic growth by fostering mobility, trade, investment; help reduce poverty; and maintain national cohesion. The Project includes components to rehabilitate 1,266 km of deteriorated road links and replace 21 bridges on the Trans-Sumatra Central and Eastern corridors and Trans-Kalimantan Highway, linking producing areas and markets in the country's two largest islands. To ensure that the rehabilitated roads do not deteriorate prematurely and secure sustainable benefits, the Project will also include measures to reduce pavement damage caused by overloaded trucks, strengthen the planning, programming and execution of maintenance, and reduce the risk of accidents among roadside communities by raising levels of awareness of accident risk.
Geothermal Power Generation Project The project will support expansion of Indonesia's geothermal generating capacity to contribute to the sustainability and sufficiency of the electricity system, aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 7: access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. The project will support GDE, a state-owned geothermal company focused on exploration and development of geothermal resources, to commission an additional 100 megawatts (MW) of geothermal electricity generating capacity 55 MW at the Dieng geothermal field in Central Java and 55 MW at the Patuha geothermal field in West Java.
Capital Market Development Program Cluster - Subprogram 2 The Capital Market Development Program Cluster (CMDPC) was formulated as two single-tranche subprograms anchored on the Government's medium-term reform agenda and its financial sector reform programs from January 2006 to December 2010. Subprogram 2 is an important part of the CMDPC, which aims to strengthen transparency and information disclosure in the capital markets. This is essential to building confidence in those markets and their institutions, expanding regulatory oversight, and ensuring enhanced price discovery and market liquidity for market participants.
Metropolitan Sanitation Management Investment Project The Project will provide improved urban wastewater services in the cities of Cimahi, Jambi, Makassar, Palembang, and Pekanbaru in the Republic of Indonesia. These cities currently lack any piped sewerage and wastewater treatment facilities. The Project will respond to the needs of urban communities, including low-income households, by constructing new separate sewerage systems and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), setting up local wastewater infrastructure management institutions and strengthening the relevant departments of respective regional governments.
Rural Infrastructure Support to the National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM) Mandiri Project II The Project forms part of the Government of Indonesia's ongoing flagship poverty reduction program - the National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM Mandiri). The Asian Development Bank (ADB) supports the PNPM Mandiri through the Rural Infrastructure Support to PNPM Mandiri Project I (RIS-PNPM I), which included community facilitation and mobilization, and rural infrastructure support in the four provinces of Jambi, Lampung, Riau, and South Sumatra. The Project continues the support for RIS-PNPM I, financing two cycles of village planning and block grants in about 1,500 villages in 215 kecamatans in four provinces. The Project follows a community-driven development approach and will empower communities; strengthen their capacity to prioritize, design, implement, and monitor community-based projects; and provide block grants to finance community-identified needs and priorities.
Electricity Grid Strengthening—Sumatra Program One of the priorities in the Government of Indonesia's National Medium-Term Development Plan (Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional or RPJMN), 2015-2019 is to enhance domestic energy security. Within the sector, the Electricity Power Supply Business Plan (Rencana Usaha Penyediaan Tenaga Listrik or RUPTL) provides a ten-year plan (2015-2024) which also includes a five-year Electricity Development Plan with specific targets for 2015-2019. The government is now calling for expanding power generation capacity across Indonesia by an additional 35 gigawatts (GW) from 2015 to 2019 to achieve 7% economic growth and alleviate existing grid constraints of which 9 GW is to be installed in Sumatra. The program will contribute to PLN's overarching power development plans for Sumatra as identified in the RUPTL 2015-2024. A stronger transmission system with robust distribution networks will increase reliability of connections with industrial, commercial, and residential customers. At the impact level, the program is aligned with the RUPTL's goal of enhancing the quality of life in Indonesian society by the sustainable use of electricity as a key driver of increased economic activity. The expected outcome of the RBL program is that the adequacy and reliability of power supply are achieved for Sumatra. This adequacy and reliability is defined by the outcome indicators, which are measured against realistically set targets. The outcome is linked to all five Results Areas in the national electricity results framework and the key performance indicators for the RBL program outcome are identical or similar to those used by PLN in their own Results Areas (increase in number of customers, electricity sales, and customer satisfaction). In RBL modality, disbursement-linked results consist of disbursement-linked indicators (DLIs) that can include development outcomes, intermediate outcomes, outputs, and institutional strengthening.
State-Owned Enterprises' Reform Program, Subprogram 1 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in the Indonesian economy. They serve as both commercial enterprises that provide revenue to the state and agents of development that provide a range of core public services, from infrastructure development in rural areas to vaccine procurement for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As such, SOEs will be instrumental in fostering an inclusive and sustainable recovery from the pandemic. However, structural weaknesses that impede efficiency and corporate governance restrict SOEs’ potential to deliver greater value. To address these constraints, the government is implementing an ambitious State-Owned Enterprises Roadmap (2020–2024). Aligned to it, the program aims to increase the economic, environmental, and social value that SOEs provide to Indonesia by supporting the government’s reforms on improving efficiency and resilience of SOEs and strengthening the corporate governance framework for SOEs. The program adopts a programmatic approach, which allows for complex and challenging reforms to be addressed comprehensively through policy-based loans combined with technical assistance (TA) and knowledge work. Subprogram 1 covers the first phase of the implementation of the roadmap for the reform of SOEs, while subprogram 2 will institutionalize these reforms.
Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction The Project supports the Government's program to promote sustainable and community-managed freshwater, brackishwater and marine aquaculture development to reduce poverty and increase the food supply among poor fish-farming communities. It focuses on the development of small-scale and low-cost aquaculture production systems that are economically sound and environment friendly, and that can be easily replicated by fish farmers organizations and small- to medium-scale private entrepreneurs. The Project will provide technical and extension support to fish farmers in order to ensure successful project implementation. Such support includes innovative mechanisms to assist organized fish farmer groups with securing production inputs and marketing their final product. The Project builds the capacity of the Directorate General of Aquaculture (DGA) and the participating district governments to formulate policies and regulations for sustainable aquaculture development and environmental management, and to support the needs of the beneficiaries, their communities, and the country's aquaculture industry as a whole.

The Project is implemented in five districts in four provinces: namely: (i) Langkat in North Sumatera Province, (ii) Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) in South Sumatera Province, (iii) Karawang and Sumedang in West Java Province, and (iv) Buton in Southeast Sulawesi Province.
Primary Healthcare and Public Health Laboratories Upgrading and Strengthening Project The Primary Healthcare and Public Health Laboratories Upgrading and Strengthening Project will assist the Ministry of Health in strengthening primary care services and public health laboratories. Along with three multilateral development banks, ADB will cofinance the provision of equipment to upgrade and enhance the capacity of primary care facilities and public health laboratories throughout the country. It will also help address the adverse health impact of climate change and improve the preparedness and resilience of the health system to handle future public health threats. The outcome of project will be equitable access to primary care and public health laboratory services for the prevention, detection, and treatment of communicable and noncommunicable diseases, and other health conditions, expanded.
Development Policy Support Program The proposed Development Policy Support Program (DPSP) is embedded in the Government’s Medium Term Development Plan (RPJM) for 2004-2009. It supports the RPJM’s broad goal of stimulating higher and sustainable economic growth (to 7% average annual growth by 2009 up from levels around 4% prior to 2004) and halving poverty (to 8.2% by 2009 from 16.6% in 2004). To achieve these goals, the DPSP is a policy engagement tool that accelerates economy-wide and cross cutting reforms. More specifically, it has involved the implementation of a set of policy actions in four core areas to (i) improve macroeconomic stability and creditworthiness; (ii) promote investments; (iii) strengthen the financial sector; and (iv) enhance the quality of public financial management and reduce corruption. Supported by a $200 million single tranche operation, the DPSP’s key achievements are the upfront implementation of the core policy actions, and the development and building of full Government commitment for a forward-looking program that deepens the reforms in the core areas, while striving to strengthen public service delivery to the poor.
Stepping Up Investments for Growth Acceleration Program (Subprogram 2) SIGAP is designed to adopt a bottom-up approach by promoting an evidenced-based policy dialogue approach through piloting the implementation of certain policy actions at local levels. It also adopts a new approach to dialogue between national and local governments and the business community to address policy incoherence between different tiers of government. The interplay of an evidence-based approach and effective public-private dialogue aims to achieve better buy-in from all stakeholders, improve coordination and ease implementation difficulties, where the largest set back has been experienced in the past.
Community Water Services and Health The Project will provide rural water supply and sanitation facilities and services to about 1,000 communities in 20 districts in provinces of West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Jambi and Bengkulu; combined with capacity building for districts and communities, and sanitation and hygiene behavioral change programs. The Project will provide an estimated 1.2 million people with safe drinking water, of whom about 0.6 million will also benefit from improved sanitation facilities. 

The objective of the Project is to enhance the health status of low-income communities in rural areas based on better hygiene behavior and sustain access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation. 

The Project has four components: (i) improving the capacity of local governments for facilitating, regulating and delivering quality services in water and sanitation to the target communities; (ii) strengthening the community capability to design, co-finance, build, operate, and manage community-based water and sanitation facilities; (iii) improving access to water and sanitation services through construction of adequate facilities based community demand; and (iv) increasing hygiene awareness through information, education, and communication campaigns. The Project will cover about 1,000 communities in 20 districts in the provinces of West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Jambi, and Bengkulu.
Jawa-1 Liquefied Natural Gas-to-Power Project The project entails the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 1,760-megawatt (MW) load-following, combined-cycle, gas turbine (CCGT) power plant and associated facilities. The LNG-to-power project is located about 100 kilometers (km) east of Jakarta on the Javanese coastline. The project will be developed and implemented by an independent power producer, PT. Jawa Power Satu, under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Indonesian utility company PLN.
West Kalimantan Power Grid Strengthening Project The proposed project is perfectly aligned with ADB's Energy Sector Assessment Strategy and Roadmap, which supports investment in strategic transmission assets that connects regions or countries across seas or international boundaries to optimize power networks by reducing the overall need for reserve capacity, improving system reliability, removing transmission bottlenecks, and transmitting cheaper power from one area to the other, addressing overall regional socio-economic and environmental improvement.
Third Development Policy Support Program The proposal comprises the third phase of the Development Policy Support Program (DPSP-3), which is subprogram 2 of a program cluster building on the support provided through subprogram 1 of the cluster approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in December 2006 and the first DPSP which was approved in December 2005. The DPSP series—cofinancing the Development Policy Loan (DPL) series supported by the World Bank and the Government of Japan—is embedded in the Government’s Medium-Term National Development Plan (RPJM) for 2004–2009. It supports the RPJM’s broad goals of stimulating higher and sustainable economic growth (up to 7% average annual growth by 2009 from levels of around 4% prior to 2004) and halving poverty (to 8.2% by 2009 from 16.6% in 2004). To achieve these goals, DPSP-3 supports wide-ranging reforms in three core areas to (i) improve the investment climate, (ii) strengthen public financial management and anticorruption, and (iii) improve public service delivery. DPSP-3 is proposed as a single-tranche operation based on completed actions demonstrating satisfactory progress. While building on reforms undertaken during past DPSPs, DPSP-3 sets the groundwork for an expanded policy dialogue for future operations.
Horticulture Development in Dryland Areas Sector Project The project will help the Ministry of Agriculure to optimize underutilized agriculture dry land towards modern agriculture, increased farming profitability, and climate change resilience. The project is expected to contribute to COVID-19 recovery by stimulating rural economy and supporting smallholder's entrepreneurship.
Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprogram 2) The IRSDP, of which subprogram 2 is an integral part, aims to improve Indonesia's overall investment climate by removing infrastructure bottlenecks and increasing access to infrastructure services