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Sermsang Khushig Khundii Solar Project The project involves the construction, operation and maintenance of a 15-megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Khushig valley, Tuv aimag, which is located 40 kilometers (km) from Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, and 17 km from the new international airport. It will also entail the construction of a 110/10kV substation, a 14-km long 110kV double circuit overhead electricity transmission line, as well as the extension of the 110/10kV Khushig substation owned by the National Power Transmission Grid SOJSC.
Western Regional Road Corridor Development Project - Phase I The impact of the Project will be the promotion of regional transport of freight and passengers via the Western Road Corridor and increased economic development and regional trade. The outcome of the Project will be an efficient and safe regional transport route developed in the Western Region of Mongolia to link Xinjiang Autonomous Region in the PRC and Siberia Province of the Russian Federation through Hovd and Bayan-Olgiy aimags of Western Mongolia. As part of Asian Highway 4, the road will help link Mongolia to the rest of Asia.
Social Sectors Support Program The Program will support the fiscal adjustment necessary for Mongolia's economic stabilization program and help to ensure that the budget for social sectors expenditures remains adequate. The Program will protect the poor during the financial crisis by implementing a set of policy measures in the social welfare, health, and education sectors to provide essential social services, and to initiate longer-term reforms to improve the targeting of social assistance and living conditions of the poor, especially in ger areas of Ulaanbaatar.
Gender Inclusive Dairy Value Chain Project The project will support Milko's investment plan during 2019 to 2020 by financing dairy procurement and processing expansion and permanent working capital investments for smallholder farmer and herder supply of raw milk and berries.
Customs Modernization Project The Customs Modernization Project aims to finance (i) the migration and upgrading of the customs automated data processing system (GAMAS); (ii) the improvement of infrastructure at major customs houses and customs border posts; and (iii) institutional strengthening, including business process reengineering, capacity building in relation to the above two components, interagency coordination, regional cooperation, and public-private partnerships.
Higher Education Reform Project The project  will institute needed reforms in higher education (HE) to improve the quality and relevance of HE programs; governance, management, and financing of HE institutions (HEIs) and the entire subsector; and promote equitable access to HE. Project interventions include institutional capacity building, human resources development, provision of learning and research facilities, equipment and materials, consultant services, minor civil works, support for public-private partnerships (PPP), and improvement of the HE policy environment.
Sustainable Tourism Development Project The project will help transform two national parks in Khuvsgul and Khentii aimags (provinces) as models for economically inclusive tourism and conservation in the protected area network, by improving park infrastructure, sanitation, and capacity to manage tourism growth sustainably.  The designs emphasize tourism benefits for communities, protection of natural capital, and climate-resilient facilities; and scale up from previous grant projects in each park.
Sustainable Tourism Development Project (Phase 2) The project will support the development of tourism in three aimags (provinces) of western Mongolia?an area of national priority for economic development?focused on inclusive benefits for communities, nature-based solutions to protect wilderness and heritage values, and post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery and resilience.  The project will build the capacity of residents and a small but growing private sector for community-based tourism, create jobs through the establishment of tourist streets and visitor complexes, and strengthen the management of five globally important protected areas and heritage sites through improved visitor and sanitation facilities. The designs are based on post-COVID-19 tourism recovery projections, sanitation measures aligned with health and border procedures, and building standards for green and climate-resilient infrastructure. About 16,296 residents are expected to benefit from the project through tourism-related skills and income.
Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Improvement Program - Phase 2 The program, which builds on reforms initiated in Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Improvement Program (Phase 1), is embedded in the 2017–2025 National Program for Reducing Air and Environmental Pollution. The government’s ownership of and commitment to implementation of the proposed reforms under Phase 2 was conveyed by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in the development policy letter (Appendix 3). Phase 2 will support the government in implementing urgent actions to mitigate air pollution during the winter of 2019–2020 and introducing medium- to long-term clean heating solutions. The TA will facilitate the government’s efforts to continue longer-term reforms through an agreed post-program partnership framework (PPPF).
COVID-19: Shock-Responsive Social Protection Project The project is aligned with the following impact: adverse socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic reduced. The project will have the following outcome: basic needs of the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children, supported.
Aimags and Soums Green Regional Development Investment Program - Tranche 1 The program represents a fundamental paradigm shift in applying a transformative model to promote green territorial development and urban-rural linkages, whereby livable human settlements - aimag (province) and soum (subunit of an aimag) centers - become anchors of green agribusinesses that promote sustainable, resilient, and high-carbon sequestration rangeland management. Initially focusing on Mongolia's western aimags, the program will promote climate finance and private sector investment mechanisms that can be replicated countrywide.
Fourth Health Sector Development Project - Additional Financing The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the original project in 2010  which was designed to improve health sector efficiency, governance, and drug safety focusing on three key areas: hospital services in Ulaanbaatar, human resources development, and drug safety regime. The additional financing will significantly expand the original project's output  establishing a demonstration multifunctional general hospital in Songinohairkhan District of Ulaanbaatar
Skills for Employment Project The project will improve the employability of graduates from technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs and courses in three priority sectors of the economy in Mongolia: agriculture, construction, and road and transportation.  The project, which has several innovative features, will (i) develop an industry-driven TVET system; (ii) upgrade selected TVET providers to implement competency-based training and assessment; (iii) establish training systems for TVET teachers and managers; (iv) support secondary education career guidance and schools that specialize in technology; and (v) establish an effective project management system.
Strengthening Information and Communication Technology Systems for Efficient and Transparent Public Investment and Tax Administration Project The proposed project will support the Government of Mongolia in enhancing accountability and efficiency of public financial resource mobilization and management through improved information and communication technology (ICT), especially for tax administration and public investment management (PIM).
Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Livestock Development Project The Government of Mongolia, during the country programming mission held in Ulaanbaatar in April 2018, requested the Asian Development Bank to provide lending support to prepare the Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Livestock Development Project. The project is included in ADB's country operations business plan for Mongolia for 20192021.
Payment System Modernization Project The current payments system is composed of an interbank payment infrastructure and a retail payment infrastructure. The former covers the real time gross settlement system (RTGS) for high-value transactions and the low-value payments system (LVPS) for low value transactions. It also covers the auctioning and trading of foreign exchange and securities, although the present system does not cover collateral management nor the pledging of securities/bonds. This includes a General Ledger system that is now outdated and needs to be integrated with participating banks statutory accounts with BOM. The retail payment infrastructure is based on the Electronic Transfer System (ETS) system acquired by BOM and covers electronic fund transport at point of sale / automatic teller machine (EFTPOS/ATM) switching but it can also support card and merchant management and EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) and hybrid cards. To be able to accommodate these however, the ETS needs to be upgraded.

The current system was built with support from the World Bank under its Financial Capacity Development Project completed in 2009 and considered one of its successful interventions under the project. However, it was recognized even at the close of the project that the payments system needs to undergo further development as market requirements evolve and due to technical limitations of the system as well as to address policy issues that emerge. The issues that need to be addressed include: 

(i)	ability of the current software to accept future expansion of services and reliance of the current system on the current application provider for upgrade and maintenance; 
(ii)	design of an open, flexible, modular architecture that can accommodate the introduction of new electronic payment services, as well as money and capital market instruments that suit evolving market needs and provide transparency, reduction of cash circulation in a modern broadband connected environment; 
(iii)	development of an Eco System which ensures interoperability and competitiveness between service providers that may be implemented by competing institutions to avoid fragmented services and avail of scale economies; 
(iv)	develop local standards and authentication procedures that more appropriately meet local requirements aligned with prescribed international standards; 
(v)	set-up business continuity and disaster management plan to address system vulnerabilities such as network and system failure (computer crashes) and computer hacking, among others; and not the least; and
(vi)	establish an appropriate legal/regulatory framework that provides for the use of digital signatures, conduct of electronic payments, etc. and required authorities for oversight and supervision, market discipline and transparent rules. 

A Payments Law is currently under consideration. More importantly, the current system's processing cost has been calculated to reach about 20 times that of the Republic of Korea's on a per transaction basis and has been increasing at the rate of 10% per year.
Border Efficiency for Sustainable Trade Project The project will support Mongolia’s economic recovery, diversification, and resilience through a sector loan by (i) upgrading selected border crossing points (BCPs), (ii) establishing One Health coordination mechanisms and facilities at selected BCPs, and (iii) implementing key modules under the national single window (NSW) for risk management and paperless trade.
Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Financing Project A proposed loan of up to $60,000,000 (or its equivalent in togrog), comprising (i) a senior unsecured A loan of up to $30,000,000 (or its equivalent in togrog), and (ii) a senior unsecured B loan of up to $30,000,000 for the Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Financing Project in Mongolia
Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF) - Improving Access To Health Services For Disadvantaged Groups Investment Program - Tranche 1 Tranche 1 proposed for financing under the requested periodic financing request (PFR) aims to contribute to the investment program's impact of improving the health status of Mongolians. 

The investment project comprises the following outputs: 

(i)	urban and rural primary health care strengthened, 
(ii)	district and aimag hospital services improved, 
(iii)	health financing system strengthened, and 
(iv)	capacity in procurement and financial management of relevant government entities for health strengthened.
Third Education Development Project The Project  will improve employability and income earning opportunities of graduates from secondary and vocational education. The outcome of the Project is equitable access to and improved quality and relevance of primary, secondary and vocational education. The Project has three components (i) improving quality and relevance of education in primary and secondary schools; (ii) improving teaching and learning environments in primary and secondary schools; and (iii) promoting demand-driven vocational education for youth.
Regional Road Development Project - Supplementary The Project will assist the Government in achieving the objectives of the Initial Project by financing cost overruns related to the following Parts of the Initial Project:
Part A Initial Project Road: (a) The construction of the remaining sixty-two (62) kilometers (km) of the two-lane road section of about four hundred thirty (430) km from Choyr to the border near Zamyn-Uud;  (b) The price adjustment for the contracts related to the construction of the road sections from (i) 35th Railway Crossing to 18th Khudag, and (ii) 18th Khudag to 62.2 km mile post.
Part D Area Development: (a) The price adjustment for contract related to the construction of the access road to Urgun Soum.
Weathering Exogenous Shocks Program The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and the continued border restrictions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are exerting significant pressure on the Mongolian economy. These issues have caused severe economic shocks and substantial fiscal stress. The Government of Mongolia has prepared a countercyclical development expenditure program (CDEP) to help poor and vulnerable groups, including women and girls; tame inflationary pressure; and support macroeconomic stabilization. The proposed CSF loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support government measures and financing needs to enable Mongolia to weather the adverse social and economic impacts, and targets poor and vulnerable groups, including women and girls. The budget support provided through the CSF loan will also provide the necessary fiscal space to continue with the implementation of critical structural reforms over the medium-term.
COVID-19: Second Shock-Responsive Social Protection Project With a worsening coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation unfolding in the fourth quarter of 2020, the Government of Mongolia has requested urgent additional support for social protection measures to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic on poor and vulnerable groups. The proposed project will (i) apply shock-responsive social protection principles to continue support for pro-poor child grant top-ups on a temporary basis through an established national social assistance program, and (ii) strengthen social welfare programs and systems for improved household resilience and government response to future crises.
Senior Loans to XacBank and TenGer Financial Group for Supporting Micro, Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises and Leasing Finance The proposed unsecured senior loans to XacBank for up to $30 million and to TFG (for onlending to XacLeasing) for up to $10 million will support Mongolian MSMEs through subloans made by XacBank and through leases provided by XacLeasing.
Urban Development Sector Project The objectives of the Project is to improve the living conditions and the quality of life of the urban population.

The Project follows a sector lending approach and supports sector policies on urban development, including the Government's Action Plan for 2004-2008 and program to provide 40,000 households with opportunities to live in housing with improved basic services. The Project will consist of four components: (i) A: improvement of basic urban services, (ii) B: urban road improvement, (iii) C: small loans for water connections and on-plot facility improvements, and (iv) D: institutional development and training.

Project implementation will start with two core subprojects: (i) improvement of the Hailaast road section in Ulaanbaatar; and (ii) water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management in Erdenet. The remaining subprojects will be identified and formulated during project implementation in accordance with rigorous procedures for screening, identification, selection, and appraisal of the subprojects. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) reviewed the two core subprojects and found that they are viable from a technical, institutional, social, financial, economic, and environmental perspective. For each of the remaining subprojects, the Ulaanbaatar municipal government and concerned aimag (province) governments and public urban services organizations (PUSOs) will prepare a feasibility study, including a resettlement plan and environmental impact assessment. For the water supply subcomponent, concerned aimag governments will be required to indicate strong political commitment to implement the tariff reforms to ensure repayment to the Government.
Urban Transport Development Investment Program-Tranche1 The first tranche under the proposed MFF will require $59.9 million from ADB's ADF resources and $10.0 million of the government counterpart funds to finance (i) $29.3 million for BRT infrastructure development; (ii) $22.5 for BRT system development; (iii) $2.2 million for ITS system; (iv) $5.3 million for project management, detailed design, and institutional development; (v) $7.0 million for physical and price contingency; and (vi) $3.6 million for financing charge during implementation.  

Tranche-1 will (i) develop BRT infrastructure: upgrade 7.7 km of road, expand the Peace bridge, and install 14 km of electric trolleybus infrastructure (electric wires, feeder cables, and substations) for the BRT system; (ii) introduce a 14 km BRT line in the north-south corridor of Ulaanbaatar; (iii) construct 3 bus stations in ger area subcenters ; (iv) install an intelligent transport system (ITS) component: bus management system (BMS); and (v) provide resources for project management, detailed engineering design, and institutional development. The investment program will also help MUB (i) develop a clean transport policy and investment program, procure and install emission testing equipment, and pilot a clean energy-based transport modality in Ulaanbaatar; and (ii) prepare a performance based BRT operation contract.
Border Efficiency for Sustainable Trade Project The project will support Mongolia’s economic recovery, diversification, and resilience through a sector loan by (i) upgrading selected border crossing points (BCPs), (ii) establishing One Health coordination mechanisms and facilities at selected BCPs, and (iii) implementing key modules under the national single window (NSW) for risk management and paperless trade. It will benefit remote border communities in east and west Mongolia, providing access to crucial imports and increased sources of income and livelihoods from transport, tourism, and trade.
Regional Improvement of Border Services Project (Additionl Financing) The additional financing will scale up the Regional Improvement of Border Services
Project (the ongoing project) by (i) upgrading facilities and equipment at two border-crossing
points (BCPs)—Bichigt, bordering the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the east; and Borshoo,
bordering the Russian Federation (Russia) in the west; and (ii) providing capacity development
support for Mongolia border agencies. The infrastructure, facilities, and equipment at the Bichigt
and Borshoo BCPs are outdated and inadequate to provide high standards of trade facilitation
and immigration services and accommodate anticipated growth in cross-border trade.1
Agriculture and Rural Development Project - Additional Financing The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved on 29 September 2008 a grant of $14.72 million from its Asian Development Fund (ADF) for the Agriculture and Rural Development Project (original project).  The closing date of the original project grant is 31 December 2013. The original project is supported by associated technical assistance of $2 million from the Japan Special Fund for agricultural marketing and brand development. The original project aims at a reliable supply of premium-value agricultural products to niche markets by selected enterprises, which induces agricultural and rural economic growth. The original project comprises two outputs: (i) value chains able to deliver unique, premium-value products to niche markets, and rural infrastructure and services development; and (ii) fully defined process and institutional arrangements for collaborative brand development and management developed and demonstrated.
Regional Road Development and Maintenance Project The project will have three outputs. Output 1: Road asset management capacity and implementation improved. Output 2: Road condition improved. Output 3: Road safety improved.
Food and Nutrition Social Welfare Program and Project (Capacity Development Project) ADB has secured a $12 million grant to build on the existing social welfare system and assist the Government in (i) designing and implementing emergency measures that specially target mitigating the impact of the food crisis on the poor and (ii) mid-term measures to address social welfare issues. This will include designing social safety nets that provide assistance directly to the poor, building capacity among stakeholders, and providing technical assistance to reform social welfare strategies in the mid-term.
Ulaanbaatar Traffic Management Improvement The activity will improve project readiness, quality at entry, and capacity and implementation support for the ensuing project. The activity will also support institutional efficiency, governance, preparation of safeguard documents, economic analysis for ensuing project preparations, and design of operation and maintenance systems.
Regional Upgrades of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Trade Project The project supports the improvement of Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS) in Mongolia in compliance with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of SPS measures. The improvement in the SPS system is an essential prerequisite for Mongolia to increase agriculture and food trade and diversify its economy.   The project addresses this issue through upgrading of laboratories and inspections facilities, strengthening inspection management systems, and aligning SPS controls and inspections with international standards.
Education Sector Reform Project The Education Sector Reform Project will build on the achievements of three previous projects that supported major sector reforms, helped the Government to reorient the education system to the needs of the market economy, and rehabilitated schools. The Project will support the Government to improve the quality and relevance of primary and secondary education with a view to shifting to a 12-year education system. The Project has four components: (i) improving education planning, management, and budgeting; (ii) strengthening pre-service teacher training (PSTT); (iii) enhancing the quality, affordability, and levels of provision of textbooks and other teaching and learning materials, including enhanced innovation in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the classroom; and (iv) providing better learning conditions by upgrading the physical infrastructure of teacher training institutes (TTIs).