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Financing Brick Kiln Efficiency Improvement Project Brick manufacturing process is energy intensive and a main source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and fine particulate pollution in Bangladesh. The proposed project intends to establish an equivalent of $50 million credit facility in local currency at Bangladesh Bank (central bank) for relending to participating financial intermediaries (PFIs) to construct more energy efficient and environmentally superior brick kilns. The credit facility has two components: one is to upgrade existing polluting brick kilns to a transitional design as an immediate measure to comply with the government directive (footnote 11) and reduce pollution, and the other is to promote the most advanced brick kiln pilots to demonstrate their operational and commercial viabilities in Bangladesh. The combined efforts, along with concerted donor assistances, will help catalyze domestic finance and leverage the demonstrative effect to build up sizeable clean brick manufacturing capacity in Bangladesh to eventually replace the existing pollution brick kilns and modernize the brick sector.
Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project The Project will build the first fixed crossing across the Padma River for road traffic comprising (a) a two-level steel truss composite bridge 6.15 km long, the top deck to accommodate a four-lane highway and the lower deck to accommodate a single-track railway to be added in the future; (b) 12.0 km of approach roads, 1.5 km on the Mawa side and 10.5 km on the Janjira side; (c) bridge-end facilities including toll plazas and service areas; and (d) river training with dredging and bank protection works, 1.5 km on the Mawa side and 12 km on the Janjira side, to regulate flow and prevent damage to the bridge structure. The Project will also have a component to develop cost-recovery mechanisms to ensure investment sustainability and to carry out institutional capacity building to ensure sustainable asset management.
Irrigation Management Improvement Project The project is designed to realize the full production potential of large-scale irrigation schemes in Bangladesh. It will address the recurrent lack of sustainable management, operation, and maintenance (MOM) and increase water productivity by transferring MOM schemes to private operators and introducing innovative infrastructure modernization. The project will focus on modernizing the Muhuri Irrigation Project (MIP) in Chittagong division. It will also finance a feasibility study and detailed design for modernizing the Ganges-Kobadak Irrigation Project in Khulna division and the Teesta Irrigation Project in Rangpur division.
Supporting Fourth Primary Education Development Program The Fourth Primary Education Development Program will support Bangladesh's primary education system to become an efficient and effective system that provides quality primary education to all Bangladeshi children. The new program will build on the achievements of previous programs with a strong focus on strengthening quality of education, improving access to education, and enhancing institutional management through decentralization. The new program is aligned with the country partnership strategy, 2016-2020 which indicates Asian Development Bank's continued support to primary education.
Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management As overall goal, the Project will enhance economic growth and reduce poverty in the concerned FCD/I areas, while providing a model for rejuvenating the poorly performing FCD/I systems that will be replicated throughout the country. The Project objective is to enhance and sustain the productivity of the selected existing FCD/I systems suffering from low performance and high incidence of poverty, with its scope comprising (i) preparing participatory integrated water management plans (IWMPs) ($0.9 million); (ii) establishing productive and sustainable water management systems through IWMP implementation comprising (a) WMA formation and strengthening with participatory preparation of program implementation plans ($1.5 million), (b) water management infrastructure ($25.3 million), (c) support services for developing agriculture, fishery, and livelihood enhancement of the poor ($3.7 million), and (d) support for establishing sustainable O&M mechanisms ($3.3 million); and (iii) strengthening institutions (including policy and institutional framework and organizational capacities) for effective provision of services to achieve this ends and project management ($7.9 million).
Secondary Towns Water Supply and Sanitation The primary impact of the Project is to improve the living conditions and health standards in participating secondary towns and improve sustainability of purashava-level water utilities. The over-arching outcome of the project will be the sustainable access to improved and safe water and sanitation services in the project areas. More specific outcomes will include: (i) increased quantity and quality of water supply; (ii) increased sanitation coverage; (iii) improved community awareness of the link between proper hygiene, sanitation, and health; (iv) improved capacity of pourashavas to implement, operate, manage and maintain water supply and sanitation investments; (v) adoption of improved management practices consitent with SDP-WSSB for greater efficiency and sustainability of local water utilities; and (vi) improved capacity of Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) to plan, design, supervise, monitor and provide technical assistance to pourashavas and local water utilities.
Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program (Program Loan) The overall impact of the Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program (UPEHSDP) is to improve the public and environmental health conditions in the urban areas of Bangladesh, particularly in the six city corporations (Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet). The successful implementation of the UPEHSDP will help reduce child mortality and morbidity by reducing the prevalence of waterborne and food-related diseases, increase productivity by reducing overall morbidity, and improve the quality of life of urban inhabitants. UPEHSDP will improve the health status of the poor in urban areas and assist Bangladesh to make progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) relating to child and maternal health care and communicable diseases (MDGs 4, 5, and 6), and improve urban sanitation (MDG 7). The program and project loans under the UPEHSDP are designed to complement each other in achieving progress towards these key goals.
South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Chittagong–Cox's Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1 (Tranche 3) The project supports the government in constructing the new 102-kilometer (km) Dohazari-Cox's Bazar section of the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar railway corridor in Southeastern Bangladesh. The multitranche financing facility (MFF) uses the time-slice financing approach for the large-scale project comprising civil works, equipment, goods, and consulting services. The project was fully appraised at the due diligence for the MFF appraisal. Under the first tranche, all procurement were completed and subsequent tranches continue to finance part of the project. Consulting services that were recruited at the beginning are to be financed only with the COL loan of Tranche 1. The attached technical assistance approved along with tranche 1 strengthens the capacity of Bangladesh Railway, the executing agency, on project implementation management, including safeguards management.
Coastal Towns Climate Resilience Project The Government of Bangladesh (the government) has requested support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable coastal towns, thereby enhancing their ability to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, and recover from the effects of climate shocks and stresses. The proposed project will support selected coastal towns in pursuing sustainable development and enhancing the quality of life of all residents. It will also help in strengthening rural resilience, as these small towns often act as service centers for surrounding rural areas.
Second Crop Diversification Project The project will foster commercialization of agriculture through interventions to promote diversification into high-value crops (HVCs) and value addition, gender mainstreaming, and
climate change adaptation. The project is market oriented and demand driven, and will increase farmers' incomes and enhance food security in Bangladesh.
South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Integrated Trade Facilitation Sector Development Program The proposed SDP will improve the volume, efficiency, predictability, and security of cross-border trade in Bangladesh, which will contribute to the national goals of accelerating growth with industrialization and trade, and expanding subregional trade and commerce. To achieve this, the SDP will introduce policy reforms and complement these with upgraded infrastructure at border crossing points (BCPs). The program part of the SDP will support policy reforms to help Bangladesh comply with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), and implement the Customs Modernization Strategic Action Plan, 2019-2022.  The program part will support three reform areas: (i) compliance of customs legal framework with international standards, (ii) improvement of cargo clearance processes, and (iii) strengthening the capacity of customs agencies. The PBL has two tranches: (i) tranche 1 involves formulating policies to strengthen regulatory and institutional arrangements, and capacities of customs agencies; and (ii) tranche 2 will implement the policies formulated under tranche 1. The project part of the SDP will upgrade infrastructure by (i) building integrated land customs stations (LCSs) and land ports (LPs); (ii) installing facilities and equipment for customs clearance and cargo transshipment operations; and (iii) operationalizing the facilities following the improved regulatory and institutional arrangements supported under the program part at Akhaura, Sonamasjid, and Tamabil BCPs. The project part will also design central customs facilities in Dhaka, and integrated trade facilities at Bibirbazar, Birol, Darshana, Sheora, Sonahat, and Teknaf BCPs for future investments.  The SDP will contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation through climate-resilient infrastructure, streamlined cargo clearance processes, and facilitated transit arrangements.
COVID-19: Responsive COVID-19 Vaccines for Recovery Project under the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility The project will provide the Government of Bangladesh with timely financing for procuring safe and effective vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on an agreed list of eligible expenditures. It will utilize the rapid response component (RRC) under the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX).  Ongoing technical assistance (TA) will help strengthen the vaccine delivery system.  The project is aligned with three operational priorities of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Strategy 2030: (i) addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities, (ii) accelerating progress in gender equality, and (iii) fostering regional cooperation and integration.  It is also aligned with ADB's country partnership strategy for Bangladesh, 2016-2020 in the priority areas of improving human capital and health care, and promoting gender equality
Sustainable Projects ADB will provide a 5-year senior unsecured term loan to BRAC Bank of up to $30 million. The proceeds will be used to finance socially and environmentally sustainable projects, which include (i) the construction or expansion of RMG factories that meet the high structural, fire, and electrical safety standards required by the accord or the alliance; and (ii) improvement of existing factories to meet any of the above standards. The loan will also fund construction of wastewater and ETPs in the industry sector, primarily in the textile and garment industry.
Microenterprise Development Project – Additional Financing This project is an additional financing for Loan 3744-BAN: Microenterprise Development Project for $50 million (equivalent to ﾬ 44.63 million) from the ordinary capital resources which was approved on 26 November 2018. The project aimed to promote microenterprise development for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction. It supported improving microenterprise access to finance through the Palli-Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), an apex development finance and capacity building organisation; and its partner organisations (POs), which are selected microfinance institutions (MFIs). The overall implementation progress is 100%. The cumulative contract awards and disbursements are equivalent to ﾬ 44.63 million. All loan disbursements and liquidation have been completed in December 2019. The PKSF has disbursed $50 million (equivalent to ﾬ 44.63 million) to its 77 Partner Organizations (POs) who have further disbursed $50.85 million to 34,065 microenterprises (MEs) with an average loan size of $1,493. This additional financing will provide much needed liquidity support to PKSF. It will benefit rural microenterprises which will restore economic activity, and boost incomes and consumption in rural areas. The major beneficiaries will be women. The sectors likely to benefit are agriculture, fisheries, livestock, small manufacturing, food processing, and services.ﾠIn addition to promoting growth through forward linkages and developing product markets, the project when completed will be an effective driver for change in the rural economy, and can contribute to poverty alleviation by creating self-employment and wage-employment opportunities.
Strengthening Governance Management Project The project seeks to improve transparency and accountability of public service delivery in tax and land record administration in Bangladesh with the help of information and communication technology (ICT). Three outputs of the project are (i) online filing of tax returns, (ii) digitized land records management system in selected districts, and (iii) improved access to tax and land information in specialized information and service centers.
Greater Dhaka Sustainable Urban Transport Project The project  will contribute to develop a sustainable urban transport system (UTS)  in GCC, which forms part of north Greater Dhaka, through the delivery of a 20-kilometer (km) bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor. This pilot project provides a holistic solution for integrated urban mobility, bearing a demonstration effect as no modern mass transit system exists in Bangladesh yet.
Second PRAN Agribusiness Project The project will support the construction of a manufacturing plant and the purchase of machinery and equipment to produce potato chips, potato flakes, and pasta. The manufacturing facilities will be located in Habiganj Industrial Park, 120 kilometers from Dhaka, where the starch and liquid glucose plant is also located. The project will promote inclusive and sustainable agricultural value chains with higher local value addition of farm produce.
Third Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility-Tranche 1 The proposed Third Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility (PPIDF 3) is a continuation of the work carried out under the Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility (PPIDF 1) and Second Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility (PPIDF 2) in addressing the infrastructure deficiencies in Bangladesh. Through the two earlier interventions, ADB has provided long-term debt financing and catalyzing private sector participation through the implementing agency, i.e. Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) which substantially contributed to economic growth in the country. The design of the project serves to catalyze commercial financing for public-private partnership (PPP) projects, thereby reducing the pressure of direct financing on the public budget. An additional objective of the facility is to help provide the rural population and small to medium enterprises with clean and affordable electricity either through grid-connected or off-grid energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. Solar home systems (SHSs) will not be financed under PPIDF 3 given the market saturation and availability of funding from partner donors.
Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project The project will include (i) a 40 long kilometer 400kV double circuit transmission line from the Bangladesh India border to Bheramara, (ii) a 500mW back to back HVDC station at Bheramara; and (iii) a 230kV interconnection with the western grid of Bangladesh.
Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF) - Railway Sector Investment Program (Subproject 1) The Railway Sector Investment Program which is based on the Government's Sector Roadmap and Investment Plan for 2007-2013 will improve the performance of the railway sector by implementing (i) a reform project of sector policy, organizational, and capacity building reforms to make Bangladesh Railway (BR) more commercially focused, and improve governance and accountability; and (ii) an investment project of infrastructure and rolling stock capacity improvement investments to overcome capacity bottlenecks in sectors where such investments are both economically and financially viable, e.g., the Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Darsana-Khulna corridors where it can support major direct investment. The reform and the investment projects are integrated as approval of investment subprojects will be dependent on the implementation of specific sector reform actions.
Dhaka and Western Zone Transmission Grid Expansion Project The proposed project builds upon ADB's strong and sustained work in the power sector of Bangladesh. Complementing the investment in the recently-approved Southwest Transmission Grid Expansion Project  and Rupsha 800-Megawatt Combined Cycle Power Plant in the southwest region, the project will focus on addressing some of the remaining deficiencies in the transmission system to enhance power transfer capacity to the load centers in the southern and western zones. These interventions will also strengthen in-country power transfer capacity for increased cross-border power trade with India. In addition, the project will develop the capacity of PGCB in financial management, and in drone utilization to improve operations efficiency. The project is aligned with the Energy Policy  of ADB and the priorities of ADB's country partnership strategy for Bangladesh, 2016-2020.  The project also supports operational priorities of ADB's Strategy 2030: (i) addressing poverty and inequality through modern energy access; (ii) tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience; (iii) accelerating progress in gender equality; and (iv) accelerating governance and institutional capacity.
Railway Rolling Stock Operations Improvement Project The Government of Bangladesh proposed a project for Asian Development Bank (ADB) financing to improve the operational efficiency of Bangladesh Railway through the procurement of modern rolling stock, preparation of investment projects to enhance its rolling stock maintenance capacity and support for the ongoing railway reform. The project will contribute to the increase in railway share as a core transportation mode of the country and to the modal shift from roads to rail. The modal shift and the efficient rolling stock will reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emission.
Sustainable Economic Recovery Program (Subprogram 2) The program supports Bangladesh's economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic amid a context of heightened regional and global economic uncertainty. Subprogram 2 deepens reforms initiated in subprogram 1, with continued focus in two areas: (i) public financial management (PFM); and (ii) access to finance for the underserved market segments, mainly cottage, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (CMSMEs). The PFM reforms will help create the fiscal space needed to boost investment in critical physical and social infrastructure. Broadening access to finance will help revitalize CMSMEs, which is crucial not only for preserving employment and livelihoods but also for strengthening production networks throughout the value chain. Subprogram 2 advances these agenda while also building the capacities of government agencies to operationalize the reforms and shaping longer-term reform strategies and plans.
South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1 - Tranche 1 The SASEC Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1 (the Project) will support the government of Bangladesh in constructing the new, 102 kilometers (km) Dohazari-Cox's Bazar section of the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar railway corridor in southeastern Bangladesh. The government is upgrading the 47 km section Chittagong-Dohazari with its own funds. The project will also strengthen the capacity of the railway sector in project management and implementation. By connecting the Cox's Bazar district to Bangladesh's railway network, the project will not only boost the national economy through further development of Cox's Bazar into a major tourist destination, but also facilitate access for the population and products to subregional markets and trade. The Chittagong-Cox's Bazar railway corridor is part of the Trans-Asia Railway network. The project has been endorsed by the SASEC trade facilitation and transport working group meeting held in Tokyo on 26 November 2015.
Flood Reconstruction Emergency Assistance Project (FREAP) The project is aligned with the following impact: a green, inclusive, and resilient recovery achieved. The project will have the following outcome: living conditions, livelihoods, and climate resilience in the flood-affected northeast region of Bangladesh improved. The outputs of the project are as follows:??Output 1. Rural transport and connectivity infrastructure rehabilitated and reconstructed. This output will rehabilitate and reconstruct vital transport and connectivity infrastructure to flood-affected communities. LGED and BR will jointly deliver the output.??Output 2. River embankments and irrigation infrastructure rehabilitated and reconstructed. Under this output, the project will rehabilitate and reconstruct flood fuses, submersible embankment with cement concrete armoring, river protection work, flood control embankment, regulators and sluices with village platforms with climate resilient design for irrigation infrastructure and protect productive crop areas in the affected districts. The river embankments will be raised and enforced to make them resilient to severe floods. BWDB will deliver output 2. ??Output 3: Water supply and sanitation facilities rehabilitated and reconstructed. The output will deliver improved water supply and sanitation facilities to enable continued and undisrupted supply of basic human needs to the residents during future floods. DPHE will deliver output 2??Output 4: Rural livelihoods and agriculture farming enhanced and transformed. The project will support local farmers livelihood enhancement and agricultural transformation. Improvement of agriculture value chains of crops and fisheries will improve food security, nutrition, employment, poverty reduction, and rural livelihoods in the Haor region. The DAE will implement the output.??Output 5: Institutional capacity strengthened. The output will support the design, cost estimates, implementation of the project and capacity development through national and international firms and individual consultants, and NGOs. ??
Sustainable Power Sector Development Program (Program Loan) The Program aims to promote sustained economic growth by providing further support and incentives to the Government for continued power sector reform activities through financial and organizational restructuring, improved sector governance, promotion of private sector participation, and capacity development.