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Southeast Gobi Urban and Border Town Development Project (additional financing) On 19 April 2010, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a grant of $15.00 million from its Asian Development Fund for the Southeast Gobi Urban and Border Town Development Project to support the provision of urban infrastructure and service improvement in the fast-growing urban areas of the southeast Gobi. The grant closing date was 31 May 2016. The anticipated impact of the current project was to enhance economic development and livability in the aimag centers, and mining and border towns in Southeast Gobi. The expected outcome of the current project was improved urban development and governance and expanded access to sustainable infrastructure and public utilities services in the Southeast Gobi. 

On 22 April 2016, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved: (i) a loan of $19.40 million from its Asian Development Fund for additional financing for wastewater treatment plans in four aimag centres; and (ii) the administration of technical assistance (TA) grant of $ 1 million to be provided by the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility for supporting the government in addressing sludge reuse, including implementing a pilot. 

The government has requested ADB s consideration of a second additional financing loan to the current project to scale up and extend its socio-economic benefits through improving the quality and reliability of wastewater management services in five additional prominent and fast growing aimag centers in other regions of the country. The additional financing will also continue to strengthen system sustainability through the provision of technical assistance to enhance wastewater management capabilities of the aimag public utility service organizations in the additional project aimag centers.
Fifth Health Sector Development Project The project will improve patients' and health workers' safety in hospitals in Mongolia. It will (i) improve the safety of blood transfusions, (ii) strengthen medical waste management, and (iii) prevent and control hospital acquired infections.  It complements previous Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiatives in the health sector in Mongolia.
Social Welfare Support Program The program will provide budget support during the country's fiscal consolidation process for reforms to (i) improve fiscal policy management, and (ii) develop policies and regulations to support targeting and consolidation of social welfare programs. Through these reforms, the program will help sustain financing for social welfare programs.
Senior Loan to Khan Bank for Supporting Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises A senior loan of up to $40 million to Khan Bank (KB) to provide funding for MSMEs. MSMEs contribute 70 percent of GDP and employ half of the workforce in Mongolia. As such, they are important to the economic success of the country and to its efforts to diversify the economy.  Being a large territory, Mongolia's geographical branch penetration is one of the lowest in the world at 0.67 branches per thousand square km making access to finance a challenge for MSME's. The proposed loan supports the government's policy to develop a competitive and vibrant MSME sector in Mongolia. KB remained as Mongolia's largest bank in terms of loans and deposits with market shares of 23% and 26%, respectively, as of YE2013.  The bank has also maintained its leadership in distribution networks with 528 branches and 335ATMs as of YE2013.  KB's loan portfolio is $1.55 billion as of December 2013 and is distributed as per the following: personal loans 49%, trade 16%, construction 10%, Agriculture 3% and others 22%.  The bank's total assets are $2.9 billion YE 2013.  The bank expects its loan portfolio to grow by 25-30% at the end of 2013 lowering to 22% in 2015, with specific growth rates of 30-40% for MSMEs. Net income grew by 35% from $36.4 million in 2011 to $60.4 million as of YE2013.  NPL's of the bank were 1.5% as of YE2013. KB Bank is owned by Sawada Holdings Co. Ltd. (formerly H.S. Securities) 54.4%. Sawada Holdings Co. Ltd. is a Japan-based holding company engaged in securities, banking, commodities, real estate and venture capital. The company is listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange.  Tavan Bogd Trade Co. Ltd 23.0%, Tavan Bogd Group is one of the largest private conglomerates of Mongolia with its twelve affiliated companies, engaged in retail and whole sale, travel and tourism, manufacturing and food production.   D. Hulan,  13.3% and International Finance Corporation (IFC) 9.3%.
Regional Logistics Development Project The Project is implemented in Zamyn-Uud, a relatively poor area. The region is a desert and many people are poor and the economic growth necessary to reduce rural poverty has failed to develop because of inadequate transport services and high costs. The local governments and people living in the region see the development of the logistics facility as a key investment for addressing this problem. Logistics development is a part of the Government's program for the integrated development of free economic zone in this poor region, which shares borders with the People's Republic China (PRC) and is the main gateway for Mongolia's trade with the PRC and other parts of the world. The development of this facility is expected to play an important role in facilitating and integrating this poor and underdeveloped region, and stimulating international, regional and domestic trade. The proposed Project is in line with the National Development Plan and the Government's Regional Development Strategy. 

The Project is a key intervention in the transport sector, with many technical, operational, safety, and economic benefits. It seeks to introduce well developed logistics terminal equipped with modern technology for enhanced efficiency, increased throughput, and improved reliability-all of which will lead to a more affordable, faster, cheaper, safe transport services in Mongolia. ADB intervention in financing this facility is playing a catalytic role in facilitating the flow of further foreign and private capital to finance the development of logistics in Mongolia.
Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program - Tranche 3 Ulaanbaatar city is home to more than 1.44 million people. The central city core with comprehensive utility services is surrounded by vast, substandard, and unserved ger areas of about 100 square kilometers. Ger areas accommodate about 60% of the city's population (about 840,000 inhabitants) and have spread and expanded through successive waves of migration. These settlements of low- and medium-income households are characterized by loosely aligned plots, creating irregular unpaved pathways. The majority of households living here have land tenure. Lack of basic urban infrastructure and services in ger areas has caused severe pollution that threatens city residents' health. Obsolete household coal stoves for heating, and traffic congestion caused by unplanned road networks have helped generate some of the highest levels of air pollution in the world. Households exclusive reliance on open pit latrines and a poor solid waste collection system has led to poor sanitation, along with limited access to water supplied by water kiosks. There is a lack of basic social and public facilities, such as green spaces, parks, sports centers, kindergartens, and primary health centers. The upgrading of ger areas is constrained by inadequate urban infrastructure, lack of urban planning, poor urban services, and limited public spaces and facilities.

On 12 December 2013, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program using multitranche financing facility (MFF) modality, comprising three tranches. On 16 April 2020, the President approved the extension of the MFF availability period from 9 years to 10 years (or from 31 December 2022 to 11 December 2023) to ensure the timely implementation of tranche 3. The total program cost is $320.00 million, of which $163.70 million will be financed by ADB; $96.00 million by the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (MUB); and up to 50.00 million euros ($60.30 million equivalent at the time of approval) parallel cofinancing by the European Investment Bank. This program is the result of a successful policy dialogue between ADB and the MUB that catalyzed the (i) integration of ger areas in the Ulaanbaatar city master plan for the first time in December 2013, and (ii) adoption of a priority service and economic hubs (subcenters) development strategy in ger areas as a catalyst for more polycentric and inclusive city development. Under this program, a road map has been developed to establish a network of well-developed city subcenters to provide jobs, housing, and economic opportunities with reduced soil and air pollution. The program has introduced a paradigm shift and replicable mechanism to systematically extend modern infrastructure and key social facilities to ger area. The framework financing agreement was signed on 9 December 2013 and ratified by the Mongolian Parliament on 23 May 2014.

Tranche 3 of the MFF will align with the program strategic road map to support the redevelopment of two additional subcenters in the eastern and western ger areas (Sharkhad and Tolgoit).
Agriculture and Rural Development Project The Project will develop value chains to deliver unique premium value products to niche markets. The Project will deliver these outputs through three components: (i) value-chain development under which it will establish a deposit account to guarantee 50% of the total amount of loans made by private commercial banks to agribusiness enterprises for value-chain development investment plans (selected by the bank from among a group of prequalified plans with high public goods elements), (ii) a local grant and infrastructure development facility to develop rural infrastructure and services, and (iii) project management. In a break with traditional approaches, the Project will provide private enterprises with resources to undertake value-chain investments that have typically been undertaken by public agencies.
Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Improvement Program The Government of Mongolia has requested financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank in the form of a policy-based loan to address Ulaanbaatar's severe air pollution problem which (i) harms citizens' health, disproportionally affecting children and poor people; and (ii) results in significant health and economic costs, which are a long-term burden on the already weak national economy. The proposed program is grounded in the 2017-2025 National Program for Reducing Air and Environmental Pollution.
Southeast Gobi Urban and Border Town Development Project The objective of the Project is to maximize benefits from development of mining and border trade activities in the region.
COVID-19: Rapid Response Program The proposed COVID-19 Pandemic Response Option (CPRO) will, in the short-term, help the government mitigate the negative economic impact and the significant decrease in trade and capital flows caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside falling commodity price trends. The government's ongoing initiatives include a Coronavirus Pandemic Response Plan designed to contain the spread of the disease while strengthening the health system, and a significant increase in expenditure with an important rise in transfer payments that will ease the burden on vulnerable people.
Developing the Economic Cooperation Zone Project The project aims to operationalize the Zamyn-Uud free zone and support the development of the Zamyn-Uud-Erenhot cross-border economic zone, through: (i) construction of infrastructure and facilities; (ii) strengthened management and operation; and (iii) establishment of a CBEZ port of entry system. The project is expected to improve Mongolia's regional trade and investment linkages particularly in CAREC corridor.
Fourth Health Sector Development Project The project will strengthen the hospital sector in Ulaanbaatar and improve drug safety nationwide. It complements previous Asian Development Bank (ADB) development initiatives in the health sector in Mongolia.
COVID-19: Emergency Response COVID-19 Emergency Response - Help alleviate immediate financial, logistic, and other constraints to meet immediate response needs and deliver appropriate medical services. To provide COVID-19 emergency diagnostic and medical equipment.
Sustaining Access to and Quality of Education During Economic Difficulties Project (Additional Financing) The additional financing will scale up the scope of the ongoing project by increasing number of schools and kindergartens by nine and the overall project will have in total 30 schools and kindergartens to be constructed and expanded and provided with the required furniture and equipment for their operations. The impact and outcome of the overall project will remain unchanged from the ongoing project. The construction and provision of furniture and equipment will be added to Output 1 of the ongoing project: Gap in enrollment capacity of schools and kindergartens narrowed, but the remaining outputs will remain unchanged.
Strengthening Fiscal, Financial, and Economic Resilience Subprogram 1 Mongolia's current growth trajectory is a critical period to implement and accelerate structural reforms. More specifically, these reforms should address challenges related to strengthening public financial management, the finance sector, and the role of the private sector in the quest for economic diversification.

The proposed program comprises a set of complementary medium-term structural reforms, focused on strengthening the country's fiscal, finance sector, and economic resilience against the impact of exogenous shocks. More specifically, the program supports medium-term reforms focused on (i) improving domestic resource mobilization, by leveraging a critical set of tax administration and tax policy reforms; (ii) boosting debt sustainability through improving debt management and the management of sovereign liability risks; (iii) improving finance sector stability and resilience through strengthened banking sector supervision and regulation, enhancing NPL resolution, and promoting financial consumer protection; and (iv) strengthening the upstream environment for private sector development through relevant legal reforms, support for public private partnerships; and reforms focused on turning the Development Bank of Mongolia into an institution with a viable value proposition and operating model.
Southeast Gobi Urban and Border Town Development Project —Additional Financing The additional financing and the administration of the TA grant will scale up and extend the socioeconomic benefits of the project by improving the quality and reliability of wastewater management services in two aimag centers from the current project, and by extending service improvements to two additional prominent and fast-growing aimag centers. The additional financing will also continue to strengthen through the TA, the wastewater management capabilities of aimag public utility service organizations (PUSOs) in both the current and additional project aimag centers.
Western Regional Road Corridor Investment Program - Tranche 2 The impact of the Western Regional Road Corridor Investment Program (Tranche-2) will be inclusive economic growth promoted by enhanced local and regional connectivity in the remote western region of Mongolia. The outcome will be improved transport accessibility within the project area and between countries. The  outputs of Tranche-2 will be (i) 189.7 kilometers (km) of paved road constructed between Khovd and Ulaanbaishint; (ii) three bridges (0.49 km) and 14.9 km of urban roads rehabilitated in the towns of Khovd and Ulgii; (iii) two road maintenance units established and equipped with staff trained; and (iv) project management, consulting services and capacity development for maintenance planning, civil works, and procurement.
Fourth Health Sector Development Project - Additional Financing The government of Mongolia requested additional financing for G0236/L2932-MON: Fourth Health Sector Development Project to complete the establishment of Songinokhairkhan District Hospital (SDH) through addressing cost overruns. The cost overruns were caused by changes in the government construction standards and requirements, underestimation of the cost of certain construction items, and overall inflation due to implementation delays. The proposed additional financing does not involve any scaling-up or modification to the original design of the SDH.
Upscaling Renewable Energy Sector Project The proposed project will support to (i) deploy the distributed renewable energy systems in remote and less developed regions in Mongolia, and (ii) enhance capacity of local public utilities in investment planning, project management, and grid control for sustainable renewable energy upscaling in the targeted region. Upon successful completion, the project delivers clean electricity to 70,000 households while annually avoiding 82,789 tons of carbon dioxide emission. 

The impact will be imported electricity reduced and energy security improved. The outcome will be renewable energy supply in the country increased. The output will be (i) renewable energy capacity addition for electricity and heating supply in remote grid systems implemented, and (ii) capacity of local public utilities in investment planning, project management, and grid control enhanced.
Education for the Poor - Financial Crisis Response Project The financial and economic crisis has forced the Government of Mongolia (the Government) to embark on a process of fiscal adjustment. This is primarily centered around expenditure restraint in view of the dramatic worsening of prices of key exports, dwindling international reserves, and increased pressures on its currency. The Government is acutely aware of the pressure the current global crisis is placing on Mongolia's most vulnerable citizens and has therefore asked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help safeguard achievements in the education sector and to mitigate any negative impact of the crisis on the poor. The Project will support (i) financing of meals at preschools for children ages 2-5 to protect access to preschools for poor children; (ii) continuation of the targeted provision of textbooks to secondary school students from poor families; (iii) provision of block grants to schools in need of operation and maintenance funds; and (iv) capacity building at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (MECS) in financial management, budgeting, and monitoring and evaluation to enable MECS to better deal with budget constraints. The Project is in line with the $229.2 million standby arrangement of the International Monetary Fund for Mongolia that requires the Government to maintain a tight fiscal policy to restore fiscal sustainability, and advocates donor support to mitigate the impact of the fiscal adjustment on the poor. The Project complements the Social Sectors Support Program approved in June 2009 that will support a comprehensive overhaul of the existing system of social transfer programs to better target these programs to the very poor while conserving fiscal resources. The Social Sectors Support Program will introduce proxy means testing (PMT) to improve targeting of the provision of free textbooks and the Project will help MECS operationalize PMT and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of education service delivery. The Project is a sector intervention that will support the Government in addressing short-term financing needs and continuing longer-term policy reform in the education sector.
Third Health Sector Development Project The impact of the Project is improved health status and quality of life for the population of Mongolia. The outcome of the Project is PHC services that are more effective and improved
financial protection through health insurance.

The Project has four components designed through collaboration and coordination with key stakeholders in the health sector.

1.   Strengthened Health Services: (i) sustainable and institutionalized FGPs, (ii) Soum health centers with improved infrastructure, (iii) district and aimag general hospitals supporting FGPs and SHCs

2.   Improved Health Care Financing and Health Insurance: (i) health resource allocation and purchasing, (ii) strengthened health insurance to improve financial protection and expand coverage, (iii) improved hospital financial efficiency through governance and incentives.

3.  Improved Human Resources Development: (i) improved health HR management and capacity, (ii) incentives and motivation schemes to improve rural health care.

4.  Sector capacity development and management: (i) increased capacity of MOH and key agencies to implement the HSMO, (ii) improved governance in the health sector, (iii) private sector development policy and guidelines established, (iv) project management capacity enhanced.
Additional Financing of Food and Nutrition Social Welfare Project The original program ($9 million ADF) included the design and implementation of a food stamp program as part of the social welfare system. The original project ($3 million ADF) improved targeting and prepared strategies to reform social welfare.  The additional financing will scale up the original project by pursuing the reforms initiated to date in social welfare. Social welfare benefits will be further consolidated to reduce the complexity of the system and increase its effectiveness. The use of proxy means testing to identify poor households will be expanded to apply to other social welfare benefits.  The additional financing will also support an expansion in the scope of the original project by improving social insurance services. The additional financing meets the three criteria for priority consideration set out in OM H5/BP para.11: (i) the project is performing well; (ii) there is a high degree of project readiness to implement the additional financing; and (iii) developing social welfare and insurance services that are effective, efficient, transparent, and user-centered is highly innovative in the context of Mongolia and could have a demonstration effect for other sectors.
Regional Road Development and Maintenance Project (Phase 3) The project will provide paved road connections incorporating climate adaptation and mitigation principles to ensure all-weather access between aimag capitals in Western Mongolia: Altai, Gobi-Altai to Uliastai, Zavkhan and Khovd, Khovd to Ulaangom, Uvs.
Vegetable Production and Irrigated Agriculture Project The project is aligned with the following impact: income generation and enterprise support for smallholder vegetable farmers increased. The project will have the following outcome: efficiency of climate-resilient agricultural production and marketing increased.