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Flood Emergency Reconstruction and Resilience Project The project will contribute to the economic and social recovery of flood-affected areas in Punjab Province and the northern districts of Haveli, Kotli and Poonch (also known as "northern districts") through the rehabilitation and reconstruction of high-priority infrastructure damaged and weakened during the floods in September 2014. The project focuses on the transitional phase of the emergency response for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of priority roads, bridges, irrigation and flood protection infrastructure damaged by the floods. Providing financing for the most urgently needed works, the loan and grant will enable the Government to redirect its own financing to housing and livelihood cash grants for the most vulnerable groups, thus restoring the economic activity essential to their survival. The project will also support ex ante disaster risk management (DRM) capacity building to mainstream resilience in development planning. Reconstruction of damaged and at-risk infrastructure in the flood-affected areas will use appropriate and cost-effective multi-hazard resistant design and construction standards to mitigate the potential impact of future disasters. The Project's design is based on the findings of the damage assessment reports prepared by the respective Punjab Planning and Development Departments (P&D) in January 2015 and facilitated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank, in close coordination with the federal government and other donors.
Federally Administered Tribal Areas Water Resources Development Project The scope of the proposed project will be based on the recommendations of the water assessment study carried out under FRDP, which address the issues such as water scarcity, insufficient irrigation facilities, water conservation, and weak water resource management. The study identified that groundwater aquifers in all the watersheds were depleting even under average weather conditions because of unplanned exploitation of groundwater for irrigation and domestic use, and recommended shift from groundwater to surface water. It identified potential for developing surface water resources for irrigated agriculture and other uses, and integrating that with the watershed management and command area development to ensure sustainable use of the resources without degrading the watersheds. It proposed sites for small reservoirs/ponds and diversion weirs in 44 watersheds of Mohamand, Bajaur, and Khyber Agencies to bring new land under irrigation along with improved watershed management. The Project will provide irrigation supplies in three agencies to increase crop production of the rain fed area and unutilized land to be brought under cultivation. It will (i) construct small reservoirs/ponds, diversion weirs, and conveyance channels; (ii) develop command area; and (iii) improve watershed management. 

The project impact will be increased farm incomes in the project area thereby reducing poverty and increasing household food security. The project outcome will be improved agricultural productivity of selected watersheds and their associated natural resource base. Project outputs include (i) construction of new irrigation infrastructure, including nine small concrete gravity dams with a maximum height of 15 meters each, 31 diversion weirs, and 95 kilometers of main and secondary irrigation channels; (ii) improved on-farm management through construction of 144 kilometers of lined watercourses, terracing and land leveling on a command area of 4,615 ha, along with installation of rain and stream gauges to measure water availability; (iii) improved watershed management on 5,050 ha through afforestation of the degraded watersheds and, where appropriate, construction of check dams; and (iv) efficient project management and evaluation.
Social Protection Development Project - Additional Financing The proposed additional financing will help the Government of Pakistan to scale up the ongoing project to continue support to the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), the country's primary social protection program and one of the largest social protection programs in South Asia. The support will (i) enable disbursement of unconditional cash transfer (UCT) payments to eligible BISP beneficiaries against the backdrop of a difficult macroeconomic situation,   and (ii) further improve the institution's capacity for financial management and control, and policy research, data analytics and intervention design.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project The proposed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project will help provincial and city governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK) to improve the livability of five cities (Abbottabad, Kohat, Mardan, Mingora, and Peshawar) by (i) expanding physical investments in urban water, sewerage, solid waste disposal, and green infrastructure; (ii) providing institutional support to improve service delivery and the performance of municipal companies, and (iii) promoting gender-friendly municipal services through empowerment and capacity development. The project will benefit up to 3.5 million people in the five target cities of KPK. The project supports the government's development priorities, established in (i) the KPK Water Act (2020), (ii) the amended Local Government Act (2019), (iii) the Integrated Water Resource Management Strategy for KPK, and (iv) Pakistan's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).  

This is the first urban project being categorized as Gender Equity Theme (GEM) in Pakistan.  This is also the urban project that is contributing most to ADB's commitment to Climate Financing with over $ 30 million climate adaptation and $ 100 million climate mitigation in 2021/2022.   The proejct is being prepared with ADB's first project readiness financing (PRF) approved in March 2019.   Thanks to PRF,  the government has achieved a high level of project readiness including (i) 100% completion of detailed engineering designs (DEDs), (ii) 100% preparation of draft bidding documents and consultants TORs and approval by the provincial government, (iii) preparation and disclosure of over 30 safeguard documents based on DEDs, (iv) establishment of fully staffed core PMU with additional recruitments to follow, (v) issuance of 7 procurement packages worth over $300 million or about 75% of ADB financing as advance procurement.  
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Women Inclusive Finance Sector Development Program (Subprogram 1) The proposed Women Inclusive Finance Sector Development Program entails a policy-based loan component to be delivered in 2 subprograms to the Government of Pakistan (GOP) a financial intermediation loan (FIL) and a credit guarantee facility backed by a FIL to enhance women entrepreneurs access to finance and representation and voice in the economy. A central objective of the Government' of Pakistan's economic development strategy is the generation of job opportunities and enhancement of income levels as top priorities. Achieving these objectives will require substantial investments of private and public capital to accelerate economic growth, but also to ensure that future growth is inclusive of women. The program is well anchored in the operational priorities of ADB's Strategy 2030, specifically, gender equality (pillar 2) and the Pakistan Country Partnership strategy (2021-2025) for supporting women participation in the growth of private sector and development of the financial sector to support private sector. The preparation of the proposed SDP benefits from existing TRTA approved in June 2021.
Sustainable Energy Sector Reform Program - Subprogram 2 The Program will help the Government with the short-term stabilization measures and start the long-term restructuring for a sustainable power sector. The impact of the overall program will be a sustainable energy sector that supports economic growth. The outcome will be a reliable and sustainable energy system.
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor Development Investment Program (Tranche 2) Tranche 2 is aligned with the overall design of the MFF with the impact of regional connectivity and trade in the CAREC corridors enhanced, and will have the following outcome and the outcome of efficiency for road traffic along the CAREC corridors improved. Tranche 2 will deliver the two outputs: (i) to dualize the 222-km Shikarpur-Rajanpur section of N55 on the existing alignment to make the section a four-lane carriageway; and (ii) to help NHA to implement its upcoming training program for 5 years (2021-2025).
Trade and Competitiveness Program - Subprogram 1 The program will help Pakistan reduce its current account deficit, promote macroeconomic stability, and foster sustained high growth by improving trade competitiveness and exports. The program will (i) introduce important tariff and tax-related policy reforms to support Pakistan's export industries and increase their competitiveness internationally; and (ii) strengthen key trade-facilitating institutions such as accreditation bodies, the EXIM Bank of Pakistan  (EXIMBP), and the National Single Window (NSW).
Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program Tranche 4 ADB approved a multitranche financing facility (MFF) for the Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program on 13 December 2016 for an amount not exceeding $800 million. Under tranche 4 the government seeks ADB financing for 10 subprojects covering (i) line bay extension and 281 kilometers (km) of 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line from the 500-kV Muzaffargarh grid station for electricity evacuation from the 747-MW Guddu power plant; (ii) four new 220-kV grid stations and in/out transmission lines at Chakdara, D.I. Khan, Lalian, and Nowshehra; (iii) installation of a static var system (SVS) at 220-/132-kV Quetta industrial grid station; (iv) extension of 500-kV grid stations at Jamshoro and Gujranwala, and augmentation of 500-kV grid station at Rewat; and (v) the procurement of construction and operational equipment.
Federally Administered Tribal Areas Rural Development Project Project initiatives focus on improving the quality of life for the region's inhabitants. Activities include establishing sustainable productive technologies with arrested environmental and resource degradation through integrated resource management, including agriculture and livestock production, and farm and community forestry. New construction and upgrading of existing infrastructure for production, water consumption, and transportation represent significant aspects of the Project. Project management will operate closely with government line departments and the Project will be implemented through community participation to improve community involvement in designing and implementing project interventions. Capacity-building initiatives, as well as training in community organization, 
strengthened project management skills, and improved institutional capabilities for line departments to better address the needs of the poorer segments of the society are important project activities. 

The key development objective of the Project is to improve the productive potential of selected watersheds and their associated natural resource base. An associated objective is to strengthen the capacity of the communities in the Project area for participatory involvement in planning, implementation, social and environmental management, maintenance of assets emanating from local development programs, and to have the implementating departments in the Project area operate in a more socially inclusive manner within the framework of a convergent watershed development planning process.
National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program - Tranche 3 The Project 3 (E35: Hasanabdal-Havellian Expressway Package-3) is part of the National Trade Corridor and the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Corridor 5. E-35 connects the existing Islamabad - Peshawar Motorway M1 near Hasanabadal to Havelian near Abbotabad.
Emergency Flood Assistance Project The emergency project was prepared in response to the Government of Pakistan's request to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 6 October 2022 to support its post-flood recovery and reconstruction response. The project will contribute to the economic recovery of flood-ravaged provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, while building longer-term resilience. It will finance the rehabilitation and reconstruction of high-priority transport (roads and bridges), irrigation, drainage, flood risk management, and on-farm water management infrastructure that were damaged by the devastating floods. The project will also support the restoration of economic productivity and livelihoods of the flood-affected rural communities. The project is part of ADB's multitiered flood response to Pakistan and was designed in close coordination and cooperation with the World Bank.
Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program - Project 2 The new Khanki Barrage (NKB) will be constructed on River Chenab at 275m downstream of the existing khanki headworks. It will replace a 120 years old existing structure. Its main components are (i) main weir and undersluices, (ii) gates and hoisting arrangement, (iii) operating deck and access road, and (iv) canal head regulator and lead channel. The NKB will diver 330 m3sec-1 (11,653 ft3 sec-1) irrigation supplies to the Lower Chenab Canal (LCC) serving about 1.2 million ha agricultural land. The construction of NKB at the upstream end will ensure sustained irrigation delivery to the LCC comman area and will contribute to the outcome of the MFF. The NKB at the upstream end will ensure sustained irrigation delivery to the LCC command are and will contribute to the outcome of the MFF. The NKB will also increase the safe flood discharge capacity from the present 22,654 m3sec-1 (800,000 ft3sec-1) which is less than a one fifty years flood event to 31,149 m3sec-1 (1,100,000 ft3sec-1) equivalent to one in 100 years flood event. Overall 568,000 farming families (310,000 less than 2 ha and 190,000 between 2 to 6 ha) will be benefitted through reliable irrigation supplies.
Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Project Design Advance The project will contribute to developing a sustainable urban transport system (UTS) in Peshawar through the delivery of a bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, focusing on accessibility and people s mobility needs. It will aim at organizing the urban growth and public space along the selected corridor through a transit-oriented urban development strategy integrating land-use, making the city more livable, providing a holistic solution for integrated urban mobility, and bearing a demonstration effect as no modern mass-transit system exists in the city yet.
Punjab Urban Development Projects This will finance the preparation of comprehensive spatial master plans for upstream project pipeline development, prepare detailed engineering designs (DEDs), support procurement readiness, and prepare operational business plans for priority investments of the ensuing projects. ADB's value addition will include (i) institutional strengthening for improved urban and spatial planning systems through the identification of integrated smart solutions; (ii) prepare environmental assessments, land acquisition and resettlement plans, spatial plans, gender action plans with a special focus on gender equality, feasibility studies, DEDs, and procurement documents; and (iii) the incorporation of climate-resilient designs for priority investments.
Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program – Tranche 4 ADB approved a multitranche financing facility (MFF) for the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program for $900 million in December 2006 (reduced to $700 million in 2011 following amendment in MFF). Three tranches of total $538 million were approved. The proposed tranche is fourth and last tranche (T4), will meet $26.6 million cost overruns in T1 and remains within the MFF balance of $162 million. The T4 is classified category C for environment, involuntary resettlement, and indigenous peoples safeguards. The climate change classification is Medium as the region experienced recurring major flood events and may face future water stress. For knowledge solutions, groundwater management plan is developed in the project.
Energy Sector Reforms and Financial Sustainability Program (Subprogram 1) The proposed Energy Sector Reforms and Financial Sustainability Program aims to address fiscal, governance, technical, and policy deficits in Pakistan's energy sector. These arrears have adversely impacted the sector's quality and efficiency of services, and the sustainability of energy infrastructure and finances, thereby challenging Pakistan's fiscal balance and macroeconomic stability. The program incorporates lessons learned from similar policy-based interventions by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and draws on the recommendations and lessons in the sector assistance program evaluation.  The program is conceived in close coordination with key development partners, and underpins the International Monetary Fund's recently approved $6.0 billion extended fund facility to curtail the sector's burden on the annual budget and to stem quasi-fiscal losses and associated negative impact on economic growth.
Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project The proposed project will help develop a sustainable urban transport system in Peshawar by delivering the city's first integrated BRT corridor, directly benefiting 0.5 million people.  The project will comprise two interlinked outputs: (i) the construction of a 26-kilometer (km) BRT corridor and associated facilities, and (ii) effective project management and sustainable BRT operations through institutional developments. The project is economically justified by major time savings for future BRT passengers, vehicle operating cost savings, better air quality, and carbon emissions savings, which will improve the health of Peshawar's citizens and mitigate climate change. The project will also make Peshawar more livable and safe, boost private sector investment, and foster gender equity.
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor Development Investment Program (Tranche 3) Tranche 3 is aligned with the following impact of the overall MFF: regional connectivity and trade in the CAREC corridors enhanced. Tranche 3 will have the following outcome consistent with the overall MFF outcome: efficiency of for road traffic along the CAREC corridors improved. An additional outcome indicator is added in the project to enhance the climate and disaster resilience of the project. Tranche 3 will have 2 outputs: (i) climate resilient sections along N55 constructed, and (ii) NHA capacity strengthened for climate and disaster risk management and planning.
Triconboston Wind Power Project The project involves the construction, commissioning and operation of three 50 MW wind power projects located in Thatta District, Sindh Province, in the south of Pakistan (the projects). The projects are jointly being developed by the Sapphire Group, a well-respected conglomerate in Pakistan with business interests in textiles, food, and power (both thermal and renewables), and Bank Alfalah Limited, Pakistan's sixth largest private bank (collectively the sponsors) through Triconboston Consulting Corporation, a special purpose vehicle (SPV). Following a competitive bid, Hydrochina Corporation has been shortlisted for finalization of the EPC contract (with General Electric to provide wind turbine generators). All three projects will have same EPC and O&M contractors.
National Highway Development Sector Investment Program - Tranche 2 Batch 2 Investment Program will finance Batch 2 subprojects under National Highway Improvement Component. The proposed investment of Batch 2 Investment Program will continue focusing on improving domestic transport system serving inter-provincial traffic and selected national highways.

The proposed subprojects under Batch 2 Investment Program are: Sukkur-Jacobabad and Qila Saifullah-Zhob roads.
National Disaster Risk Management Fund The Project will provide financial and technical support to the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF), which is being established as a government-owned non-bank financial intermediary with a corporate structure. The NDRMF will reduce the socio-economic and fiscal vulnerability of the country and its population to natural hazards by prioritizing and financing investments in disaster risk reduction and preparedness that have high economic benefits, taking into account climate change, as well as disaster risks and their impacts. The government will pass on ADB loan funds to the NDRMF as a grant, for on-granting by NDRMF to eligible implementing partners. The NDRMF will finance up to 70% of the cost of eligible subprojects that will enhance Pakistan's resilience to extreme weather events and other natural hazards. The NDRMF will also enter into insurance arrangements to develop markets for the transfer of residual risks that cannot be mitigated.
Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program Tranche 2 Pakistan's power system continues to operate under stressed conditions.  The transmission network, the power system's backbone, requires renovation and expansion in order to meet the objective to supply reliable and high-quality power and meet rising demand from industrial, commercial, agricultural, and domestic customers.  Investments under the project will continue to address the immediate priorities of the primary transmission system improvement, dealing with the capacity shortfalls that currently result in regular system outages and supply interruptions to customers.  These investments are consistent with the Government's strategy to achieve the following outcomes: (i) a more efficient power system; (ii) high-quality power supply through a more reliable and stable system; (iii) greater geographic coverage of power supply; and (iv) greater access to affordable electricity, by bringing hydroelectric and coal-fired thermal energy to load centers.
Second PowerTransmission Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 2 Tranche 2 will expand 220 kilovolts (kV) transmission system in Sindh and Balochistan provinces to remove transmission network bottlenecks in the system and to enable the network to handle the expected future loads. It will also adopt high level technology to upgrade supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system cross the national grid to enable the transmission system operator, NTDC, to monitor and control the grid in real-time and prevent or reduce the duration of outages in the network, thus increase grid stability, reliability and resilience to accommodate more intermittent renewable energy. It will also feed computerized metering data complying with the Grid Code into the system for settlement (SFS) of the market operator, CPPA-G, to streamline revenue collection, billing and payment processes, and create a foundation for a future energy trading platform.
National Highway Network Development in Balochistan Project The project will rehabilitate 79 km of the existing two-lane road of Zhob-Mughal Kot (N50) and 128 km of the existing two-lane road of Qila Saifullah-Waghum Rud (N70) in Balochistan of Pakistan
Second Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 1 The proposed investment program's objective is to introduce advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in Pakistan's different distribution companies (DISCOs). An MFF is proposed for this investment. There are nine DISCOs in Pakistan and the AMI roll-out to these DISCOs will be in phases. In the first phase (tranche 1), two of LESCO's circles and IESCO's Rawalpindi region have been selected for AMI roll-out. Once developed, the same will be replicated and implemented in the remaining technically and commercially feasible regions or circles of the nine DISCOs.