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Expanding Access to Credit for Women The  loan  will  support  Kashf  Foundation’s  lending  to  low-income  women,  female  micro- and  small  entrepreneurs  and  low-cost  schools  in  Pakistan.  An  increase  in  Kashf Foundation’s capacity  to  provide  critically  needed  financial  products  to  this  underserved segment  will  (i) significantly  improve  the  financial  access  of  women,  especially  those  belonging  to  poor  rural households; and  (ii)  help  improve  and  sustain  their  livelihood  and  incomes.  The ADB  loan  will also  support  the  diversification  of  Kashf  Foundation’s  funding  base  and  strengthen its  balance sheet by providing longer-tenor financing, thereby enabling it to provide longer-maturity financial products to its clients.
Balakot Hydropower Development Project The project will provide financing to construct a 300 megawatt (MW) run-of-river hydro power plant located on the Kunhar river in Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KBK) province of Pakistan. The project will (i) improve energy security by increasing the clean energy share in the country's energy mix currently dominated by thermal power generation, (ii) boost provincial economy and promote revenue generating investments in the hydro abundant province of KPK, and (iii) build capacity and awareness on climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation measures. The project also targets to improve the quality of life for women in communities surrounding the project area and promotes gender mainstreaming.
Jamshoro Power Generation Project The project's impact will be an enhanced energy supply in Pakistan. The outcome will be a more efficient energy mix through diversification from expensive HFO to less expensive coal.   

The project will (i) increase the capacity of the Jamshoro TPS by installing a 600-MW (net) supercritical coal-fired unit,  using an 80/20 blend of imported sub-bituminous coal and domestic lignite when available;  (ii) provide 5 years of operation and maintenance (O&M) support; (iii) improve compliance with international and national environmental standards by installing emission control devices for the existing units and remediating the site;  (iv) enhance the capacity of GENCO Holding Company Limited (GHCL) and Jamshoro Power Company Limited (JPCL) by providing financial, technical, and operational training; and (v) promote education on coal-fired plant operation by providing on-the-job training, and integrating such training into technical school curriculum. The infrastructure developed will also support government's plan to have an additional 600-MW unit at the same site.
PAK: KARACHI ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY LTD. (KESC) POST-PRIVATIZATION REHABILITATION, UPGRADE & EXPANSION The assistance finances the turnaround of KESC, a loss-making, integrated utility with an exclusive license to supply electric power to the city of Karachi and surrounding areas. Following nationalization of KESC in the 1950's, ADB has supported KESC with several loans over the last 30 years through its public sector operations. Initially, ADB's assistance was mainly directed towards upgrading of physical assets, but with an acknowledged lack of focus on governance and management reform. Later efforts have recognized this, and privatization of KESC became a priority in later ADB interventions in the sector. After KESC?s privatization in late 2005, assisted by ADB, its new owners have embarked on a three-tier turnaround strategy based on (i) organizational restructuring and development; (ii) system balancing, modernization, and replacement; and (iii) generation capacity enhancement. The turnaround strategy requires capital expenditure during FY2007 to ?FY2009 of approximately PRs52 billion ($809 million): (i) generation rehabilitation and expansion, approximately PRs34 billion ($525 million); (ii) transmission and distribution (T&D) network investments, PRs17 billion ($268 million); and (iii) upgrading of commercial systems and rehabilitation of existing generation facilities, PRs1 billion ($16 million). 

In January 2014, KESC launched a rebranding strategy for its 100th year of incorporation, and changed its business name to K-Electric Limited.
PATRIND HYDROPOWER PROJECT The Project involves construction and operation of a 147 MW run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation facility between the Kunhar and Jhelum rivers near Muzaffarabad on a BOOT basis for a period of 30 years from the commercial operations date.
Access to Clean Energy Investment Program The proposed Asian Development (ADB) assistance will contribute to Pakistan's national goal of enhanced energy security. The program will be implemented over a period of 5-10 years and will support the provincial governments of Khyber PakhtunKhwa (KPK) and Punjab (GoKPK and GoPb) to achieve increased access to sustainable and more reliable electricity services for vulnerable communities. This outcome will be achieved through four components: (i) expanding access to renewable energy, notably micro-hydropower (MHP) plants in rural off-grid areas of KPK, and decentralized solar plants for education and primary health care facilities (PHFs) in KPK and Punjab; (ii) providing women and girls with increased opportunities to obtain energy services and benefits; (iii) enhancing institutional capacity to foster sustainability; and (iv) promoting public sector energy efficiency in Punjab.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Systems Strengthening Program The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Systems Strengthening Program results-based loan (RBL) supports the Revamping Secondary Health Care (RSHC) program,* a flagship and province-wide program of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to improve secondary health care (SHC) services. 

The RBL program aims to enhance the quality of SHC services in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province by (i) ensuring the availability and implementation of clinical protocols, standards, and guidelines at secondary hospitals; (ii) modernizing hospital infrastructure and medical equipment; (iii) reinforcing the planning of human resources and health services; (iv) upgrading the management of the medicine supply chain; and (v) improving the efficacy of service delivery. 

The transaction technical assistance "Preparing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Systems Strengthening Program" was approved on 5 October 2021.

*The RSHC program is more commonly known in government documents as "Revamping of Non-Teaching District Head Quarter Hospitals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa."
Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 2 The project focuses on priority infrastructure identified by North Sindh Urban Services Corporation Ltd (NSUSC) based on existing master plans and ongoing master planning exercise in Ghotki, Jacobabad, Khairpur, New Sukkur, Rohri, and Shikarpur.
PAK: ZORLU ENERJI POWER PROJECT ADB has provided $33.92 million loan to Zorlu Enerji Pakistan Limited (ZEPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Zorlu Enerji Elektrik retim (the sponsor), to build a landmark wind power project in Sindh Province and increase the country's renewable energy generation capacity. The project, a 56.4 MW wind power plant, was developed in two phases. Phase 1 (6 MW) was constructed through equity financing in 2009 and Phase 2 (50.4 MW) was constructed with a combination of equity and debt by ADB and other lenders. The power offtaker is Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA), under a 20-year take-or-pay Energy Purchase Agreement (EPA). The Government of Pakistan (GOP), acting through Alternate Energy Development Board (AEDB), guarantees CPPA''s obligations under the Implementation Agreement (IA) and bears the wind availability risk. The final project cost slightly increased from $147 million to $152.9 million (primarily on account of USD/Euro fluctuation and IDC). Other financiers included IFC, Eco Trade and Development Bank, and Habib Bank Limited. The Project is the first privately financed wind power project constructed under the Renewable Energy Policy 2006 in Pakistan.
Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 2 The immediate priority for investment in the distribution systems is to address the capacity shortfalls that currently result in regular system outages and supply interruptions to customers.
Punjab Government Efficiency Improvement Program (Subprogram 1) Building on the PRMP and other programs, PGEIP will support the GoPb in realizing the long-term goals expressed in Vision 2020, through which the government has committed itself to significantly improving the standard of living of the people of Punjab, especially the poor and vulnerable. The PGEIP will improve the overall functioning of the provincial, district, and municipal governments and the quality of public services. The improvements will take the following forms: (i) greater performance-oriented planning and budgeting; (ii) a more efficient civil service, with adequate incentives and merit-based appointment and career progression; (iii) a funded and well-managed pension system, which increases the
confidence of civil servants and the public, and generates fiscal space for high-priority investments in the social sectors; and (iv) greater private sector contribution to growth and facilitation of public-private partnerships. 

As reforms in these areas are complex and take time to filter through the bureaucracy, PGEIP will be processed as a program cluster comprising three single-tranche SPs. This modality provides adequate flexibility to meet emerging reform needs and use program conditions genuinely for policy reform, rather than as rigid prescriptions. ADB's Management and Board will also have greater involvement in recommending measures for future operations within a cluster, in a way that is not possible in traditional multiple-tranche operations. Separate reports and recommendations of the President (RRPs) will be prepared for each subprogram. The policy matrix developed thus far for SP1 has indicative actions for SP2 and SP3. In addition, detailed action plans will be developed in combination with policy matrices to guide reforms. In order to ensure that all the six pillars of the Vision 2020 are in place,
the GoPb has also sought ADB's support for accelerating the attainment of the MDGs and implementation of provincial-level judicial reforms, in addition to the government efficiency improvements under PGEIP. In line with this request, ADB will also prepare two additional program clusters, namely the PMDGP and PAJP, in an integrated manner along with PGEIP over 2007-2011. The integrated approach and the preliminary details of the PMDGP and PAJP. The integrated approach will improve program coordination, reduce duplication, minimize inconsistency in policy advice and measures, and focus resources for desired outcomes.

The reforms under the three program clusters will accelerate and sustain economic growth, improve the delivery of public services, create more employment opportunities, and reduce poverty.
Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program - Project 1 The project will address the capacity shortfalls that currectly result in regular system outages and supply interruptions to customers. This will include (i) addition of circuit and transformer capacity to enable the already overloaded systems to reliably deliver present demand and meet the expected load growth; (ii) loss reduction; and (iii) refurbishment of distribution networks.
Third Capital Market Development Program (Subprogram 2) The program supports the design and implementation of structural reforms necessary to create a competitive capital market and promote private investment in the country and is anchored in an overall government approved Capital Market Development Plan and Vision 2025 government agenda for Pakistan.  The program is in line with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Strategy 2030 and country partnership strategy for Pakistan, 2021-2025.  The program will (i) strengthen market stability, (ii) enhance market facilitation, (iii) enhance supply-based measures, and (iv) improve demand-based measures for capital market development. It also fits in the framework of the $6 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program approved on 3 July 2019 to facilitate improved macroeconomic management.  The EFF program includes recommendations for finance sector reforms that focus on deepening access to finance, implementing a sound debt management strategy, and supporting private sector development. The program also contributes to EFF implementation and sustainability since it develops alternative sources of access to finance (i.e., capital markets), supports sound debt management and government bond market development, and helps mobilize financial resources to private investment.
Improved Resource Mobilization and Utilization Reform Program, Subprogram 1 Subprogram 1 is designed to lay the foundation for policies, laws, and institutional capacity to improve resource mobilization and allocation, which is the process through which countries raise and spend domestic and international non-debt resources efficiently to facilitate productive investments and better service delivery in a fiscally prudent manner.
Jalalpur Irrigation Project The Jalalpur Irrigation Project (JIP) is located along right bank of River Jhelum in Punjab, Pakistan. It will create new non-perennial irrigation services for enhanced agricultural production on 79,750 ha in Pind Daden Khan and Khushab districts.  The project will increase kharif crop intensity by 50%, improve crop yield and reduce land degradation. It will directly benefit over 200,000 rural people; mostly poor. The project will (i) construct over 200 km new irrigation canals, (ii) introduce institutional reforms and establish farmers' organizations (FOs), and (iii) build farmers capacity. The project will contribute to food security and economic growth and will alleviate rural poverty in the project area.

The project impact will be the increased agricultural production in the project area (Pind Daden Khan and Khushab districts). The project outcome will be irrigation water supplies and agricultural support services available in the project area. The project outputs will be (i) new irrigation canals and appurtenant structures constructed,  (ii) farmers organizations established, (iii) private agriculture support services (PASS) available and (iv) capacity of the farmers and the staff from PID and Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) improved.
Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program-Project 1 The project seeks to promote economic growth, increase farm incomes and improve resource sustainability through enhanced productivity of irrigated agriculture and improved management of Punjab's water resources. Project components include (i) rehabilitation and upgrading of Balloki Barrage including the Lower Bari Daub Canal (LBDC) and BS Link Canal head regulators; (ii) rehabilitation and upgrading of the LBDC main canal and appurtenant structures as well as branch, distributary and minor canals comprising the LBDC distribution system; (iii) intensified and rationalized systematic groundwater monitoring and strengthened groundwater resource management in the LBDC command; (iv) improved on-farm water management practice and agriculture support; and (v) institutional reform and strengthening to ensure improved operation and management of the LBDC system.

The Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Project Preparation Facility (PIAPPF) will ensure that (i) forthcoming projects are expeditiously prepared to fully utilize Program resources, (ii) future projects are well designed and meet ADB guidelines, and (iii) the PIAIP is well managed.
Improving Access to Financial Services (Phase I) Program The goal of the proposed Program is to assist the Government to reduce poverty, build an inclusive financial sector, and promote sustainable economic growth by using technology and applications to lower cost of delivery of financial services and to improve the efficiency of these services. The program's objective is to ensure  access to sustainable institutional financial services for most poor and low-income households and their microenterprises at competitive prices. The program will support the Government to improve the performance and efficiences of the financial sector; promote diversification and innovation in product and services delivery; and increase outreach in rural and remote areas. Private sector participation and innovation in the delivery of products and services will be supported including savings services, transfer remittance services, and products and services that are Sharia (Islamic Law) compliant. Increased access to a range of financial services on a sustainable basis will enable the poor to engage in income generating activities, thereby reducing poverty and vulnerability.  It will support the Government's core reforms to increase access and accelarate growth nationwide, including programs for literacy.
Sindh Growth and Rural Revitalization Program - Subprogram 2 The program will support accelerated and sustainable economic growth in the province of Sindh in Pakistan (Sindh). This will be achieved by reforming public expenditure management and improving the business environment for the private sector to participate in infrastructure investments and service delivery. The program will stimulate economic activity, which will create employment opportunities. Gender mainstreaming at policy and project design levels will ensure that benefits accrue to both men and women in Sindh. The program will thus help reduce poverty, starting with rural Sindh
Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement The main project objectives are (i) improving living conditions and quality of life of the people of Rawalpindi by improving the water supply and sanitation facilities, solid waste management, wastewater treatment, and slaughterhouse; and (ii) ensuring sustainable urban investments by strengthening institutional capacities of the Rawal Town (RT) and Rawalpindi Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA), promoting policy reforms focused on greater devolution of authority, and involving all stakeholders in service delivery.
The Project will comprise the following main components: Part A - Environmental sanitation; Part B - Water Supply Services; and Part C - Institutional development; including municipal management system development, environmental support services, assets management, urban development, project implementation assistance, and incremental administration support.
Public Sector Enterprises Reform Program (Subprogram 2) The proposed subprogram 2 of the Public Sector Enterprises Reform Program (programmatic approach) will help the Government of Pakistan achieve and sustain reform initiatives aimed at enhancing the performance of public sector enterprises (PSEs) by improving their corporate governance and accountability, and reducing their contingent liabilities. Subprogram 2 will facilitate the creation of fiscal space for critical development expenditures.
Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program Tranche 3 The Tranche 3 subprojects are part of Pakistan's integrated power transmission system development plan. The investments will enhance the efficiency of the overall power transmission system and provide an adequate and reliable power supply to a greater number of industrial, commercial and residential consumers. 

The Tranche 3 subprojects will improve power transmission infrastructure through development of additional 500 kV transmission lines and grid substations facilities, and relieve the power system bottlenecks. Tranche 3 will specifically (i) increase interregional transmission capacity and (ii) evacuate power from new power stations to the load centers. 

The outputs of the subprojects in Tranche 3 include (i) addition of approximately 600 km 500 kV transmission lines, (ii) commission of one new 500 kV grid station and expansion of four existing 500 kV grid substations, (iii) improved security of supply to customers by moving towards compliance with regulatory security standards governing planning and operation, and (iv) improved reliability of the primary transmission system.
Sindh Coastal Community Development Project (formerly Sindh Coastal and Inland Community Development) The overall Project impact is income and Government service access increases for poor households in Sindh Province. The outcome is improved, ecologically sustainable income and access to public services for poor residents in the eight coastal talukas  (sub-districts) of Thatta and Badin districts. The outputs include:  (i) sustainable community-managed income generating mangrove stands, pond/raft fisheries, and shell fisheries established; (ii) transparent and accountable community-driven mechanisms for identification, implementation and operations and maintenance of civil works and public services in place; (iii) increased and sustainable financial and non-financial services for household income generation provided, inclusive of community organizations, training and access to microfinance; (iv) environmentally sound coastal medium term development, management, and conservation plan implemented by CDA; and (v) project management system operational.  

There are four components for the proposed Project: (i) improved coastal management, including (a) mangrove planting, (b) crab/prawn pond and bivalve raft development, and (c) hatchery rehabilitation;  (ii) community development, including (a) community organization, (b) demand-driven small-scale community-managed initiatives, and (c) demand-driven local government-managed medium scale initiatives; (iii) institutional capacity development, including (a) area fisheries and water quality survey survey and district capacity building, (b) support for CDA including geographic information systems (GIS), coastal development plan and monitoring arrangements, leadership and teambuilding, and (iv) project management, inclusive of the project management unit (PMU) and two district PIUs, vehicles, furnishings, equipment, and consultants.
Enhancing Public-Private Partnerships In Punjab Project The project will provide financing for the project development facility (PDF) to support line departments in engaging the assistance of experienced transaction advisors. The ADB loan will be used to fund a dedicated viability gap fund (VGF) window that will be managed by the Planning and Development Department (PDD). 
The project is aligned with the following impact: private sector investments and overall employment in Punjab increased. The project will have the following outcome: sustainable and fiscally responsible public-private partnership (PPP) projects that offer value for money (VFM) increased. The outputs are (i) PDF and VGF resources for PPP projects augmented, and (ii) PPP institutional capacity enhanced and strengthened.
Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 4 The project comprises physical investments in subprojects covering (i) secondary transmission grid (STG): augmentation and extension of 132-kV power transformers at existing substations; (ii) energy loss reduction and distribution of power: replacement of overloaded distribution transformers with higher capacity and adding additional distribution transformer capacity on the 11-kV feeders; and (iii) strategic spares: spare power transformers for emergencies. The project will add 5,021 megavolt-amperes (MVA) of transformer capacity and will improve the distribution system's efficiency and delivery.