Cambodia

The objective of the Road Asset Management Project for Cambodia is to ensure continued effective use of the rehabilitated national and provincial road network in support... Show More + of the economic development in Cambodia. It will do so by improving the institutional and technical capacity of the ministry of public works and transport for road maintenance planning, budgeting and operations, and by expanding and strengthening maintenance activities. The changes include: (i) a nine month extension of the credit closing date from September 30, 2013 to June 30, 2014 to complete the ongoing project activities; (ii) a re-allocation of the project proceeds based on the disbursement forecasts; and (iii) an adjustment of International Development Association (IDA) road maintenance target. The project is now in a good dynamic to achieve its development goals. The Project Development Objective (PDO) and the overall implementation performance have been rated moderately satisfactory and satisfactory. Show Less -

The development objective of the Provincial and Rural Infrastructure Project is to assist the Kingdom of Cambodia to enhance the livelihood of the peoples residing in... Show More + the provinces of Kampong Thom, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, and Siem Reap by providing sustainable access to markets and essential services through: (i) a program of road rehabilitation and maintenance; (ii) a program of capacity building and training; and (iii) development of improved public policies and strategies. The changes concern: (i) a revision of certain monitoring indicators in the results framework; (ii) a reallocation of the credit proceeds; and (iii) a 12 month extension of the credit closing date from December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2011. The changes are critical to enable the project to complete ongoing activities which will enhance the standard of living of local communities in the project areas by improving road access to socioeconomic services. Show Less -

The development objective of this Ketsana Emergency Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project (KERRP) project is to restore the service levels of transport and water... Show More + and sanitation to the affected people in the project provinces and strengthen Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) capacity in disaster preparedness and management. The credit and grant will help finance the costs associated with the rehabilitation and reconstruction of basic infrastructure in rural communities in six provinces for recovery from Typhoon Ketsana which occurred between September 29 and October 5, 2009. RGC made a formal request, dated October 9, 2009, for Bank support to emergency assistance for the rehabilitation of flood damaged infrastructure following the Typhoon Ketsana natural disaster. The credit and grant will help the authorities respond to the situation by providing support for: (a) emergency response activities; (b) rehabilitation of rural roads and provision of water and sanitation in the selected affected provinces; and (c) capacity building for disaster preparedness and management. Show Less -