| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
The Project for the Rehabilitation of the Kandal Stung Irrigation System |
| Duration |
Exchange of Notes Date: January 2005, Project Completion Date: August 2007 |
| Donor |
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Infrastructure |
| Region |
Kandal Stung irrigated area |
| Financing |
Grant Limit: 1,740 million yen, Actual Grant Amount: 1,709 million yen |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Japan International Cooperation Agengy (JICA), Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Konoike Construction Co. Ltd., Nippon Koei Co. Ltd., Machi KANEKO, Eath and Human Corporation |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
For rehabilitation work by Cambodia, some lands were acquired though no resettlement was necessary. Specifically, when expanding the width of secondary and tertiary canals (total expansion of 39km) for their rehabilitation, farmlands necessary for the construction were provided by farmers.
Due to sharply increased land price of Project area, Cmabodia government had to buy lands they had originally expected to be donated by farmers. |
| Gender |
No gender related materials are mentioned in completion report. |
| Impact Analysis |
The project is consistent with Cambodia's development policies and plans. In Cambodia's natinoal policy of second Socio-economic Developoment Plan (2001-2005), "sustainable national resources management in consideration of environment" was proposed as one of the basic policies. Also, in the National Strategic Development Plan (2009-2013), emphasis was still placed on development of the agriculture sector and increase of agricultural productivity. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The ex-post evaluation report states that there was some large delay because the Minitstry of Economic and Finance did not give priority to contribution of the counterpart fund to the project, so it took a long time to obtain the budget approval. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
No information regarding policy coherence and harmonization |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
Duration of the evaluation study was from October 2011 to August 2012. And the duration of the field study is from March 26 2012 to April 14 2012, and from May 26 2012 to June 9 2012. The beneficiary survey was conducted in the Kandal Stung irrigated area in May 2012. In consideration of farmer population scale and distance to the main canal, Tien commune, Barku commune, Kong Noy commune, and Kork Trab were identified as survey target. On condition that each household questioned has farmed for eight years ot longer number of samples was set to 100 according to the ex-post evaluation guide line.
As for outputs at the Cambodian side, the rehabilitation of secondar and tertiary canals was largely delayed. This is because the Ministry of Ecoomic and Finance did not give priority to contribution of the couterpart fund to this project and it took a long time to obtain the budget approval. Further, the establishment of the Farmer Water User Community was also delayed due to the delayed rehabilitation of secondary and tertiary canals. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
The cost at the Japanese side was lower than planned (98%). However, the cost at the Cambodian side was significantly higher than planned (483%). The increase of the project cost at the Cambodian side was mainly caused by rising prices due to the delay of the project start; land price, cost associated with bombs and mine, labor cost, and construction cost were all largely increased.
As of sustainability of the project, the ex-post evaluation report says that the sustainability is considered fair since some problems have been observed in terms of the current structural/technical/financial aspects. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Other Remarks |
There are some related projects as following. 1) Development Study "Master Plan Study on the Integrated Agricultural and Rural Development Project in the Suburbs of Phnom Penh" (1994-1995); 2) Technical Cooperation project, "Project for Technical Service Center for Irrigation System" (Phase 1: 2001-2005, TSCI), (Phase 2: 2006-2009, TSC2); 3) Technical Cooperation project, "Improvement Agricultural River Basin Management & Development Project" (2009-2014, TSC3) |
