| General Information |
Project/Program |
Program |
| Project Name |
Agriculture Sector Program |
| Duration |
Board of Approval: 20-June-1996 Closing Date (In Loan Agreement): 31-Dec.-1999 (Actual): 5-Sept.-2000 |
| Donor |
Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Office of the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Rural Development |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Agriculture |
| Region |
Not specified in ADB completion report. |
| Financing |
The ADB program completion report did not note the total program cost. The amount of loan from ADB under the Special Funds Resources was USD 30 million (at the time of Board Approval). |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Asian Development Bank, Australian Agency for International Development, Cambodian Agricultural Materials Corporation, Council of Ministers, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, National Bank of Cambodia, Nongovernmental Organization, Interministrial Program, Ministerial Working Group within each of the executing agencies, Interministerial Task Force, civil society, International Monetary Fund, affected persons (fishermen, sellers/buyers of markets, etc.). |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
The program was based on ADB's policy recommendations and sector assessment to facilitate market liberalization, strengthen individual land ownership, and removal of centrally planned production. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
No information is to be found regarding the ownership and partnership of the program. Due to weak capacity of MAFF, ADB had deployed working groups and technical assistance with expertise in order to complete the program. |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
According to the completion report, ADB collaborated with the external funding agencies and played the catalytic role in finalization of the revised land law. However, the Government noted that the ADC constantly changed effective staff and the assistance was limited at the design and formulation stage. The discontinuity of staff led to confusion and inconsistencies in program administration. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
ADB had six review missions and special administration tasks during the implementation. The interministerial Program Secretariat of the Government regularly submitted the semiannual reports on the program implementation but lacked a formal monitoring system based on appropriate monitoring indicators; these limit to have a ex ante evaluation. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
The program had two specific loan conditions (to establish an interministerial program secretariat and executive officer and to create a working group for all four agencies). These conditions were all met without delay. The completion report recommends the program could have been more satisfying if the political and governance conditions were met prior to project formulation. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
The program is the first program lending for Cambodia. This program was jointed with other ADB programs under some components ( ADB's TA 2591, ADB rural infrastructure program), aiming to revise the 1992 land law to allow individuals to have entitle to land ownership, and security; more market access, and to promote frameworks for a competitive rural and credit savings. ADB notes these components (changes of regulations) dealt heavily with consultations with various stakeholders; and good information exchange with external financiers. |
