| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project |
| Duration |
Board of Approval: 03/13/2001 Closing Date (original): 12/31/2004, (actual): 06/30/2005 |
| Donor |
World Bank |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Planning |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Emergency |
| Region |
The project targeted 6 million around the 2000 flooding. Take a look at the Implementation Completion Report Map on page 54. |
| Financing |
As an emergency response, the budget planning was inaccurate during appraisal. The project costs during appraisal amounted up to a total of USD 40.4 million whereas the actual costs of the project was USD 43.4 million. |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
World Bank, Royal Government of Cambodia, Directorate of Rural Development, Farmer's Water Users Community, Ministry of Agriculture, Forest, and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Economy and Finance/World Bank Division, Ministry of Education, Youth & Sport, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Ministry of Public Works and Transportation, Ministry of Rural Development, National Committee for Disaster Management, National Project Coordinating Committee, Passenger Car Unit, Provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology, Project Implementation Unit, Quality Assurance Group, affected people, civil society. |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
Past historical issues, an under-estimated level of damage to facilities, and climate conditions were factors that affecting government's performance. |
| Gender |
No information regarding gender is to be found in the World Bank's Implementation Completion Report. |
| Impact Analysis |
The project aligns with the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy for Cambodia which called for poverty alleviation and reconstruction of infrastructure to promote social and economic development in rural area. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
According to the Implementation Completion Report, the Bank had maintained good relationships with the implementing agency. As the project was a response to an emergency, the Borrower's performance was rated satisfactory; it is noted to have been well organized, committed, good preparation skills including field visits, and collecting information. For some components, the Bank noticed the lack of commitment and insufficient attention during preparation; in addition, the government could not identify responsibilities to some departments. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The Bank had a good relationship with the implementing agencies. The project had strong coordination and was implemented by line ministries in close cooperation with relevant municipalities and provinces. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
Supervisions were regularly carried out by the Bank and gave accurate assessments of constraints and progress. The project suggests it should have had a list of sub-projects identified through field visits with priorities and ranking for IDA financing at project appraisal. This has led the Bank to have difficulty with supervision missions to identify, review, and make comments on the sub-projects identified by the line ministries and local governments during project implementation due to various unexpected changes afterwards (Source: ICR). |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
It is noted that the MEF had allocated 100 percent of the counterpart funding needed for project implementation. Sustainability of the project is highly likely as the counterparts were full restored and reconstructed. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
As the project was initiated in a time of emergency, the project did not go through the normal procedures. It does not have a financial rate of return, net present value, and did not have enough time to train the staff during preparation. Acknowledging these difficult circumstances, the project was rated as an overall satisfactory. |
