| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project (Sequence No.6) |
| Project Name |
Greater Mekong Sub region Power Trade Project |
| Duration |
Aboard of Approval: 6/5/2007 Closing Date (original): 12/31/2011 (actual): 10/05/2011 |
| Donor |
World Bank |
| Implementiong Organization |
Electricite du Cambodge |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Infrastructure |
| Region |
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Yunnan province of China. Please refer to the Map in the World Bank Implementation Completion Report. |
| Financing |
The World Bank Implementation Completion Report does not have the committed amount in US dollars. The original total committing amount was XDR 12.3 million but the actual disbursed amount was XDR 0.19 million. |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Asian Development Bank, Electricite du Cambodge, Electricite du Laos, International Development Association, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Project Implementation Consultant, Project Management Unit, Royal Government of Cambodia, Regional Power Trade Coordinating Committee, Social and Environment Unit, Vietnam, Affected People, Civil Society, Non-Governmental Organizations, The Ministerial Council on Economic Cooperation in the GMS, The Energy Minister's Council, The Regional Power Trade Coordinating Committee, The Focal Group, The Planning Working Group, Previous donors that have been engaged with the GMS regions in regards with electricity systems, Korea Electric Power Corporation |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
Although this project was not part of the Inspection problems during 2010 and 2011, the coordination and relationship of the World Bank and Royal Government of Cambodia deteriorated. |
| Gender |
No gender related information was to be found in the World Bank Implementation Completion Report. |
| Impact Analysis |
The project aligns with the Intergovernmental Agreement on Regional Power Trade (2002) and the World Bank's Strategy Note on Economic Cooperation across the Mekong Sub-Region (2007). |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The World Bank actively participated in creating the RPTCC's agenda and workshops. There is no information regarding the borrower's commitment and ownership towards the project. |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
Poor coordination among the implementation agency, Electricite du Cambodge, and the IPA led to significant delays in project implementation and procurement. As a response to procurement problems, a tripartite meeting consisting of EDC, MEF, and the World Bank decided to choose a team that would specifically manage the procurement. According to the Implementation Completion Report, the World Bank and the Royal Government of Cambodia were not in good terms (due to an Inspection fallout regarding unrelated projects), which adversely affected project implementation. Supervision of the World Bank was rated unsatisfactory; the World Bank was not able to react timely and accordingly for the extension of the Grant closing date. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
This sheet refers to sequence number six to the GMS Power Trade Project; thus the project monitoring and evaluation is missing. The report however mentions there was close supervision by the team task team on key parties within the Cambodian side. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
Ministry of Economy and Finance hired an International Procurement Agent (IPA) to handle all procurement issues for World Bank projects. This team was responsible for preparing the bidding documents, requests for proposals, calling for tenders, conducting bid evaluations, and making recommendation for contract award. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Other Remarks |
The Greater Mekong Sub region (GMS) is comprised of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Yunnan province of China. |
