| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Provincial and Peri Urban Water and Sanitation Project |
| Duration |
Board of Approval: 04/22/2013 Closing Date (original): 6/30/2008; (actual): 6/30/2011 |
| Donor |
World Bank |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy (MIME), Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA), and Center for Development |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Infrastructure |
| Region |
Phnom Penh |
| Financing |
Total project costs amounted up to USD 19.63 million in addition to a JSDF Grant of US$ 773,900 for capacity buildings of the Water Groups. The Borrower assisted USD 1.46 million, local communities assisted USD 0.52 million, the World Bank assisted USD 17.65 million through the International Development Agency. |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
World Bank, Royal Government of Cambodia, Asian Development Bank, Coordinating Committee for Water Supply and Sanitation, Center for Development, Clean Water Group, International Development Agency, Japanese International Cooperation Agency, Japan Social Development Fund, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy, Non-Governmental Organization, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, Quality Assurance Group (of the Bank), Task Team leader, World Bank Institute, World Health Organization, Affected People of Phnom Penh, Cambodian Private Water Operators, civil society. |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
The suspension led to an unfortunate happening with the water regulatory law; originally drafted by the co-work of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the civil society, the law was not approved by the National Assembly, as the Ministry of Economy and Finance did not move forward with the covenant. |
| Gender |
There are no gender related information in the World Bank Implementation Completion Report. |
| Impact Analysis |
The project aligns with the Millennium Development Goals, RGC's sector policy, the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy. Overall, the project is closely matched with Cambodia's water and sanitation development. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The project encouraged the participation of communities leading to the establishment of the Clean Water Group based on elections. According to the Implementation Report, the group helped break down barriers and help communities deliver their needs and demands to the water supply services. At the end of the project, group members were promoted to community councilor positions and played key roles in the project's success. To increase effectiveness, an NGO was hired to teach and train the group members. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
Harmonization among the World Bank and the donors were heavily affected during the project suspension at June 2006. Due to the suspension of the project, MIME was no longer assigned as the leading implementation agency. This constrained relationships, initiated investigations, and overturned many Task Team Leaders. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The Bank had a suspension on the project in June 2006; the impact of this event caused the MIME to oversee project maintenance, lack of fulfilling its monitoring and evaluation role, and was no longer an implementation agency. The overall Bank's supervision of the project is satisfactory; it hired a community development specialist to supervise the grants of the JSDF making sure the CWG was in operation and fulfilling all its duties. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
During the fiduciary review of Cambodia's portfolio, the Bank's Department of Institutional Integrity found corruption, collusive and fraudulent practices in seven Bank assisting projects, including this one. The Bank declared a misprocurement and issued a partial suspension of the corrupted components. After the restructuring of the project, the closing date was extended to finish the remaining components. Responsibilities of MIME were transferred to the CfD for procurement and construction of latrines. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Other Remarks |
This project is one the seven Bank projects that have been suspended due to government corruption and project misprocurement. There is no follow up project, however the World Bank had conducted a sector study for future development of Cambodia's water and sanitation sector. |
