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CONTENTS

1. Outline of Commitments of ODA Loans by Country..... 69

East AsiaChina.................................................................................... 69

Southeast AsiaCambodia............................................................................. 75Indonesia .............................................................................. 75Malaysia................................................................................ 76The Philippines...................................................................... 77Thailand................................................................................ 81Viet Nam .............................................................................. 82

South AsiaBangladesh ........................................................................... 85Sri Lanka ............................................................................... 86

Central Asia and CaucasusAzerbaijan............................................................................. 88Kyrgyz .................................................................................. 88Uzbekistan ............................................................................ 89

The Middle EastJordan................................................................................... 89Turkey................................................................................... 90

AfricaMorocco ............................................................................... 91Tunisia .................................................................................. 91Ghana................................................................................... 92

Latin America and the CaribbeanGuatemala ............................................................................ 93Peru ...................................................................................... 93Mexico.................................................................................. 95

2. Commitments of ODA Loans by Sector (Fiscal 1999).... 96

3. Sectoral Distribution of Commitments of ODA Loans... 100

4. Summary of Special Assistance Facility (SAF) ................. 101

5. Principal Contractors under ODA Loans .......................... 102

6. Conditions for ODA Loans .................................................. 108

Chapter 3

Outline of ODA LoanCommitments in Fiscal 1999

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1. Benxi Environmental Improvement Project (III)

The city of Benxi is located in a mountainous region in the southeasternpart of Liaoning Province. Since the 1940s it has developed as an indus-trial city and has played a major role in producing basic materials inChina. Surrounded by mountains, the city has only limited room for residential neighborhoods, and with almost all ironworks, cement plants,and other large industrial plants concentrated in the center of the city,the commercial and residential areas are interspersed. In addition, rapideconomic growth and an increase in population have led to extremelysevere environmental pollution in Benxi in recent years.

This project aims to supply natural gas and alleviate pollution in alltypes of factories in order to improve the air and water quality of Benxi.It is therefore compatible with three of the major emphases (the environ-ment, agriculture, and the correction of disparities among regions, espe-cially the interior regions) of the Overseas Economic CooperationOperations implementation guidelines for the Japan Bank forInternational Cooperation.

The first two phases of the program have already been implemented.The first phase consisted of ODA loans in the amount of ¥4.11 billionsupplied in September 1997, and the second phase consisted of loans inthe amount of ¥3.237 billion supplied in December 1998. This is thethird phase.

In this case, ODA loans will be devoted to purchasing the materialsand equipment needed for such environmental improvement measuresas installing desulfurization equipment for the coke ovens and for settingup wastewater treatment facilities in the ironworks, as well as for the partial purchase of the materials and equipment needed for constructionof the main body of the coke oven.

The executing agency is the Benxi Municipal People’s Government,Benxi Municipal Yen Loan Management Office, No. 57 Jiefang Bei Road,Mingshan-qu, Benxi, P.O. Code 117000, China, Tel: 86-414-3862090, Fax: 86-414-3862090.

2. Liangping-Changshou Highway Construction Project

China’s Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996-2000) calls for a network of fivenorth-south main highways and seven east-west main highways. These12 highways will link the arterial highways along the coast and the interior regions with the cities in coastal regions, and their aim is topromote the growth of the national economy and the economic growthof the interior areas.

In March 1997, the city of Chongqing with a population of about 30million became China’s fourth municipality directly under the CentralGovernment. Chongqing has made use of favorable policies to attractinvestment by foreign companies to serve as a driving force in promotingthe city’s development as a model of China’s policies of reform and liber-alization. At the same time, it is predicted that Chongqing will becomethe focal point for China’s interior economic regions in the future byusing these same business-friendly policies to attract further foreigninvestment and upgrade its infrastructure.

Even so, the development of roads in Chongqing has lagged quite abit behind what one would expect considering the city’s importance androle as a transport center, so much so that it has hindered economicdevelopment. For this reason, there has been a rush to construct express-ways for the future and improve existing roads in order to provide a net-work of trunk highways.

This project concerns the construction of an approximately 110-kmstretch of a four-lane expressway between Liangping and Changshou,which is a portion of one of the 12 planned highways, the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chongqing-Chengdu Highway. It will ensure the existence of asafe means of transportation for high-speed traffic to meet anticipatedfuture demand in this stretch of the highway, and it will promote more efficient transport in Chongqing and the surrounding area and theeconomic growth of that area and the interior regions of China as awhole. The project is therefore in line with three of the major emphases(the environment, agriculture, and the correction of disparities amongregions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas EconomicCooperation Operations implementation guidelines for the Japan Bankfor International Cooperation.

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Outline of Commitments of ODA Loans by Country

1. Outline of Commitments of ODA Loans by Country

China

March 28, 2000

Project Name Amount Interest Rate (%, p.a.) Repayment Period/Grace Period (Years) Tying Status(Millions of Yen) Goods and Services Consulting Services Goods and Services Consulting Services Goods and Services Consulting Services

Benxi Environmental Improvement Project (III) 1,160 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Liangping-Changshou Highway Construction Project 24,000 2.2 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Hainan East Expressway Expansion Project 5,274 2.2 — 30/10 — General Untied —

Xinxiang-Zhengzhou Highway Construction Project 23,491 2.2 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Guiyang Environment Model City Project 6,266 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Dalian Environment Model City Project 5,315 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Chongqing Environment Model City Project 4,412 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Suzhou Water Environmental Improvement Project 6,261 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Zhejiang Sewage Treatment Project 11,256 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Guangxi Water Supply Project 3,641 1.7* — 30/10 — General Untied —

Kunming Water Supply Project 20,903 1.7* 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Chengdu Water Supply Project 7,293 1.7* — 30/10 — General Untied —

Chongqing Water Supply Project 6,244 1.7* — 30/10 — General Untied —

Jiangxi Water Supply Project 4,147 1.7* — 30/10 — General Untied —

Hunan Urban Flood Control Project 24,000 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Hubei Urban Flood Control Project 13,000 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Jiangxi Urban Flood Control Project 11,000 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied —

Yellow River Delta Agricultural Development Project 8,904 2.2 — 30/10 — General Untied —

Harbin Electric Network Construction Project 6,070 2.2 — 30/10 — General Untied —

Total (19 Commitments) 192,637

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* Standard environmental project ** Special environmental project


The proceeds of the ODA loan will be devoted to the procurement ofmaterials for the public works of highway construction, as well as forancillary facilities such as interchanges, toll booths, and service areas; theelectrical facilities for traffic management systems and communicationsand telephone lines; and consulting services (for supervising operations).

The executing agency is the Ministry of Communications of theP.R.C., No. 11 Jianguomennei Avenue, Beijing, P.O. Code 100736, China,Tel: 86-10-65293102, Fax: 86-10-65293156.

3. Hainan East Expressway Expansion Project

China’s Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996-2000) calls for a network of “five vertical and seven horizontal” roadways (in other words, five north-southmain highways and seven east-west main highways). These 12 highwayswill link the arterial highways along the coast and the interior regionswith the cities in coastal regions, and their aim is to promote the growthof the national economy and the economic growth of the interior areas.

Surrounded by the ocean on four sides, Hainan Province is China’ssouthernmost province, but it is also one of the country’s major SpecialEconomic Zones. Despite the fact that transport within the province isalmost entirely dependent on roads, almost all of them are low-graderoads1, and it has become necessary to construct and improve express-ways that will be sufficient to meet future demand for transport.

This project deals with widening an approximately 60-km stretch of a current provisional three-lane2 expressway between Lingshui and Sanyainto a highway allowing two lanes of traffic each way. It is a part of oneof the 12 planned highways, the Heilongjiang Province Tongjiang-Shanghai-Guangzhou-Haikou-Sanya Highway. The project will also repairportions of existing roadways along the same stretch where wear andaging have caused safety problems. It will contribute to better handlingof increased traffic, reduction of the number of traffic accidents, and economic development of the coastal regions.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to procurement of materialsand equipment for road expansion and repairs, the construction of interchanges and service areas, and facilities for maintenance and management.

The executing agency is the Hainan Expressway Co. Ltd., No. 16Airport Road, Haikou, Hainan Province, P.O. Code 570206, China, Tel: 86-898-6716638, Fax: 86-898-6790647.Notes: 1) China’s roadways are classified as expressways, first- to fourth-class roads,

and ungraded roads. “Low-grade roads” denotes third- and fourth-classroads and ungraded roads.

2) Provisional three-lane highway: a road that has one lane for each directionof traffic and a central passing line that is used by traffic traveling in bothdirections.

4. Xinxiang-Zhengzhou Highway Construction Project

China’s Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996-2000) calls for a network of “five vertical and seven horizontal” roadways (in other words, five north-southmain highways and seven east-west main highways). These 12 highwayswill link the arterial highways along the coast and the interior regionswith the cities in coastal regions, and their aim is to promote the growth of the national economy and the economic growth of theinterior areas.

Henan Province is bordered on the east by Shandong Province andAnhui Province, on the west by Shanxi Province, on the south by HubeiProvince, and on the north by both Hebei and Shanxi, and even thoughit has long served as a transfer point for the distribution of goods, nearlyall its roads are low-grade roads3, which has a negative effect on trafficsafety and economic efficiency. For this reason, Henan Province consid-ers the provision of trunk highways in this region a necessity and has laidout a medium- and long-term plan for promoting the construction ofroads and improving the standards of existing roads.

This project deals with the construction of an eight-lane (six lane insome portions) expressway running approximately 80km betweenXinxiang and Zhengzhou, which is the portion of one of the 12 plannedhighways, the Beijing-Zhengzhou-Wuhan-Zhuhai Highway. Its purposesare improving traffic conditions in the region, improving transport effi-ciency, and promoting economic development in that region and in theinterior regions as a whole. The project is therefore in line with three ofthe major emphases (the environment, agriculture, and the correction ofdisparities among regions, especially the interior regions) of the OverseasEconomic Cooperation Operations implementation guidelines for theJapan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the ODA loan will be devoted to the procurement ofmaterials for the public works of highway construction, as well as for

ancillary facilities such as interchanges, toll booths, and service areas; theelectrical facilities for traffic management systems and communicationsand telephone lines; and consulting services (for supervising operationsrelated to bridges).

The executing agency is the Henan Provincial People’s Government,Henan Provincial Communications Office, No. 93 Zhongyuan Road,Zhengzhou, Henan Province, P.O. Code 450052, China, Tel: 86-371-7446183, Fax: 86-371-7971323.Note: 3) China’s roadways are classified as expressways, first- to fourth-class roads,

and ungraded roads. “Low-grade roads” denotes to third- and fourth-classroads and ungraded roads.

5. Guiyang Environment Model City Project

China’s recent rapid economic growth has led to serious environmentalpollution, and it is becoming a problem of global proportions, the effectsof which even extend to Japan.

The Japan-China Environment Model City Concept4, proposed at theJapan-China Summit Conference in 1997 during the former PrimeMinister Hashimoto’s term of office, was created for the purpose of pro-viding effective support for the alleviation of China’s increasingly seriousenvironmental problems. The goal behind the concept is to carry outintensive environmental improvement measures in certain model cities,which will then serve as models of success for other cities to emulate.

A joint Japanese-Chinese committee of experts5 was set up to promote the concept, and the three cities of Chongqing, Guiyang, and Dalian were designated as model cities. In April 1999, a proposalsummarizing the basic guidelines of the concept (prioritized and inten-sive implementation of measures to prevent air pollution and the forma-tion of environmental management capabilities) and the projects to beimplemented were presented to the governments of both Japan and China.

Due to an energy structure that relies on coal and an industrial structure centered on heavy industry, Guiyang, one of the designatedmodel cities, has a serious problem with air pollution caused by the burning of coal. In particular, the concentration of sulfur dioxide ismuch higher than the average value, which was seen in Japan in 1967when air pollution levels were most serious.

As one part of the Japan-China Environment Model City Concept,this project will include efforts to supply natural gas and implementationof air quality improvement measures at every type of manufacturingplant, as described in the proposal by the committee of experts with the aim of improving air quality in Guiyang as a whole. The project istherefore in line with three of the major emphases (the environment,agriculture, and the correction of disparities among regions, especiallythe interior regions) of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Operationsimplementation guidelines for the Japan Bank for InternationalCooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to acquisition of materialsand equipment for gas supply facilities, such as gas tanks and dust catchers, and for dealing with factory pollution sources.

The executing agency is the Guizhou Provincial People’sGovernment, Guizhou Province Japan-China Environment Model City(Guiyang) Project Office, No. 275 Qinyun Road, Guiyang, GuizhouProvince, P.O. Code 550002, China, Tel: 86-851-5829014, Fax: 86-851-5823010.Notes: 4) The aim is to institute effective and intensive environmental improvement

projects in the areas of measures against smoke and sulfur dioxide, controlof acid rain, the formation of sustainable industries and societal systems,and measures against global warming.

5) The Japanese chairman is Professor Toshio Watanabe of the TokyoInstitute of Technology. The Chinese chairman is Wang Yangzu, formerlyassistant director of the National Environmental Protection Bureau.

6. Dalian Environment Model City Project


The Japan-China Environment Model City Concept6, proposed at theJapan-China Summit Conference in 1997 during the former PrimeMinister Hashimoto’s term of office, was created for the purpose of pro-viding effective support for the alleviation of China’s increasingly seriousenvironmental problems. The goal behind the concept is to carry outintensive environmental improvement measures in certain model cities,which will then serve as models of success for other cities to emulate.

A joint Japanese-Chinese committee of experts7 was set up to promotethe concept, and the three cities of Chongqing, Guiyang, and Dalian

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were designated as model cities. In April 1999, a proposal summarizingthe basic guidelines of the concept (prioritized and intensive implemen-tation of measures to prevent air pollution and the formation of environ-mental management capabilities) and the projects to be implementedwere presented to the governments of both Japan and China.

Dalian, one of the chosen model cities, has a long history of environ-mental cooperation with the Japanese city of Kita-Kyushu and has alsobeen the subject of a development survey by the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA) aimed at developing basic environmentalplanning policies. In this respect, it has received a wide range of Japanesesupport. The spread of central heating and city gas are improving theenvironment, but since the city is still highly reliant on coal for energy,air pollution from coal smoke is still a serious problem. In the winter, inparticular, sulfur dioxide concentrations greatly exceed China’s environ-mental quality standards for urban areas.

As one part of the Japan-China Environment Model City Concept,this project will include efforts to improve air quality in Dalian by supplying thermally generated electricity and carrying out air qualityimprovement measures at manufacturing plants, as described in the proposal by the committee of experts. The project is therefore in linewith three of the major emphases (the environment, agriculture, and thecorrection of disparities among regions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Operations implementationguidelines for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to the acquisition of facili-ties for supplying thermally generated electricity, such as boilers and generator units, and to the procurement of materials and equipmentneeded for dealing with factory pollution sources.

The executing agency is the Dalian Municipal People’s Government,Dalian Municipal Finance Bureau, No. 138 Changjiang Road, ZhongshanDistrict, Dalian, P.O. Code 116001, China, Tel: 86-411-2630736, Fax: 86-411-2644948.Notes: 6) The aim is to institute effective and intensive environmental improvement



7. Chongqing Environment Model City Project


The Japan-China Environment Model City Concept8, proposed at theJapan-China Summit Conference in 1997 during the former PrimeMinister Hashimoto’s term of office, was created for the purpose of pro-viding effective support for the alleviation of China’s increasingly seriousenvironmental problems. The goal behind the concept is to carry outintensive environmental improvement measures in certain model cities, which will then serve as models of success for other cities to emulate.

A joint Japanese-Chinese committee of experts9 was set up to promote the concept, and the three cities of Chongqing, Guiyang, andDalian were designated as model cities. In April 1999, a proposal summa-rizing the basic guidelines of the concept (prioritized and intensiveimplementation of measures to prevent air pollution and the formationof environmental management capabilities), and the projects to be imple-mented were presented to the governments of both Japan and China.

Selected as one of the model cities, Chongqing is surrounded bymountains and therefore, has a low level of air circulation. Furthermore,due to an energy structure reliant on coal, atmospheric pollution fromcoal smoke has become a serious problem. Like Guiyang, Chongqing fallsinto China’s worst category for sulfur dioxide concentration, and the con-centration of sulfur dioxide is much higher than the average value, whichwas seen in Japan in 1967 when air pollution levels were most serious.

As one part of the Japan-China Environment Model City Concept,this project will include efforts to improve air quality in Chongqing bysupplying natural gas, as described in the proposal by the committee ofexperts. The project is therefore in line with three of the major emphases(the environment, agriculture, and the correction of disparities amongregions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas EconomicCooperation Operations implementation guidelines for the Japan Bankfor International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to the procurement of materials and equipment needed for gas tanks and other natural gas supply facilities.

The executing agency is the Chongqing Municipal People’sGovernment, Chongqing Municipal Finance Bureau, No. 234 RenminRoad, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, P.O. Code 400015, China, Tel: 86-23-63855867, Fax: 86-23-63855867.Notes: 8) The aim is to institute effective and intensive environmental improvement



8. Suzhou Water Environmental Improvement Project

Suzhou, situated on the shores of Tai Lake10 in the southern part ofJiangsu Province, is known not only as an industrial city of theChangjiang (Yangtze) delta, but also as a city of tourism with manycanals and gardens. The rapid economic growth and increase in popula-tion that have occurred since the 1980s have led to an increase in house-hold and factory wastewater, but only about 35% of the daily 200,000m3

of household wastewater is processed, and most of the daily 260,000m3

of industrial wastewater is simply discharged without achieving the efflu-ent standard. In addition, a change in the canal routes during the 1990sreduced the flow of water in the canals that flow through the city, whichfurther spurred the decline in water quality. In fact, the water quality ofthe city’s canals deteriorated so much that it did not satisfy Class V of thenational standards11, the category for the most polluted water. Underthese circumstances, the city of Suzhou discussed measures for bothimproving the city’s living environment and protecting its scenic beauty.

This project aims to improve water quality in the city’s rivers, improvethe residents’ living environment, and protect the scenery of the ancientcity through construction of two sewage treatment facilities, with dailyprocessing capacities of 80,000m3 and 60,000m3, maintenance andimprovement of the canals, and water conveyance from Tai Lake , all forthe purpose of bringing the city’s water quality up to Class V of thenational standards. The project is therefore in line with three of themajor emphases (the environment, agriculture, and the correction of disparities among regions, especially the interior regions) of the OverseasEconomic Cooperation Operations implementation guidelines for theJapan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loans will be devoted to the procurement ofmaterials and equipment needed for construction of sewage treatmentfacilities, maintenance and improvement of the canals, and provision ofwater conveyance facilities.

The executing agency is the Suzhou Municipal People’s Government,Suzhou Municipal Water Environment Administrative Headquarters, No.226 Daoqian Street, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, P.O. Code 215002, China, Tel: 86-512-5213480, Fax: 86-512-5213480.Notes: 10) A freshwater lake (the fifth largest in China) with a surface area of

2,428km2, located in the lower reaches of the Changjiang Water System.Such commercial and industrial cities as Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, andShanghai are located nearby. Due to increasing water pollution, particu-larly eutrophication, in recent years, the central government has desig-nated it as one of the lakes and wetlands that is in urgent need of envi-ronmental improvement. On the basis of the Ninth Five-Year Plan for thePrevention of Pollution in Tai Lake and the Year 2010 Plan, water qualityimprovement targets were set for the years 1996-2010 for the citieslocated in the drainage area of the Tai Lake water system.

11) Surface water quality is classified into Classes I-V and determined on thatbasis. Class V is the lowest standard, and it is mainly the level at whichwater can be used for agriculture and presents no problems with generalpreservation of scenery. Water quality that is sufficient for use as a sourceof drinking water is classified as Class III.

9. Zhejiang Sewage Treatment Project

In Zhejiang Province on the east coast, the advance of industrializationand urbanization have led to increased discharges of household andindustrial wastewater, but the provision of sewage treatment facilities haslagged behind, and as a result, no more than 30% of sewage is treated.Tai Lake and 35 rivers and streams are located in the province, but waterquality in all of these resources has deteriorated, due to influxes of house-hold wastewater and industrial wastewater from the cities in the basin.

In response to this grave situation, the province’s development planaims to raise the sewage treatment rate to 40% by 2000 and to more than60% by 2010, and there are plans to construct sewage treatment plans inseveral cities.

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Water quality is seriously degraded in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, andShaoxing, the cities covered by this project. All these cities are urgently inneed of facilities to improve water quality for reasons of improving theenvironment in the Tai Lake basin in the case of the provincial capital ofHangzhou and Jiaxing, and for reasons of severe pollution from factorywastewater in Shaoxing.

This project aims to improve the water quality of the rivers and streamsand the living environments of the residents by constructing sewage treat-ment facilities (treatment plants, pumping stations, sewer pipes, etc.) withdaily treatment capacities of 300,000m3 in the three cities of Hangzhou,Jiaxing, and Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province. The project is therefore inline with three of the major emphases (the environment, agriculture, andthe correction of disparities among regions, especially the interior regions)of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Operations implementation guide-lines for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to procurement of materialsand equipment needed for the construction of the sewage treatmentfacilities and for public works.

The executing agency is the Zhejiang Provincial People’sGovernment, Zhejiang Provincial Construction Agency, ProvincialGovernment Building 2F, Shengfu Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province,P.O. Code 310025, China, Tel: 86-571-7052407, Fax: 86-571-7052846.

10. Guangxi Water Supply Project

Until the normalization of relations between China and Viet Nam, theGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which is on the border betweenthe two countries, lagged behind in the provision of an economic base,but since 1992, when the State Council named it a “main trunk line” tothe southwestern region of China, its GDP has been growing at anannual rate of more than 20%, and rapid development has continued.

Nanning, the capital of the Autonomous Region, is a southern citylocated in a subtropical climate zone 220km from the Vietnamese border.The city has a population of 1.45 million people, and as the regional capital, it plays a central role in politics, economics, and culture.Economic growth has been astounding since the beginning of the 1990s.From 1990 to 1997, GDP grew at an annual average rate of 25%. Thedemand for water brought about by this economic development andpopulation growth, as well as new water supplies for the new develop-ment zone along the Nanning-Kunming Railroad, whose constructionwas funded by ODA loans, will lead to increased demand for water in thefuture. It is predicted that there will be a water shortage by 2005, even ifthe existing water purification plants and other plans for expansion aretaken into consideration.

In addition, Guilin, is internationally famous as a center for tourism,because of such attractions as the ride down the Lijiang River, and, assuch, it is the third-largest city in the Autonomous Region, a center ofthe travel industry and agriculture. In Guilin, as well, the facilities cannotkeep up with the demand for water caused by population growth, andproblems such as low water pressure have arisen. Furthermore, becausethe existing water supply network is not laid out in a very concentratedpattern, it is difficult to supply water efficiently.

In order to meet the increasing demand for water, this project aims toincrease the water supply capacities of Nanning and Guilin, providing waterpurification plants with daily capacities of 200,000m3 and 100,000m3,respectively, as well as networks of distributing pipes, providing a basis foreveryday life and society and a stable supply of safe water. The project istherefore in line with three of the major emphases (the environment, agri-culture, and the correction of disparities among regions, especially theinterior regions) of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Operations imple-mentation guidelines for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to procurement funds for con-struction materials, pumps, valves, driving pipes, and water supply and dis-tribution pipes.

The executing agency is the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous RegionPeople’s Government, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region FinanceAgency, No. 69 Taoyuan Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang AutonomousRegion, P.O. Code 530021, China, Tel: 86-771-5331699, Fax: 86-771-5311214.

11. Kunming Water Supply Project

Kunming is the provincial capital of Yunnan Province, located on aplateau, and home to many minority ethnic groups (one-third of thepopulation of the city). As the major city in the southwestern region ofChina, and especially as an area for transit trade with Thailand and other

neighboring countries, it has exhibited rapid growth in recent years. Italso receives many foreign visitors, as it did during the InternationalFlower Exhibition held in spring 1999.

On the other hand, the infrastructure supporting Kunming, espe-cially its water supply facilities, is increasingly strained every year due togrowing demand from the population and industry. Expanding andenhancing the capacity of these facilities in order to deal with predicteddemand in the future has become a matter of urgency. Until recently,Kunming obtained its water from Dianchi Lake, but in recent years,Dianchi Lake has become noticeably polluted. In that the city hasreached the limit of its ability to obtain water from that source, it needsto find a new, guaranteed source of water.

In order to meet this city’s increasing demand for water, this projectaims to construct the Yunlong Dam on the upper reaches of the ShoujiuRiver about 100km north of Kunming, build aqueducts to the city, andconstruct a water purification plant with a capacity of 400,000m3 perday, as well as water supply and distribution facilities. This will provide abasis for everyday life and society and create a stable supply of safe water.The project is therefore in line with three of the major emphases (theenvironment, agriculture, and the correction of disparities amongregions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas EconomicCooperation Operations implementation guidelines for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to procurement of materialsfor public works and construction related to the building of the drivingpipes, and procurement of pumps, valves, driving pipes, water supplyand distribution pipes, and consulting services (for supervising opera-tions related to the construction of the aqueducts).

The executing agency is the Kunming Municipal People’sGovernment, Kunming Municipal Shoujiu River Pilot Water SupplyProject Construction Management Bureau, No. 626 Beijing Road,Kunming, Yunnan Province, P.O. Code 650051, China, Tel: 86-871-3169167, Fax: 86-871-3182350.

12. Chengdu Water Supply Project

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, located nearly in the center ofthe Chinese mainland, flourished as the capital of the kingdom of Shu,which appears in the historical chronicle Sanguozhi. Its current popula-tion is approximately 10 million (1998 figures, of which 2.2 million livein the urban districts). The major industries are machine tools, electronicdevices, and pharmaceuticals, but the fertile Chengdu Plain is also favor-able for agriculture. Since it is in the interior of the country, its economicdevelopment lagged somewhat behind that of the coastal regions, andyet in 1997, its GDP exceeded 100 billion yuan, and its GDP per personwas more than 10,000 yuan, compared to an average for about 6,400yuan per person for China as a whole.

On the other hand, Chengdu’s current water supply capacity consistsof four water purification plants capable of processing 1.05 million m3

per day. However, since 1998, in that the capacity of these facilities hasbeen insufficient to keep up with the increasing demand for water, thefacilities have been operating in excess of their capacity.

Given this grave situation, Chengdu’s medium- to long-term plancontains a proposal to expand the water purification plants in order toraise the capacity of the facilities by more than 800,000m3 per day by2005. Of this, 400,000m3 of daily capacity are scheduled to be con-structed as part of this project.

In order to meet the increased demand for water in Chengdu, thisproject will construct a water purification plant with a capacity of400,000m3 per day and water supply and distribution facilities. This willprovide a basis for everyday life and society and create a stable supply ofsafe water. The project is therefore in line with three of the majoremphases (the environment, agriculture, and the correction of disparities among regions, especially the interior regions) of the OverseasEconomic Cooperation Operations implementation guidelines for theJapan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to procurement of construc-tion materials, pumps, valves, and water supply and distribution pipes.

The executing agency is the Chengdu Municipal People’sGovernment, Chengdu Municipal Utilities Bureau, No. 78~118 ChenggenStreet, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.O. Code 610015, China, Tel: 86-28-6266431, Fax: 86-028-6242062.

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13. Chongqing Water Supply Project

In March 1997, Chongqing became China’s fourth municipality directlyunder the control of the central government, with a population of nearly30 million. Chongqing has made use of favorable policies to attractinvestment by foreign companies to serve as a driving force in promotingthe city’s development as a model of China’s policies of reform and liber-alization. At the same time, it is predicted that Chongqing will becomethe focal point for China’s interior economic regions in the future byusing these same business-friendly policies to attract further foreigninvestment and upgrade its infrastructure through such means as theChangjiang (Yangtze) Development Plan.

The urban area of Chongqing is an industrial and commercial centerwith a population of around 2.13 million, and its water is supplied byseven water purification plants that use the Changjiang River and theJialing River as water sources. However, rapid economic growth and concentration of the population caused by urbanization have sharplyincreased the demand for water. Supply and demand conditions arebecoming urgent, as seen by the fact that restrictions on the water supplyhave become unavoidable. There is also a need to deal with the increasein new demand for water in regions where economic development hasadvanced in recent years.

In order to handle the increased demand for water in the central partof Chongqing, this project will construct a new water purification plant(with a capacity of 300,000m3 per day) in the upper reaches of theChangjiang River. The project is therefore in line with three of the majoremphases (the environment, agriculture, and the correction of disparities among regions, especially the interior regions) of the OverseasEconomic Cooperation Operations implementation guidelines for theJapan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to the procurement of construction materials, pumps, valves, and water supply and distribution pipes.

The executing agency is the Chongqing Municipal People’sGovernment, Chongqing Waterworks Construction Office, ZhongbeiBuilding, Honghuang Road, Jiangbei District, Chongqing, P.O. Code400020, China, Tel: 86-23-67503218, Fax: 86-23-67500309.

14. Jiangxi Water Supply Project

Jiangxi Province is bordered on the south by the Changjiang River, onthe east by Fujian Province, and on the south by Guangdong Province.The province is surrounded by mountains on the east, south, and west,and 70% of its land consists of mountains and hills. It has abundant min-eral resources, such as copper, tungsten, and uranium, and it is first inthe nation in reserves of 11 different minerals. With the 1996 opening ofthe Jingjiu Railroad (Beijing-Kowloon [Hong Kong]), which runs throughthe province from north to south and was partly financed by JapaneseODA loans, there are prospects for further economic vitality in the JianDistrict in the west-central part of the province and in the city ofGanzhou in the south, places which lagged behind in economic develop-ment despite abundant natural resources.

In the newly developed districts of the province, there are regionsthat have recently been designated as urban area and yet have no water supply since no distribution pipes have yet been laid. The rate ofconnection to city water supplies lagged behind at 92.8% in 1998 andranked 27th in the entire country. (The average for 31 provinces, regions,and directly controlled cities is 96.0%.) There is an urgent need forincreased capacity in water supply facilities and installation of waterpipeline networks.

Given these circumstances, the Ninth Five-Year Plan for JiangxiProvince aims for an increase in the city’s water supply of a total of 1 million cubic meters per day. About 400,000m3 of capacity has alreadybeen completed, and the current target is construction and completion ofthe remaining amount of approximately 60,000m3 per day.

This project will construct water purification plants and water supplyand distribution facilities for the four cities of Jingdezhen, Ganzhou, Jian,and Nankang in Jiangxi Province, with capacities of 100,000m3 per day,100,000m3 per day, 50,000m3 per day, and 50,000m3 per day, respec-tively, in order to meet the increasing demand for water caused by popu-lation growth and economic development in each city. Improving thecapacity of the water supply system will provide a basis for everyday lifeand society and create a stable supply of safe water. Moreover, providinga water supply to the area around the new station, where the waterpipeline networks have not yet been installed, and to the old city areaswill contribute to a lowering of the ground water level and a rise in the

system connection rate. The project is therefore compatible with three ofthe major emphases (the environment, agriculture, and the correction ofdisparities among regions, especially the interior regions) of the OverseasEconomic Cooperation Operations implementation guidelines for theJapan Bank for International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loans will be devoted to procurement of construction materials, pumps, valves, and water pipes.

The executing agency is the Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government,Jiangxi Provincial Construction Agency, Zhengfu Dayuan, Nancheng,Jiangxi Province, P.O. Code 330046, China, Tel: 86-0791-6263728, Fax: 86-791-6228404.

15. Hunan Urban Flood Control Project

Located in the northern part of Hunan Province, Dongting Lake,which isChina’s second largest freshwater lake, is one of the most importantholding basins for the Changjiang River, adjusting the flow of the flood-waters. The surrounding Dongting Lake Plain contains major industrialcities, such as the provincial capital of Changsha, as well as importantcenters for rail and water transport, making it one of the centers ofChina’s society and economy. However, since most of the cities in thiswatershed have insufficient flood control capacity, they have beenplagued by floods almost every year (1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998)due to increased flows in the Changjiang River and four other water systems. This has hindered the functions of the cities.

Of these, the great flood in the Changjiang watershed in summer1998 killed more than 1,300 people, and total losses exceeded ¥3 trillion, causing significant societal and economic damage. Under suchcircumstances, the Chinese government has completely banned loggingof natural forests in the upper reaches of the Changjiang River as part ofits medium- to long-term flood prevention measures, and since 1998, hasbeen working toward recovery of flood control functions by restoring thesurface area of retarding basins in the watershed such as Poyang Lake andDongting Lake.

As a direct flood prevention measure, this project will construct andrepair dikes, floodgates, and pumping stations in the large, medium, andsmall cities of the region around Dongting Lake in Hunan Province inorder to raise each city’s flood control capacity. This will prevent flooddamage and contribute to the stability of the region’s society and econ-omy. The project is therefore compatible with three of the majoremphases (the environment, agriculture, and the correction of disparitiesamong regions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas EconomicCooperation Operations implementation guidelines for the Japan Bankfor International Cooperation.

This project is linked to Japan’s emergency commodity assistanceimmediately after the floods, administered by the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA), grant assistance for incorporating the mostadvanced technology (technology for cut-offs using steel sheet piles andbank protection) into the Changjiang River dikes, and World Bank floodprevention projects in the agricultural villages along the Changjiang River.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to procurement of equip-ment and materials for pumping stations, construction costs, andexpenses for improvements and repairs to the dikes.

The executing agency is the Hunan Provincial People’s Government,Hunan Provincial Finance Agency, Overseas Economy and Trade Office,No. 1 Chengnan West Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, P.O. Code410015, China, Tel: 86-731-5165180, Fax: 86-731-5165184.

16. Hubei Urban Flood Control Project

The Jianghan Plain, an alluvial plain formed by the Changjiang River andthe Hanjiang River (the largest tributary of the Changjiang) in the centraland southern parts of Hubei Province, has developed as a zone of agricul-ture and heavy industry and a center of water and land-based transporta-tion. It contains the city of Wuhan, which is the largest city in the cen-tral basin as well as a social, economic, and cultural center. These citieshave historically been plagued by flooding of the Changjiang and HanRivers. Because the existing dikes along the main channel and the tribu-taries do not necessarily have structures sufficient to withstand waterleakage, and drainage capacity is low due to insufficient drainage canalsand pumping stations, they have been plagued by flooding caused byincreased flows in the Changjiang River and four other water systems.This has hindered their ability to function as cities.

Of these, the great flood in the Changjiang watershed in summer1998 killed more than 1,300 people, and total losses exceeded ¥3 trillion,causing significant societal and economic damage. Given these kinds of

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situations, the Chinese government has completely banned logging ofnatural forests in the upper reaches of the Changjiang River as part of itsmedium- to long-term flood prevention measures and since 1998 hasbeen working toward recovery of flood control functions through suchmeans as carrying out measures that aim to restore the freshwater surfaceareas of the watershed’s holding basins.

As a direct flood prevention measure, this project will construct andrepair dikes, floodgates, and pumping stations in the large, medium, andsmall cities of the region on the Jianghan Plain in Hubei Province inorder to raise each city’s flood control capacity. This will prevent flooddamage and contribute to the stability of the region’s society and econ-omy. The project is therefore compatible with three of the majoremphases (the environment, agriculture, and the correction of disparitiesamong regions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas EconomicCooperation Operations implementation guidelines for the Japan Bankfor International Cooperation.

This project is linked to Japan’s emergency commodity assistanceimmediately after the floods, administered by the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA), grant assistance for incorporating the mostadvanced technology (technology for cut-offs using steel sheet piles andbank protection) into the Changjiang River dikes, and World Bank projects in the agricultural villages along the Changjiang River.

The proceeds of the loan will be devoted to procurement of equipment and materials for pumping stations, construction costs andcosts related to improvements and repairs to the dikes.

The executing agency is the Hubei Provincial People’s Government,Flood Prevention and Control Administration Office, No. 17 ZhongnanRoad, Wuchang-qu, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P.O. Code 430071, China,Tel: 86-27-8782-5100-4026, Fax: 86-27-8782-5942.

17. Jiangxi Urban Flood Control Project

Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province is a major holding basin for theChangjiang River, but the existing dikes in the surrounding large andmedium cities of Nanchang, Jiujiang, and Jingdezhen do not necessarilyfunction well against water leakage, and since drainage capacity is lowdue to insufficient drainage canals and pumping stations, they have beenplagued by flooding caused by increased flows in the Changjiang Riverand four other water systems. This has hindered their ability to functionas cities.

Of these, the great flood in the Changjiang River delta in summer1998 killed more than 1,300 people, and total losses exceeded ¥3 trillion,causing significant societal and economic damage. Given these kinds ofsituations, the Chinese government has completely banned logging ofnatural forests in the upper reaches of the Changjiang River as part of itsmedium- to long-term flood prevention measures and since 1998 hasbeen working toward recovery of flood control functions through suchmeans as carrying out measures that aim to restore the freshwater surfaceareas of the watershed’s holding basins.

As a direct flood prevention measure, this project will construct andrepair dikes, floodgates, and pumping stations in the cities of the regionPoyang Lake in Jiangxi Province in order to raise each city’s flood controlcapacity. This will prevent flood damage and contribute to the stability ofthe region’s society and economy. The project is therefore compatiblewith three of the major emphases (the environment, agriculture, and thecorrection of disparities among regions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Operations implementationguidelines for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

This project is linked to Japan’s emergency commodity assistanceimmediately after the floods, administered by the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA), grant assistance for incorporating the mostadvanced technology (technology for cut-offs using steel sheet piles andbank protection) into the Changjiang River dikes, and World Bank pro-jects in the agricultural villages along the Changjiang River.

The proceeds from the fund will be devoted to procurement of equipment and materials for pumping stations, construction costs andcosts related to improvements and repairs to the dikes.

The executing agency is the Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government,Jiangxi Provincial Water Conservancy Agency, No. 3 Nu’er Street,Renmin Road, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, P.O. Code 332000, China, Tel: 86-792-823-5330, Fax: 86-792-823-5061.

18. Yellow River Delta Agricultural Development Project

Nine hundred million of China’s 1.2 billion people live in rural areas,and the development of agriculture and rural villages has been labeled animportant task for the nation. On the other hand, economic growth inrural areas has been slow compared to rapid economic growth in urbanareas. Circumstances have changed greatly in recent years for agricultureand rural villages, including pressure to deregulate agricultural marketsupon joining the World Trade Organization in the near future, lossesstemming from the lack of a distribution system for agricultural products,burdens on local governments due to agricultural subsidies, and effectson the natural environment from excessive development.

To deal with these changes, the Chinese government has designatedalleviation of rural poverty, provision of a distribution system for agricul-tural products, and environmentally sound agriculture as importantitems, and it has continually implemented a variety of policies in recentyears. Among these, for example, are various types of favorable treatmentfor the poor counties in the national plans, clarification of responsibilityfor agricultural distribution systems (responsibility assigned to the localand central government, or to a state-owned company and the local government). In addition, there are some regions that are already fullycultivated where new cultivation is to be suspended and productivity isto be raised on existing agricultural land, and where the basic guidelinesplace importance on afforestation and the protection of wetlands.Reconciling environmental protection and agriculture has thus become achallenge for the entire nation. Of these areas, Shandong Province boastsof being the second largest food producer in the country, but the majorsource of water supporting this production is the Yellow River. Thanks tothe policies of reform and liberalization, the economy of ShandongProvince has expanded dramatically, but due to decreased flow in theYellow River, the province’s agricultural sector has insufficient water forirrigation, and provision of an agricultural base has lagged behind, so ithas not developed sufficiently.

By improving existing agricultural and fallow land in Dongying City,in the Xiazhen District, and Zibo City, in the Dalu Lake District, this pro-ject intends to raise productivity in those areas, with the goal of raisingthe incomes of farmers who are currently cultivating land with low pro-ductivity. In addition, this project will be carried out after ensuring thatthere will be no environmentally negative effects on the surroundingecosystem, and the project will be closely monitored for environmentaleffects even during its implementation. Furthermore, in order to ensurethat the farmers continue to participate in this project, the Chinese government will carry out various policies, including giving the farmersadvice on agricultural management and selling them fertilizer and agri-cultural chemicals on favorable terms. The project is therefore compatiblewith three of the major emphases (the environment, agriculture, and thecorrection of disparities among regions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Operations implementationguidelines for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

The project will consist of construction of reservoirs and water conservancy facilities such as irrigation facilities and wells, purchase ofagricultural machinery, improvement of medium- or low-productivityfields and paddies, through construction of areas for soil improvement,planting of protective forests, and construction of electrical transmissionand substation facilities.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of construc-tion machinery, agricultural machines, and devices for pumping stations.

The executing agency is the Shandong Provincial People’sGovernment, Yellow River Delta ODA Loan Agricultural Project Office,No. 127 Lishan Road, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.O. Code 250013, China, Tel: 86-531-697-4010, Fax: 86-531-694-2646.

19. Harbin Electrical Network Construction Project

As a result of China’s emphasis on developing power sources in order toeliminate bottlenecks impeding economic growth, it ranks second in theworld in power generation, thus, breaking out of its former situation,when there was an absolute insufficiency of supply capacity. On theother hand, as a result of emphasizing investment in developing powersources and a relative lack of emphasis on investment in power distribu-tion facilities, there has been a decrease in capacity to deal with accidentscaused by overloads, along with an increase in accidents caused by super-annuated facilities. The decreased reliability of the power supply has thusbecome a problem in the electrical networks. Under these circumstances,the Chinese government has determined that a basic guideline for theelectrical power sector should be the emphasis on power distribution



Sihanoukville Port Urgent Rehabilitation Project

(1) Project BackgroundAs a result of the prolonged war and internal turmoil since the late 1960s,the country was ruined and economic infrastructure, including trans-portation, electricity and agriculture, was seriously damaged and is still inurgent need of improvement.

Concerning the main national roads, they are gradually beingimproved by the reconstruction assistance of donors, mainly Japangrants, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).Conversely, the port sector is in urgent need of drastic improvement, forit cannot adequately keep up with the increased cargo volumes of recentyears and the trend toward increased container shipment use in interna-tional cargo shipments. Although two international ports in Cambodiaare the Port of Phnom Penh, the equipment of which was improved by agrant from Japan, and the Sihanoukville Port, the role of the Port ofPhnom Penh as an international port is limited because ships must passthrough the Viet Nam-owned lower course. Moreover, since it is a riverport it is difficult for large vessels to pass. The Sihanoukville Port, on theother hand, is the only port that faces the sea and handles virtually all

cargo shipped via large container vessels. Urgent improvement of theport is indispensable, given the existing piers and facilities are decrepit.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThe project to be assisted by the loan is for the construction of a newcontainer terminal at Sihanoukville Port. By improving the cargo-handling capacity of the port, the project will contribute to improvementof the country’s transport system and to economic development ofCambodia. Sihanoukville City, where the port is located, is connected tothe capital, Phnom Penh, by the improved national road (about 240km).As the hinterland of the port has been regarded to be attractive for foreigninvestment, the project is expected to play a catalytic role in promotingforeign and domestic investment in the vicinity of the port.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of materialsand services for the construction of the new container terminal and thedredging of the basin, and consulting services (detailed design, assistancefor bidding, construction supervision, Operation and Maintenance training program, study on management system, etc.)

The executing agency is the Port Authority of Sihanoukville,Sihanoukville City, Cambodia, Tel: 855-84-933-542, Fax: 855-84-933-693.

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Southeast Asia

Indonesia

September 24, 1999


Sihanoukville Port Urgent Rehabilitation Project 4,142 1.00 0.75 30/10 40/10 General Untied General Untied

January 25, 2000


Social Safety Net Adjustment Loan 71,928 1.0 — 30/10 — General Untied —

projects. Projects for setting up and augmenting electrical networks arebeing implemented, beginning with cities that are important and whichhave made preparations to a satisfactory level.

Harbin is a major industrial city with a population of 3.38 million inthe northeastern region of China, but like other cities, its electrical distri-bution network suffers from noticeable overloads and superannuation. Inaddition, since it is predicted that demand for power will rise at a rate ofabout 6% per year in the future, the city needs to try to alleviate the over-load conditions and repair the superannuated facilities, improving thereliability of the power supply.

This project will set up and augment a 66kV substation facility, transformers, power transmission lines, 10kV power transmission lines,and 380kV power distribution facilities in Harbin, in an attempt toimprove the reliability of the power supply in the electrical networks as a

whole. This is also a means of contributing to the city’s economicgrowth. The project is therefore compatible with three of the majoremphases (the environment, agriculture, and the correction of disparitiesamong regions, especially the interior regions) of the Overseas EconomicCooperation Operations implementation guidelines for the Japan Bankfor International Cooperation.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of transform-ers, circuit breakers, and other equipment for distributing and transform-ing power, and electrical distribution facilities.

The executing agency is the Heilongjiang Provincial Electric PowerCompany, Heilongjiang Provincial Electric Power Company, No. 63Hongjun Street, Nangang-qu, Harbin, China, P.O. Code 150001, Tel: 86-451-368-2369, Fax: 86-451-368-2223.

Social Safety Net Adjustment Loan

This Social Safety Net Adjustment Loan is designed to provide Indonesia,which is currently undergoing economic difficulties in the aftermath ofthe currency crisis, with financial assistance not only for improving thebalance of payments but also for facilitating the fiscal payments to createemployment and deliver other basic social services to the socially vulner-able who have been hardest hit by the crisis. The loan is also aimed athelping implement reforms that have been hardest hit by the crisis, andis also aimed at helping implement reforms that are necessary to ensurethe proper use of the fund, thus eventually contributing to the stabiliza-tion of the economy.

The proceeds of the loan will be applied to import general merchan-dise, while the counterpart funds* of the loan will cover the following:

(1) payment which must be made by Indonesia in local currency for ODAloans, as well as other loans extended by the World Bank and the AsianDevelopment Bank; and (2) expenditures of fuel and power, for which astrong demand exists among low-income individuals.

The loan is cofinanced with the World Bank and, as a program loan,will be provided in two disbursements. In collaboration with the WorldBank, JBIC will determine the timing of the disbursement while consider-ing the progress of reform in Indonesia.

*The counterpart funds: The government of Indonesia sells the yen loan designed tofinance the purchase of imports to the Central Bank, thereby earning the local currency (i.e., the Indonesian rupiah). The local currency funds thus obtained iscalled “counterpart funds.”


1. Higher Education Loan Fund Project II (HELP II)

One of the most important goals of the Malaysian government is toacquire status as a developed country by 2020. It has highlighted humanresources development as one of the key requirements for the realizationof that goal and has implemented a wide range of reforms in the educa-tion sector in order to develop human resources required for Malaysia’slong-term economic development. These reforms have improved andexpanded the foundation for elementary and secondary education, yielding considerable improvements.

In higher education, the Malaysian government realizes the necessityof sending students overseas as well as of expanding teaching facilities inMalaysia, and puts a strong emphasis on human resources developmentin scientific research fields, in view of the shortage of supply of engineersexpected due to the industrialization of the Malaysian economy. Undersuch circumstances, by improving cost-effectiveness with the introduc-tion of the “twinning” program for undergraduate courses, this project isintended to support the continued implementation of overseas study byMalaysian students in scientific fields at Japanese universities as the second phase of the “Higher Education Loan Fund Project,” which hasbeen successfully implemented thus far. Plans call for 400 Malaysian students in total to be accepted in undergraduate courses and 140 graduates in post graduate courses.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for scholarships for undergraduate and post-graduate studies as well as consulting services(e.g., monitoring of the students studying in Japan).

The executing agency is the Yayasan Pelajaran MARA, Wisma YPM,Jalan 6/91, Taman Shamelin Perkasa Cheras, P.O. Box 13464, 50810Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: 60-3-9819700, Fax: 60-3-9815764.

2. Engineering Services for Pahang-Selangor Raw WaterTransfer Project

In accordance with rapid economic growth since 1980s, water demand inSelangor State, especially the Kuala Lumpur region, which is the political,commercial and industrial center of Malaysia, has been increasing at ahigh growth rate. Water demand there is expected to continue to expandrapidly in the 21st century as well.

The water resources development in Selangor State and KualaLumpur region have been focused on the main river basins. However,such water development can no longer sufficiently meet increasing waterdemand wherein water shortages have occurred occasionally, especiallyin the dry season. Serious water shortages in 1997 and 1998 haveimpressed the necessity of a new scheme for increasing the water supply.Despite this need, it has proven difficult to develop new water resourceswithin the State, over and above those previously planned.

Based on the above-mentioned background, an interstate project totransfer water from Pahang State to Selangor State has been proposed inorder to cope with the increase of future water demand in Selangor Stateand the Kuala Lumpur region. In this project, dams will be constructed in

Pahang State and the reserved water will be transferred via a water trans-fer tunnel to Selangor State.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for consulting services for necessary studies (scrutiny of water demand, technical review on thescale and structure of each facility, etc.) and for design works, includingfor the water transfer tunnel.

The executing agency is the Public Works Department Malaysia,Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, 50582 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: 60-3-4407300, Fax: 60-3-2931920.

3. Sewerage Treatment Plant Project

Development of sewage treatment has been slow compared with thedevelopment of the water supply in Malaysia. Thus, wastewater hasincreased rapidly and the water environment has seriously deterioratedin areas of high population growth and economic development. Propertreatment of sewage is considered very important in these areas becauseof the need to improve sanitary conditions and conserve the naturalenvironment for future generations.

The Malaysian government ranks development of sewage treatmentas one of its sectors of the highest priority to improve the living environ-ment at a national level, and has allocated a budget 15 times larger forsewage treatment projects in the Seventh Malaysia Plan (1996-2000) thanin the Sixth Malaysia Plan (1991-1995).

This project will focus on the cities and the areas where growth inindustrial development and population are high and consequently whereproper development of sewerage systems is lacking and hygienic condi-tions are deteriorating as a result. Sewage treatment plants, sludge treatment plants, sewer pipelines, pump stations, etc., will be constructedunder this project. The project will improve the water quality and conserve the natural environment. The other benefit of the project is the improvement of public hygiene by contributing to reduction ofwater-related diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works, equipment, consulting services (detailed design, assistance for procurement), etc.

The executing agency is the Sewerage Services Department, Ministryof Housing and Local Government, Lower Ground Floor, WismaDamansara, Jalan Semantan, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: 60-3-256-2605, Fax: 60-3-256-2609.

4. Kenyir Hydroelectric Power Plant Project

The power sector has been given a significant role in the national devel-opment policy of Malaysia as a sector providing basic infrastructure foreconomic development and growth. Moreover, the power sector has beencontributing to the development of the Malaysian economy, especially tothe growth of the industrial sector. In the Seventh Malaysia Plan (1996-2000), the Malaysian government continued to place importance on thepower sector with three policy objectives: a) cost-effective supply; b) effi-cient utilization; and c) minimum negative impact on the environment.

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March 31, 2000


Sewerage Treatment Plant Project 48,489 0.75** 0.75** 40/10 40/10 General Untied General Untied

Kenyir Hydroelectric Power Plant Project 16,994 0.75** 0.75** 40/10 40/10 General Untied General Untied

Malaysia

April 28, 1999


Higher Education Loan Fund Project II (HELP 2) 5,285 0.75* 0.75* 40/10 40/10 General Untied General Untied

Engineering Services for Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project 1,093 — 0.75** — 40/10 — General Untied

Special Yen (ODA) Loans


Port Dickson Power Station Rehabilitation Project (2) 53,764 1.0*** 1.0*** 40/10 40/10 General Untied General Untied

Total (5 Commitments) 125,625* Supporting human resources development project

** Special environmental project ***Special Yen (ODA) Loan


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The Philippines

December 28, 1999


Industrial and Support Services Expansion Program (Phase II) 35,350 0.75*** 0.75*** 40/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Environmental Infrastructure Support Credit Program (Phase II) 20,529 0.75** 0.75** 40/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Secondary Education Development and Improvement Project 7,210 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Phase V) 951 1.3* 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Bohol Irrigation Project (Phase II) 6,078 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project (Phase II) 16,9901.8

0.75**30/10

40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied1.3* 30/10

Arterial Road Links Development Project (Phase IV) 15,384 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Cordillera Road Improvement Project 5,852 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Philippines-Japan Friendship Highway Mindanao 7,434 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Section Rehabilitation Project (Phase II)

Rehabilitation and Maintenance of 5,068 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Bridges along Arterial Roads Project (Phase IV)

Maritime Safety Improvement Project (Phase C) 4,714 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Pinatubo Hazard Urgent Mitigation Project (Phase II) 9,013 1.3* 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (Phase I) 1,167 1.3* 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Total (13 Commitments) 135,740 *** Standard environmental project (As for the Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project (Phase II), the interest rate of the standard environmental project is adopted regarding the water supply portion of the project.)

*** Special environmental project*** Project supporting small- and medium-size enterprises

Demand for electricity increased rapidly in the past due to the higheconomic growth rate and accelerated industrialization. It continued toincrease even during the Asian economic crisis and is expected grow at ahigh rate in the future. It is also expected that the peak-load will grow ata high rate, and therefore, a peak-load generation capacity is required tomaintain a stable and efficient power supply.

This project will expand the capacity of the existing KenyirHydroelectric Power Station by installing a 300MW generation facility,converting the power station from a middle-load station to a peak-loadpower station. With the addition of this generation facility, the pondageand impounding area will not change due to the switch in operationfrom middle-load to peak-load, and environmental impact will be at a minimum.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works, the power plant,consulting services (assistance in procurement, supervision, developmentand introduction of an environmental monitoring system), etc.

The executing agency is the Tenaga Nasional Berhad, 129 Jl. Bangsar,59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: 60-3-282-5566, Fax: 60-3-283-3686.

5. Port Dickson (Tuanku Jaafar) Power Station RehabilitationProject (2)

The power sector has been playing a significant role in the nationaldevelopment policy of Malaysia as a sector which provides basic infra-structure for economic development and growth. The power sector hasbeen contributing to the development of the Malaysian economy, espe-

cially to the growth of the industrial sector. In the Seventh Malaysia Plan(1996-2000), the Malaysian government continued to place importanceon the power sector with three policy objectives: a) cost-effective supply; b) efficient utilization; and c) minimum negative impact on the environment.

Demand for electricity increased rapidly in the past due to the higheconomic growth rate and accelerated industrialization. It continued toincrease even during the Asian economic crisis and is expected grow at ahigh rate in the future. On the other hand, the construction of powersupply facilities has been delayed due to the difficulties of private financ-ing by independent power producers during the Asian economic crisis.Thus, obtaining finance for the development of power supply facilities isof great importance.

Port Dickson (Tuanku Jaafar) Power station in Negri Sembilan hasbeen in operation for more than 20 years, and its generation facilities arenot only inefficient but also producing greenhouse-effect gases and otherpolluting gases.

The present facilities will be replaced by a 750MW gas combined-cycle thermal power plant of high efficiency in this project whose objec-tive is to achieve a further stable and efficient power supply and less envi-ronmental impact with a lowered emission rate of smog, CO2 , NOx, etc.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works, a combined-cycle power plant, consulting services (detailed design, supervision,development and introduction of environmental monitoring system), etc.

The executing agency is the Tenaga Nasional Berhad, 129 Jl. Bangsar,59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: 60-3-282-5566, Fax: 60-3-283-3686.

1. Industrial and Support Services Expansion Program (Phase II)

The promotion of industry, especially the manufacturing industry, isessential for the economic development of the Philippines. However, theproportion of the country’s GDP accounted for by manufacturing (about22% in 1997) has not changed significantly since the 1980s, thus manu-facturing has not become an engine of economic growth. In addition, asthe proportion of employment in the manufacturing industry has onlyincreased by about 10% since the end of the 1980s, its contribution tojob creation is also low.

The cultivation and promotion of small- and medium-sized enter-prises are important for the economic development of the Philippines aswell as for raising the level of the country’s entire manufacturing indus-try, adding value, and alleviating anxiety regarding employment in the

aftermath of the currency crisis. However, small- and medium-sizedenterprises generally have limited access to finance (especially medium-and long-term finance), information and technology. This is an obstacleto the expansion and modernization of small- and medium-sized enterprises.

This project plans to provide medium- and long-term finance to themanufacturing industry and related supporting industries, particularly tosmall- and medium-sized businesses, through the Development Bank ofthe Philippines (DBP). It will also provide technical support such as tech-nological and management guidance and marketing advice to enterprisesin supporting industries. It aims to contribute to economic developmentand job creation in the Philippines, by means of the promotion of the Philippines’ manufacturing industry and cultivation of supportingindustry. The sector targeted for funds is the manufacturing industry and


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supporting industries, and the end-users will be enterprises with less than200 million pesos in gross assets before with a minimum requirement ofbeing a 70% Philippine-owned business. The finance will be used forsuch purposes as construction, expansion and modernization of produc-tion facilities, purchasing of equipment and machinery, introduction ofnew technology, research and development, training, consulting servicesand working capital. The finance methods will be indirect finance(wholesale) through private financial institutions (PFIs) and directfinance (retail) from the DBP. The DBP, which will be the executingagency for this project, will appraise and supervise end-users’ projectswith support from consultants. It will also provide support for end-usersand coordinate policy and implementation with ministries and agenciesrelated to the promotion of the manufacturing industry and small- andmedium-sized enterprises. The proceeds of the loan will be used to provide DBP loan funds and consulting services (marketing support, technology and management guidance for end-users).

The executing agency is the Development Bank of the Philippines(DBP) P.O. Box 1996, Makti Central Post Office 1200, Metro Manila,Philippines, Tel: 63-2-818-9511, Fax: 63-2-815-1611.

2. Environmental Infrastructure Support Credit Program (Phase II)

In the Philippines, particularly in Metro Manila, air and water pollutionhave become serious problems with the increase in the population andvigorous economic activity. For example, in Metro Manila, density oftotal suspended particulates (TSP) is five times as high as the environmental standard. In addition, the degeneration of water qualityin the Pasig River and Lake Laguna has become a particular problem inrecent years. In 1977, the government of the Philippines enacted thePollution Control Law, which established environmental standards forair and water quality, noise and the discharge of waste. In addition, it setup a system to ensure the observance of environmental regulations byprivate business, including the implementation of environmentalimpact assessments when companies invest in facilities and equipment,monitoring of discharges by companies, and ordinances to close downthe operations of violators. However, the existing regulations are notbeing adequately observed, and it is necessary to provide incentives toenterprises to carry out environment-related investment through concessional in addition to a thorough regulatory and monitoring system. In addition to increased public environmental awareness, theformer administration announced the enforcement of the law andincreased penalties for polluters. Therefore, pressure on polluting industries will increase in the future, and increased investment in theenvironment is expected. The Development Bank of the Philippines(DBP), the executing agency of this program, will appraise and superviseend-users’ projects with support from consultants. It will also providesupport for private financial institutions and end-users and coordinatepolicy and implementation with ministries and agencies concerned withthe prevention of industrial pollution. In addition, an EnvironmentalCredit Policy Board has been established with the goal of achievingsmooth and effective implementation of the project.

The program will provide medium- and long-term finance throughthe DBP to private businesses, mainly small- and medium-sized enter-prises. It will promote investment to improve the environment by givingtechnological support to borrowers, private financial institutions and theDBP with the goal of contributing to the prevention and reduction ofindustrial pollution.

In 1996, an ODA loan was extended to the EnvironmentalInfrastructure Support Credit Program. This program represents Phase II.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for DBP loan funds and con-sulting services (support for enterprises in planning and implementing aproject, environmental monitoring support, etc.) provided by the DBP.

The executing agency is the Development Bank of the Philippines(DBP) P.O. Box 1996, Makti Central Post Office 1200, Metro Manila,Philippines, Tel: 63-2-818-9511, Fax: 63-2-815-1611.

3. Secondary Education Development and Improvement Project

In the past, the standard of education in the Philippines was consideredhigh compared to other developing countries. However, due to the politi-cal and economic upheaval in the 1980s, standards have fallen recently,with problems including delays in the provision of educational facilitiesand a decline in the standard of science and mathematics education. Inaddition, the recent Asian currency crisis has exposed the country’s weakindustrial base in terms of international competitiveness. In order toimprove international competitiveness to achieve an early recovery from

the currency crisis and as a provision for the future, there is an urgentneed to improve the quality and quantity of basic education (elementaryand secondary education), which forms the basis of a skilled labor force.The Philippines has taken steps such as making basic education free andincreasing the education budget. The Social Reform Agenda (SRA), a lead-ing policy of the former Ramos administration, addressed the eradicationof poverty and the establishment of social justice. In particular, theexpansion of basic education was prioritized under the SRA. Against thisbackground, in March 1997, an ODA loan supported the expansion ofbasic education focusing on the provinces given priority by the SRA withthe Third Elementary Education Project (TEEP) (cofinanced with theWorld Bank).

However, compared to elementary education, secondary education in the Philippines is not widespread (attendance rate: elementary: 95%,secondary: 64%), and the completion rate is a mere 52% compared with74% for elementary education. Moreover, access to education is evenlower in the poor provinces targeted by the project, with an attendancerate of 46% for secondary education (1997 figures). In addition, thelength of secondary education in the Philippines is four years, which isshort by international standards, making it difficult for students to fullyabsorb the curriculum. In order to improve this situation, an appropriatedistribution of financial resources based on the education conditions ineach region is essential. At the same time, to achieve this, it is also necessary to transfer authority to the regional offices of the Departmentof Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) and strengthen ties with local governments.

This project, cofinanced with the Asian Development Bank, aims to improve the quality and quantity of secondary education in 26 poorprovinces identified by the SRA and Philippines Commission to FightPoverty Programs as priorities by building and refurbishing schools, providing educational materials, training teachers and distributing textbooks. The project will be implemented from the bottom up with theestablishment of a detailed education investment plan based on a surveyof secondary education in each province, followed by consultations withlocal governments, school principals and PTA groups.

The aim of the project is not only to improve the standard of sec-ondary education but also to increase the policy implementation capacityof the regional offices of DECS and local governments. The goal alsoincludes the establishment of a sustainable expansion in basic educationalongside ongoing TEEP based on the cooperation of the educationaladministration and the schools.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for some of the costs of building and renovating schools, procuring school furniture and educational materials and consulting services (detailed design, assistancewith implementation, supervision of construction, assistance with procurement, etc.)

The executing agency is the Department of Education, Culture andSports, DEC, UL Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City, Philippines, Tel: 63-2-633-7256, Fax: 63-2-631-8492.

4. Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Phase V)

The water supply system in the Philippines is divided into three types.Level I denotes a water supply from a well or pump with around 15 households for each facility; Level II denotes water supply from a publicstandpipe with 4-5 households for each facility; Level III denotes watersupply to single households by means of piped water. The water supply ismainly Level I in rural areas and Level II and III in urban areas. In thecountryside, which is the target of this project, access to water supplies is87% (1998). People who do not have access to public water supplies usewater from rivers, lakes and rainwater. In addition, sanitation facilities inthese areas are inadequate, and the construction of sanitation facilitiesfor schools and public facilities lags particularly behind.

In its Medium-Term Philippines Development Plan 1999-2004, thegovernment of the Philippines aims to increase access to public watersupplies in the countryside to 93% nationwide by 2004. Although thedecentralization promotion policy of the Local Government Code of1991 transferred jurisdiction over the water supply and sanitation fromthe central government to local governments, and a system of guidanceand support from the Department of the Interior and Local Government(DILG) was established, there has been no progress in increasing thefinancing and capacity of local governments to implement projects,which has in turn become an obstacle to the expansion of the water supply and sanitation facilities.

This project aims to contribute to providing good quality drinkingwater and improving water sanitation in three provinces on Luzon Island


(Ilocos Sur, Nueva Vizcaya and Zambales), two provinces on MindoroIsland (East Mindoro and West Mindoro), and in Palawan, by providing apublic water supply and sanitation facilities. The project will increase theability of local government and DILG employees and will be carried outthrough a task force of related organizations formed by local govern-ments with the cooperation of the DILG. The participation of localinhabitants will be sought in the provision of facilities and the completedfacilities will be maintained and managed by local citizens’ organizations(water utilization associations). In addition, NGOs will play the role ofcommunity organizers of local residents and carry out technical trainingfor the maintenance and management of facilities and water charge collection.

The local government will be responsible for 50% of the costs of the project with central government responsible for the remaining 50%. The proceeds of the loan will be used for the central government’s shareof the cost of a public water supply and sanitation facilities, consulting services (detailed design, bid assistance, supervision of construction,training, etc.) and support for NGOs.

The executing agency is the Department of the Interior and LocalGovernment, DILG, Francisco Gold Condominium II, EDSA, cornerMapagmahal Street Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: 63-2-928-6357, Fax: 63-2-925-0362.

5. Bohol Irrigation Project (Phase II)

Agriculture, which accounts for about 20% of GDP and approximately50% of the working population, is an important industry in thePhilippines. However, production of rice, a staple food, has not kept pacewith the high population growth rate (1990-95 average of 2.3%). In addi-tion, two-thirds of people living in absolute poverty, who comprise about40% of the country’s population, are members of farming and fishingfamilies in provincial areas. Therefore, increasing food production andimproving the living standard of farmers is an urgent and importantissue in order to achieve a stable domestic food supply, eradicate povertyand eliminate disparities between urban and rural areas.

Bohol (1995 population of 990,000), where agriculture is the mainindustry, is one of the most economically backward regions of thePhilippines. Although it has cultivatable land and a high potential foragricultural production, crop harvests have failed to increase due to thelack of irrigation facilities, wherein the farmers remain poor. Therefore, it is necessary to provide the basic facilities for agriculture in Bohol. Inparticular, it is important to increase food production and improve theliving standards of farmers by providing irrigation facilities. This projectaims to increase production by improving the basic facilities for agricul-ture, raise the living standards of farmers and generate employment. It will build the Bayongan Dam and irrigation facilities in the lowerreaches of the Malino Diversion Dam in northeastern Bohol, which wasbuilt during Phase I of the Bohol Irrigation Project. The project does notonly aim to provide and improve facilities but also aims to create a sustainable program based on the self-help of the local inhabitants, as itwill establish a management and maintenance system through the organization of water utilization associations and implement policies toimprove the management system of the executing agency using consulting services.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works and consultingservices (bid assistance, supervision of construction, etc.)

The executing agency is the National Irrigation Administration, NIA,NIA Bldg. EDSA, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: 63-2-929-6071, Fax: 63-2-926-2846.

6. Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project (Phase II)

About 40% of the population of the Philippines is living in poverty, andthe rural poor, including landless farmers, account for about two-thirdsof the poor. In addition, some rural villages still have a feudal land ownership system and the disparities in the incomes of landowners andtenant farmers have widened. In 1987, the government of the Philippinesbegan the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), whichaimed to improve the income of landless farmers. The former Ramos andEstrada administrations have achieved the distribution of 2.9 millionhectares of land, which exceeds that attained by the Aquino administra-tion (distribution of 1.7 million hectares in six years). However, integrated support for the beneficiaries of land distribution such as infrastructure, organization of farmers, finance and technology serviceshave lagged behind and is an obstacle to enhancing productivity andincome raising for farmers.

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has approved AgrarianReform Communities (ARC) in over 900 locations nationwide. UsingARCs as the basic unit of development, it has promoted integrated support for services such as the provision of basic infrastructure, organization of farmers and finance, which are required for the improve-ment of agricultural productivity. ODA loans supported agrarian reformin the 20th loan package to the Philippines, with projects including theAgrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project and the Rural Farmers andAgrarian Reform Support Credit Program. This project follows theAgrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Program (Phase I), which providedbasic infrastructure and organizational support to ARCs in 78 locations. It will provide the basic economic infrastructure (irrigation, post-harvestprocessing equipment, farm roads and a water supply) needed for agricul-ture of ARCs in approximately 150 locations nationwide. In addition, it will support the organization of farmers and strengthening of localgovernments, as well as aims to contribute to improvements in agricul-tural productivity and increased living standards for agricultural families.Further, this project also includes some minority ethnic groups and ARCsin remote areas.

In the implementation of the project, the Department of AgrarianReform will be the Lead Executing Agency with the National IrrigationAssociation (NIA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways(DPWH) as Collaborating Executing Agencies to supervise civil works. In addition, NGOs will participate in the organization of farmers, theconsolidation, organization, formation and strengthening of agriculturalcooperatives, and training.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works, procurement ofmachinery and equipment, organizational reinforcement, and consultingservices (bid assistance, supervision of construction, training for localgovernment employees, support for the organization of farmers and agriculture cooperatives, environmental monitoring, etc.)

The executing agency is the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), MIA 3/F Dar Bldg. Eliptical Road, Dililman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: 63-2-926-1667. Fax: 63-2-926-8961.

7. Arterial Road Links Development Project (Phase IV)

The road network is an important means of transport in the Philippines.The road network carries about 90% of the passengers and around 50% of the freight. As intensive investment in the extension of national highways and secondary highways, which are the basis of the road network, was first carried out only up to the beginning of the 1980s, theserviceability and quality of roads has become a problem. Specifically,there are many unpaved roads (paved rate in 1999: National PrimaryRoads 71%, National Secondary Roads 47%). Therefore, the roads do notfunction adequately as trunk roads. In addition, there are frequentobstructions to traffic efficiency due to damage caused by natural disas-ters such as typhoons and a lack of alternative routes. A safe and efficienttrunk road network is urgently needed in order to promote the domestic movement of people and goods and support the development of theprovincial economy.

This project will carry out road and bridge improvement for looproads on Catanduanes Island and Bohol Island, a trunk road in southernLeyte, the road between Naga and Toledo on Cebu Island and the DaltonPass section of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Highway in northLuzon. It is expected that the project will promote the movement of peo-ple and goods, improve transport efficiency and reduce costs, promoteprovincial economic development, and improve the welfare of the peopleby improving the north-south and east-west trunk roads and island looproads which make up the main national highway network.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for paving and improving theroads described above, building bridges and consulting services (detaileddesign, bid assistance, supervision of construction, environmental monitoring, etc.)

The executing agency is the Department of Public Works andHighways (DPWH), Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila, Philippines, Tel: 63-2-527-4807, Fax: 63-2-527-5635.

8. Cordillera Road Improvement Project

The Cordillera Administrative Region (the six provinces of Abra, Benguet,Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao and Mountain Province), which is located in thecentral northern part of Luzon Island, is a steep mountainous regionwhere 70% of the land area (1.83 million hectares) is hilly. It is also thesource of the rivers of northern Luzon. The main industry is mining,which accounts for 58% of gross regional product (50.7 billion pesos in

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1997), but 60% of the region’s population (1.25 million in 1995) areinvolved in agriculture, including the cultivation of rice and mountainvegetables. The regional government has established the CordilleraRegional Development Plan, which aims to alleviate poverty by promot-ing agriculture, mining and tourism, improving incomes and expandingemployment opportunities. However, the provision of basic infrastruc-ture such as roads and telecommunications has been hindered by thegeography of the area. The road network in the Cordillera district is inad-equate (about 80% of roads in the area are unpaved), and road transportis frequently cut off due to damage caused by disasters such as typhoons.The development of a trunk road network is essential for the basic infrastructure of the area.

This project will provide road and bridge improvement for the east-west road between Baguio and Aritao (about 100km), connectingBaguio, the central city of the Cordillera region, to the Philippines-JapanFriendship Highway. It is expected that the project will play a strong rolein development by improving the transportation of agricultural goodsand increasing access to social services such as schools and hospitals, aswell as improving the living standards of people living in remote areas,including a large number of people from minority ethnic groups.

The proceeds of the loan will be used to improve and pave the roaddescribed above, build bridges, and for consulting services (detaileddesign, bid assistance, supervision of construction environmental monitoring, etc.)

The executing agency is the Department of Public Works andHighways (DPWH), Bonifaco Drive, Port Area, Manila, Philippines, Tel: 63-2-527-4807, Fax: 63-2-527-5635.

9. Philippines-Japan Friendship Highway Mindanao SectionRehabilitation Project (Phase II)

As Mindanao Island is the least developed of the three areas of Luzon, theVisayas and Mindanao, the government of the Philippines has establishedthe Mindanao 2000 Development Framework Plan and has been makingefforts to encourage the development of the island, including the promo-tion of the regional economic group, EAGA (East Asian Growth Area) withIndonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The Philippines-Japan FriendshipHighway connects the east of the island from north to south. It runs fromthe Lipata Ferry Terminal, which is the doorway to the Luzon and Visayasregions, on the northern tip of the island through the Agusan River basin,which is expected to develop as a rice-producing region, to the island’sbiggest city, Davao (1995 population about 1 million). It is an importantnorth-south trunk road for the eastern part of the island.

However, as it has been nearly 20 years since it was built, the roadhas been damaged and rehabilitation measures are urgently needed.

This project will carry out road and bridge improvement along theMindanao section of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Highway (totallength approximately 156km). Phase I of the project in the 21st loanpackage has been already supported by an ODA loan to the Philippines.This project will continue Phase I, which selected the priority sectionsbased on the extent of deterioration of the road surface and bridges. Thisproject aims to maintain the north-south trunk road for the eastern partof Mindanao Island and contribute to the island’s development.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for paving and improvement ofthe road described above, building bridges, and consulting services(detailed design, bid assistance, supervision of construction, environmen-tal monitoring, etc.)


10. Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Bridges along ArterialRoads (Phase IV)

The Philippines-Japan Friendship Highway and the Manila NorthHighway, which cuts through the Luzon Island from north to south, playa major role in the transport of people and goods, forming the main arteries of Luzon. Many of the bridges along these roads were builtbetween the 1930s and the 1960s and have obvious signs of damagecaused by aging and natural disasters, reducing the safety and efficiencyof transport. In addition, one of the bridges on the Manila NorthHighway collapsed due to flood damage as a result of a typhoon inSeptember 1998, demonstrating the urgent need to repair and upgradeold bridges.

This project will rebuild 15 bridges (total length about 2,550m) onthe Philippines-Japan Friendship Highway and the Manila North

Highway and upgrade major bridges with severe deterioration. It aims toguarantee the safety of traffic linking the capital to provincial areas andcontribute to promoting the movement of people and goods and thedevelopment of Luzon Island. Further, in the preceding three phases,ODA loans supported the maintenance and rehabilitation of 23 bridges(total ¥8.8 billion) selected by feasibility studies carried out by the JapanInternational Cooperation Association (JICA). In addition, some of thebridge-building projects in this project will also aim to transfer bridge-building technology to the Philippines.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the rehabilitation and main-tenance of the bridges described above and consulting services (detaileddesign, bid assistance, supervision of construction environmental monitoring, etc.)


11. Maritime Safety Improvement Project (Phase C)

As the Philippines is an archipelago consisting of over 7,000 islands, it isheavily dependent on maritime transport for economic and social activ-ity. Domestic shipping plays a comparatively major role, and servicesbetween islands are an important means of transport for the general public. However, in view of the public interest in shipping services, fares,shipping routes, ports and frequency of services have been highly regu-lated, and earnings in the shipping industry are not very high. This lowlevel of earnings has delayed investment in new ships, and the conse-quent deterioration of ships has hindered improvements in the safetyand efficiency of shipping services. In addition, the facilities and regula-tions for safety and marine environment are also inadequate, which hasled to a large number of accidents, with 2,249 people losing their lives in671 shipping accidents between 1990 and 1998.

Therefore, the government of the Philippines is using deregulation toencourage competition between services and is trying to promote domestic shipping services. In addition, it is improving safety with mea-sures to encourage the renewal of ships and providing shipping lane signals. ODA loans already have been extended to the Philippines shipping industry through the Development Bank of the Philippines topromote the renewal and renovation of old ships as part of the DomesticShipping Modernization Program (Phase I December 1994, Phase IISeptember 1998 loan agreements). In addition, it has supported therepair and increase of shipping support facilities such as lighthouses andbuoys in the Philippines main shipping routes in the Manila-Visayasregion in Phase I (July 1991 loan agreement) and Phase II (August 1995loan agreement) of the Maritime Safety Improvement Project. Further,the government of the Philippines is providing shipping support facilitiesand buying patrol boats using its own funds and those supplied by otherdonors with the aim of improving maritime safety. In the future, theproper maintenance and management of the increased shipping supportfacilities will be required, but the buoy tenders (boats which inspectbuoys and lighthouses) owned by the government are old and do notfunction adequately. In Phase B of the Maritime Safety ImprovementProject, an ODA loan was supplied to purchase one buoy tender and tocarry out repairs on the buoy tender base port in Cabite in the outskirtsof Manila. However, the Visayas region, which is a major shipping route,also requires the construction of a buoy base port as well as an increase inits buoy tenders.

This project aims to contribute to the improvement in the safety ofmaritime transport, and in turn to improve the efficiency of maritimetransport through the purchase of two buoy tenders, the construction of a buoy base port on Macatan Island, and the expansion of a mainte-nance and management system for shipping assistance facilities in the Visayas region.

The proceeds of the loan will be used as funds to procure buoy tenders and for consulting services (detailed design, bid assistance, supervision of construction, etc.)

The executing agency is the Department of Transportation andCommunications (DOTC), The Columbia Tower, Barangay Wack-Wack,Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, Tel: 63-2-727-6401, Fax: 63-2-723-5501.

12. Pinatubo Hazard Urgent Mitigation Project (Phase II)

In June 1991, Mount Pinatubo, which is located in the center of Luzon,experienced its biggest eruption in this century. Since the eruption,typhoons and torrential rain have caused deluges of pyroclastic deposits

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1. MRTA Initial System Project (Blue Line) (IV)

The traffic congestion problem in Bangkok caused by rapid motorizationaccompanying economic growth is so severe that rush-hour traffic crawlsat an average 8km/h, resulting in an annual loss to Thailand’s economyestimated at about 3% of GDP, and otherwise severely affecting the Thaieconomy.

The objective of this project is to construct a subway system with atotal length of approximately 20km from Hua Lamphong CentralRailway Station to Bang Su Railway Station, as part of the mass transitnetwork in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, and to provide an alternativemeans of transportation to road transportation, aiming to alleviate thetraffic congestion and to improve the air pollution in the Bangkok area.

Following the 21st ODA loan (1996), the 22nd ODA loan (1997) andthe 23rd ODA loan (Regular Portion, 1998), the loan for the MRTA InitialSystem Project, provided this year as Phase IV1, is for civil works, includ-ing tunnels, stations, depots and track work. JICA experts have been dispatched to give advice to MRTA on construction and operation of the project.

The executing agency is the Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority,175 Rama IX, Huai Kwang, Bangkok 10320, Thailand, Tel: 662-273-0860,Fax: 662-273-0891.Note: 1) Since JBIC also provided an ODA loan for this project under the 23rd

Emergency Yen Loan Package as part of the Local Cost Financing Program,the current loan is the 5th loan to support this project.

2. Second Bangkok International Airport Development Project (III)

Reflecting Thailand’s economic and social development as well as itsgrowing tourism industry, air travel in Bangkok is increasing to such anextent that soon the existing Donmuang International Airport will likelybe unable to meet demand.

It is urgent that a new airport be built to maintain transportation services that can meet the growing demand for air travel. This projectcalls for the construction of the Second Bangkok International Airportwith a passenger terminal with the capacity of 30 million annual passen-gers and two 3,700m runways. It will be located in Nong Ngu Hao about30km east of central Bangkok.

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MRTA Initial System Project (Blue Line) (IV) 64,228 0.75* — 40/10 — General Untied —

Second Bangkok International Airport Development Project (III) 33,461 2.20 0.75* 25/7 40/10 General Untied General Untied

National Metrology System Development Project (I) 722 0.75*** 0.75*** 40/10 40/10 Partially Untied Bilateral Tied

Seventh Bangkok Water Supply Improvement Project (I) 12,608 1.70** 0.75* 25/7 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Community Hospital Wastewater Treatment Project 4,771 0.75* 0.75* 40/10 40/10 Partially Untied Bilateral Tied

Agriculture Sector Loan 36,000 1.0 — 25/7 — General Untied

Total (6 Commitments) 151,790 * Special environmental project ** Standard environmental project*** Special human resource development project

(mud flows or lahars) every year, leading to major mud slide disasters inthe Sacobia-Bambam River, the Abakan River, and the Pasig-PotreroRiver. In particular, a landslide caused by a major secondary eruption inOctober 1993 washed the upper reaches of the Sacobia River into thePasig River. Since then, secondary flooding disasters occur frequently inthe Pasig-Potrero River when there is torrential rain due to damage in thelower reaches of the river caused by mud flows, a rise in the level of theriverbed, and the closing up of river channels.

Against this background, the rehabilitation work in the Sacobia-Bambam River basin in the Pinatubo Hazard Urgent Mitigation Project(March 1996 loan agreement) has been supported by an ODA loan. Aspart of the consulting services for the same project, a strategy survey forthe Monitoring and Planning on Lahar/Mudflow Control Works in Pasig-Potrero River Basin was also carried out. In addition, using its ownfunds, the government of the Philippines has constructed a mega-dykein the Pasig-Potrero River basin as a countermeasure to mud flows.However, in addition to an urgent need for repairs to the mega-dyke,there is a strong demand in the Pasig-Potrero River basin for the rapidconstruction of integrated mud flow prevention facilities aimed at the rehabilitation and revival of the disaster area based on the plandescribed above, which includes short-, medium- and long-term strategies.

This project aims to reduce the frequency of mud flows and floodingand support the rehabilitation of the area by dredging river channels,strengthening the mega-dyke and building peripheral dykes in the Pasig-Potrero River area in central Luzon. In addition, the goal is to con-tribute to the improvement of living standards and safety of the localinhabitants and in turn to the development of the region’s economy.

The inhabitants of the loan will be used for civil works and consult-ing services (detailed design, environmental monitoring, etc.)


13. Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (Phase I)

Due to its geographical and climactic features, the Philippines frequentlysuffers from flooding caused by torrential rains. Metro Manila suffersflooding on an almost annual basis due to its position on low, flat land onthe lower reaches of the Pasig-Marikana River and the flooding and inadequate drainage of that river. In addition, the dumping of garbage anddischarge of sewage into the river by the inhabitants who live alongsidethe river have further worsened flooding in the capital due to the build upof sludge on the bottom of the river and its reduced flow capacity.

Against this background, the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission,which spans related ministries, was set up and it has adopted theimprovement of the environment in the river basin as one of the keyissues for its administration. ODA loans have supported flood control inthe Metro Manila area in the past for the Pasig River Flood ControlProject and the Metro Manila Flood Control Project - West of Mangahan.However, given the importance of alleviating flood damage in the capitaland improving the riverside environment in the future, this project wasalso formulated by implementing SAPROF studies in 1998.

This project seeks to contribute to alleviating flood damage in themetropolitan area and improve the riverside environment. It will (1)rehabilitate the Pasig-Marikina River (dredging and excavation); (2) con-struct river facilities (embankments and dykes); and (3) support improve-ment in the disaster and environmental awareness of the local inhabi-tants. Phase I of the project will carry out the detailed design and addi-tional studies needed before the rehabilitation of the river and construc-tion of the facilities described above can take place. It will also carry outpublic education programs, training for employees of the executingagency and improvement in the living standards of people who are relocated. In addition, it will provide housing and infrastructure in resettlement areas for people who need to be relocated.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil engineering work andconsulting services (detailed design, environmental monitoring, trainingthe employees of the executing agency, etc.)



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Economic Reform Support Loan 20,000 1.80 — 30/10 — General Untied —

This loan is the third successive loan following the 21st and 22ndODA loans provided in fiscal 1996 and 1997. The proceeds of the loanwill be used for airfield pavement, constructing the passenger terminalcomplex, site improvement, and consulting services.

JICA experts on airport construction will be dispatched for this project, and they are expected to strengthen the construction system.

The executing agency is the New Bangkok International Airport Co.,Ltd., 20th Floor Tower 3 SCB Park Plaza East, 19 Ratchadapisek Rd.,Lardyao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand, Tel: 662-937-8001, Fax: 662-937-8928.

3. National Metrology System Development Project (I)

By supporting the expansion of the National Institution of Metrology(Thailand) (NIMT), this project contributes to the early development ofthe national metrology system in Thailand. The Thai industrial sector hasbrought rapid economic growth of the country since the 1980s, especiallythrough the expansion of its exports; but in recent years its price compet-itiveness relative to its Asian neighbors has been declining. The Thai gov-ernment considers that restoring its export sales will require the develop-ment of high-quality products and parts that meet internationallyaccepted measurement standards. Until now, however, there have beenno consistent establishment, maintenance, and provision of the nationalmetrology system, and as a result the level of the national measurementstandards has remained low relative to developed nations. Consequently,there has been no credible measurement results which are essential toimprove the quality of industrial products.

For this reason the Thai government has promoted the developmentof its national metrology system by enacting the National MeteorologicalSystem Development Act in 1997 and establishing NIMT in 1998. Also, inMay 1999, the cabinet approved the Master Plan on Development of theNational Metrology System in which the development plan for themetrology standards in Thailand was confirmed and the staffing plan ofthe NIMT was approved.

This project supports the development of the national metrology system provided by NIMT and aims to establish accurate measurementstandards within Thailand while maintaining international equivalence.This project will make it possible for domestic firms and calibration institutions2 to align their measurement standards with more accurateand internationally approved standards through NIMT at low cost and ina short period of time. Consequently, the reliability of Thai industrialproducts will increase and exports are expected to expand.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the procurement of equipmentand consulting services for this project. A special human resource develop-ment interest rate (0.75% for 40 years) will be applied to this project.

The executing agency is the Ministry of Science, Technology andEnvironment (MOSTE) while the actual implementation of the project iscarried out by the National Institute of Metrology, Thailand (NIMT)under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, 75/7 RamaVI, Thungphyathai Rajthevi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand, Tel: 662-248-2181, Fax: 662-248-4494.Note: 2) Intermediary institutions that disseminate the primary standard (the most

accurate measurement standard) established at the national level among theindustrial sites

4. Seventh Bangkok Water Supply Improvement Project (I)

The population of the Bangkok Metropolitan Area is expected to increasefrom 7.56 million in 1998 to 8.64 million by 2003. Meeting the increas-ing demand for water that comes along with this growth will be a serious challenge.

This project calls for the construction of a balanced waterworks system in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area by strengthening the cleanwater supply capacities on the western side of the Chao Phraya River andexpanding the existing Bang Khen water treatment plant. It will improvepublic hygiene and contribute to an improved living environment.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procuring the materials and labor (including civil works for non-revenue water) needed for thisproject and for consulting services (detailed design, construction supervision, etc.).

The executing agency is the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority(MWA) 400 Prachachuen Road, Tung Song Hong, Laksi District, Bangkok10210, Thailand, Tel: 662-504-0213, Fax: 662-504-0204.

5. Community Hospital Wastewater Treatment Project

The enactment of Thailand’s new environment law in 1992 establisheddrainage standards for the Ministry of Science, Technology andEnvironment, which is involved in wastewater treatment policies. Thesepolicies were applied to the wastewater from hospitals. The BOD and SSconcentrations in the wastewater from hospitals that had yet to beequipped with wastewater treatment facilities was 200mg/l, failing tomeet their respective limits of 20mg/l and 30mg/l established under thedrainage standards. Contamination from infectious diseases in theuntreated wastewater drained from hospitals could potentially threatenthe health of local residents and the environment. To prevent such a threat from materializing, the installation of wastewater treatmentequipment needs to be urgently addressed.

This project aims to improve the quality of hospital wastewater andto prevent harmful effects to the environment or local residents. It callsfor the expansion or installation of wastewater treatment facilities at 270community hospitals nationwide, especially in the southern and lowerpart of the northeastern regions.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for wastewater treatment facil-ity (gullies and treatments plants) construction and consulting services(detailed design, construction supervision). Because the project aims toprevent water and other pollution, a special environmental interest rate(0.75% for 40 years) will be applied to the goods and services portion ofthe project, but since the consulting services portion requires that envi-ronmental considerations be made as well, the same special environmen-tal interest rate (0.75% for 40 years) will also be applied to that portion.

The executing agency is the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), 88/21Moo 4, Soi Bamrasnaradura, Tivanon Road, Nonthaburi 11000, Tel: 662-590-1656, Fax: 662-591-8590.

6. Agriculture Sector Loan

This loan, in the form of cofinancing with funds from the ADB’sAgriculture Sector Program Loan, is to improve Thailand’s internationalbalance of payments while also supporting the nation’s agriculture sec-tor, which is expected to play a large role in absorbing employment andincreasing exports.

Under this parallel financing scheme, the three items listed below areaddressed in agricultural policies, and funds will be provided dependingon the Thai government’s progress in implementing these agriculturalpolicies. The counterpart funds3 of this loan will be applied to costs ofimplementing the Agriculture Sector Program, the heart of which is comprised of these policy issues.

1) Increasing agricultural productivity (rationalize water resourcemanagement, introduce plans and management strategies forwater resources, improve land use/management, etc.)

2) Enhancement of the export competitiveness of agricultural products(strengthen research and technology, improve farmer education, etc.)

3) Restructuring of agricultural institutions and improvement of gov-ernance in the sector (restructure and reorganize the Ministry ofAgriculture and Cooperatives, strengthen community participationin agricultural planning)

Note: 3) The counterpart funds: The amount of yen provided as funds for import set-tlement of general goods will be sold by the Thai government to theCentral Bank of Thailand. In return, the government receives the equiva-lent amount in the local currency (Thai baht). The local currency fundsthus obtained are called “counterpart funds.”


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National Highway No.10 Improvement Project (II) 12,719 1.80 — 30/10 — General Untied —

National Highway No.18 Improvement Project (II) 11,586 1.80 — 30/10 — General Untied —

Red River Bridge Construction Project (I) 10,000 1.80 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Viet Nam Television Center Project 19,548 1.80 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Coastal Communication System Project in Southern Part of Viet Nam 1,866 1.80 — 30/10 — General Untied —

Saigon East-West Highway Construction Project (I) 4,255 1.80 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

1. Economic Reform Support Loan

This loan is provided in the context of the New Miyazawa Initiative to support the economic reform efforts of the government of Viet Nam. Thegovernment of Japan decided to provide the loan in response to theVietnamese government’s commitments to carry out reform policies,which were prepared on the basis of policy consultation between thegovernments of Japan and Viet Nam, in the following three areas: adop-tion and implementation of a Private Sector Promotion Program; audit oflarge state-owned enterprises; and tariffication of non-tariff barriers.

During the consultation between the two governments, theVietnamese government showed more positive intentions to implementreforms by making commitments to carry out concrete policy reformssuch as the presentation of the schedule of the conversion from non-tariff barriers into tariff. The principle items in the Private SectorPromotion Program that the government of Viet Nam promised to conduct in May 1999 are to develop the business environment whichfacilitates business of private firms by implementing reforms, includingimprovement of the financial sector system and approval procedureswhich had provided more favorable conditions for the state-owned enter-prises than for private companies, and to enable private enterprises toobtain supports in the financial and technical aspects as well as approvalprocedures. These measures are expected to contribute to development ofthe private sector.*The proceeds of the loan will be used for the general imports of Viet Nam.

The executing agency is the Ministry of Planning and Investment, 2Hoang Van Thu,Hanoi,Viet Nam, Tel: 84-48-458241 Fax: 84-48-230161.

2. National Highway No. 10 Improvement Project (II)

Most of the road network in northern Viet Nam was built before 1954,and in the south there are few roads that were built after 1970.Consequently, national highways and local roads alike are in a state ofdisrepair and are facing further deterioration. Also, because the nation ishighly dependent on its roads for transporting cargo and passengers andbecause its traffic volumes have been increasing in recent years, the stateof the existing roads continues to worsen.

Starting at Bi Cho along National Highway No. 18, NationalHighway No. 10 is a 150-km highway in northern Viet Nam that passesthrough Quang Ninh Province, Hai Phong, the city where Viet Nam’sinternational Hai Phong Port is located, and the Red River delta region,and extends to the Nin Binh, a major city in the southern part of the RedRiver delta. It is an important road in terms of planning the agriculturaland industrial development of the entire northern region. However,because it is in very poor condition and has surface defects and deterio-rated bridge piers, it is plagued with frequent traffic flow problems andhas many sections that lack enough breadth and shoulder area for vehicles and pedestrians. Traffic in some areas is especially congestedbecause the rivers and port have to be crossed by ferry.

This project will improve the existing roads and rebuild bridge piers,thereby improving access to markets in the northern coastal regionswhich, cut off by tributaries of the Red River, have experienced relativelyslow development. In addition, it aims to help develop the whole region

downstream of the Red River delta and to raise incomes there. This is thesecond loan for the National Highway No. 10 Improvement Project, forwhich the first loan was funded by an ODA loan in fiscal 1997.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works for constructingroads and bridge piers and for procuring materials and other resources.

The executing agency is the Ministry of Transport, 80 Tran HungDao, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: 844-8254012, Fax: 844-8267291.

3. National Highway No. 18 Improvement Project (II)

Most of the road network in northern Viet Nam was built before 1954,and even in the south there are few roads that were built after 1970.Consequently, national highways and local roads alike are in a state ofdisrepair and are facing further deterioration. Also, because the nation ishighly dependent on its roads for transporting cargo and passengers andbecause its traffic volumes have been increasing in recent years, the stateof the existing roads continues to worsen.

Starting at Hanoi Port in the nation’s capital, National Highway No. 18 is a 320-km highway in northern Viet Nam that cuts across thenorthern part of the Red River delta, passes through the city of Ha Longin Quang Ninh Province, a popular tourist destination that is home to picturesque Ha Long Bay, and ends at the Chinese border in Bac Lang. Itis an important road in terms of planning the agricultural and industrialdevelopment of the entire northern region. However, it is in very poorcondition and has road surface defects and deteriorated bridge piers.Traffic in some areas is especially congested because the rivers and porthave to be crossed by ferry.

This project will upgrade major sections of this highway between Noi Bai and Chi Linh (about 70km) and between Bieu Nghi and Qua Ong(about 65km) by improving the existing roads and replacing and con-structing new bridge piers. By ensuring an efficient road network innorthern Viet Nam and contributing to smoother distribution flows, thisproject aims to promote development plans in the northern region,including the coastal portions of this highway where various industrieshave long flourished. This is the second loan for the National HighwayNo. 18 Improvement Project, for which the first loan was funded by a fiscal 1997 ODA loan.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works for constructingroads and bridge piers and for procuring materials and other resources.


4. Red River Bridge Construction Project (I)

There are currently only three bridges across the Red River that runthrough Hanoi, the capital of Viet Nam, and these are unable to keep upwith increased traffic volumes into Hanoi from the south and from HaiPhong in the north via National Routes No. 1 and No. 5. Because manyindustrial complexes are either being developed or are under construc-tion in the areas surrounding Hanoi, traffic volumes into and out ofHanoi are only going to rise, thus raising concerns that traffic congestionwill worsen even more due to the insufficiency of current bridge capaci-ties. Also, because there are no city bypass highways, traffic converges in

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Special Yen (ODA) Loans

Project Name Amount Interest Rate (%, p.a.) Repayment Period/Grace Period (Years) Tying Status(Millions of Yen) Goods and Services Consulting Services Audit Goods and Services Consulting Services Audit Goods and Services Consulting Services Audit

Binh Bridge Construction Project 8,020 1.0* 0.75** 0.75** 40/10 40/10 40/10 Tied Bilateral Tied General Untied

Hai Phong Port Rehabilitation Project (II) 13,287 1.0* 0.75** 0.75** 40/10 40/10 40/10 Tied Bilateral Tied General Untied

Total (9 Commitments) 101,281 *Special Yen (ODA) Loan **Special environmental project


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the city center, aggravating in-city traffic conditions.To eliminate this traffic bottleneck in Hanoi, the need for a new

bridge across the Red River and for the construction of city bypass roadsurgently needs to be addressed.

This project, including the construction of a new bridge across theRed River in Hanoi, will improve the southern portion of the Hanoi CityRing Road No. 3 that encircles downtown Hanoi. By building a road thatserves as a bypass connecting National Highways No. 1 and 5 withoutpassing through downtown Hanoi, this project aims to eliminate the traffic bottleneck in the city, alleviate traffic congestion in the city cen-ter, improve the distribution system, and contribute to the efficiency ofthe distribution system in the northern region.

A feasibility study (F/S) on this project was conducted by JICA in1998, and detailed designs (D/D) are being implemented by JICA as well.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works and for procur-ing materials and consulting services (assistance with bid evaluations,construction supervision).


5. Viet Nam Television Center Project

In addition to economic, social, and cultural differences between south-ern and northern Viet Nam and the existence of a small number of ethnic minorities living in the mountain areas which make up about 10%of the population, movements of people and the inflow of informationfrom foreign countries have been limited in recent years. While Viet Namboasts a high literacy rate of 90%, there are concerns that levels of educa-tion and knowledge are declining, and that there is a shortage of thehuman resources needed for a market economy to function. Also, whilethe market economy has been growing and social changes have drasti-cally taken place in recent years, an increase of problems involving narcotics, AIDS, and moral decline has occurred.

Thus, since television broadcasts can offer necessary and timely information on education, technology, the state of the nation and theworld, and government projects to all citizens, including the ethnicminorities inhabiting the outlying areas and mountainous regions,improvements to those broadcasts are recognized as being the most effective and efficient means of contributing to human resource develop-ment and reinforcing educational activities. It is of great importance thatthe Vietnamese government work to make quantitative and qualitativeimprovements to television broadcasts by providing technological assis-tance to the construction of a television broadcasting center and the creation of television programs.

This project will build a broadcasting center (studios, program creation and broadcasting facilities and equipment) to expand the television broadcasting hours in Viet Nam and to increase program creation capabilities. In addition to meeting the informational needs ofthe Vietnamese, this project aims to raise the levels of education andknowledge by spreading the latest technological and scientific informa-tion and providing equal opportunity access to instruction and educationin the fields of health and medicine. JBIC has already provided a loan infiscal 1997, for the first step in this project the procurement of engineer-ing services involving the detailed design of the broadcasting center.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works for constructingthe television center and for procuring materials and consulting services(assistance with bidding, construction supervision, etc.).

The executing agency is Viet Nam Television, 43 Nguyen Chi ThanhStreet, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: 844-8316946, Fax: 844-8344559.

6. Coastal Communication System Project in Southern Viet Nam

Because Viet Nam’ s coastline stretches 3,200km from north to south, itplays a major role in the maritime transportation arm of the nation’s distribution system. Also, because Viet Nam occupies a strategic positionin East Asia’s maritime transportation network, maintaining the safety ofvessels that travel along its coast is a matter of great importance.

In the past, the search-and-rescue system for maritime shipping hasbeen based on a system of mutual aid between vessels. A distressed vesselwould send a distress signal or warning and the vessel that received thatsignal would undertake search and rescue efforts. However, amendmentsmade to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea(SOLAS) in 1988 introduced the use of a new rescue communications system known as GMDSS.1 The International Maritime Organization hasrequired all parties to the SOLAS treaty, including Viet Nam, to introduce

the GMDSS system. However, Viet Nam lacks sufficient equipment forreceiving emergency signals. As a party to the convention treaty, VietNam therefore devised a plan for upgrading its coastal wireless communi-cations centers such that the GMDSS system could be introduced. Thatplan was approved in1996.

This project will upgrade the communications equipment (wirelessand satellite communications equipment) of coastal communicationscenters south of Da Nang so that the GMDSS system can be adopted.These upgrades will make it possible for safety information to be provided to vessels along the entire coast of Viet Nam and for distressedvessels to make contact with nearby vessels and land-based rescue centers. By improving the safety of maritime vessel travel, the projectaims to help make maritime transportation more efficient.

In fiscal 1996 ODA funds were provided for a CoastalCommunication System Project in Northern Viet Nam which targetednorthern coastal areas.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for purchasing and installingequipment and for consulting services.

The executing agency is the Ministry of Transport (Viet NamNational Maritime Bureau), 7A Lang Ha Str. Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: 84-4-8561372, Fax: 84-4-8350729.Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)Note: 1) GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System) uses the latest satellite

and digital communications technologies to provide travel safety informa-tion to vessels traveling along the coast. It makes it possible for vessels indistress, no matter where they are on the world’s seas, to quickly and accu-rately send a distress call to land-based search-and-rescue centers and tonearby vessels.

7. Saigon East-West Highway Construction Project (I)

Ho Chi Minh City is Viet Nam’s largest city with a population of 5.1 million. It is the industrial, commercial, and financial center of thenation, and recent rapid economic development and populationincreases there have been accompanied by the disorderly expansion ofthe downtown areas and the rapid development of motorization. Theensuing aggravation of urban problems such as overcrowding, chronictraffic congestion, related environmental damage such as air and noisepollution, and an increase in traffic accidents is making it an urgentnecessity to improve the transportation infrastructure based on an urbandevelopment plan that includes such measures as widening and repairingmain downtown thoroughfares and building new roads.

By constructing a Saigon tunnel beneath the Saigon River and constructing trunk roads, this project will improve the east-west traffic inthe city which is divided by the Saigon River, and will contribute to theurban development of the late-developing eastern shore of that river.Also, enhancing the infrastructure of residential migration destinationswill promote the smooth relocation of the people needed for this projectand will help improve the city’s urban and living environments.

A Special Assistance for Project Formation (SAPROF) study was carriedout for this project from January to September 1999 for formulating theproject plan as well as resettlement and compensation plans.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil engineering pertainingto the infrastructural improvement of residential migration destinations,and for procuring materials and consulting services.

The executing agency is the People’s Committee of Ho Chi MinhCity, 86 Le Thanh Ton, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam Tel/Fax: 84-8-9320517.

8. Binh Bridge Construction Project

Hai Phong is the third largest city in Viet Nam following Ho Chi MinhCity and Hanoi and is central to the distribution and transportation sys-tem of northern Viet Nam by virtue of its port, which serves as an interna-tional gateway to the north. The city has grown up around the southernCam River which flows through it, but the northern region, for which thecity’s development plans include the construction of a new downtownarea by 2010, is currently divided by the Cam River, and transportationdevelopments to reinforce the ferry river crossing systems have been latein coming. Ferry transportation volumes have been increasing annually,and the system is approaching the limits of its capacity. For example,waiting times as long as one hour are not uncommon at the Binh ferrynear Hai Phong Port, and traffic congestion is thus worsening.

This project will construct a new 1,300m bridge across the Cam Riverand will improve related facilities such as access roads. The constructionof this bridge is expected to improve traffic conditions in Hai Phong andto contribute to development in the city and the surrounding areas.


1. Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Project

In Bangladesh, most of the rural population that comprises about 80% ofthe total population are engaged in agriculture, and more than half aretenant farmers. Development and poverty alleviation through promotionof agriculture and non-agriculture industries in rural areas is a key to sus-taining economic growth of the country. However, a delay in construct-ing rural infrastructure, including roads and rural markets, has been abottleneck in developing the regional economy as well as inter-regionaleconomic exchanges. Placing a high priority on the improvement of ruralinfrastructure, the Bangladesh government has been consecutively developing regions.

To support the extension and diffusion of rural infrastructure, theproject targets 13 prefectures in the northern area where the ratio of thepoverty class is high and development is delayed, focusing on the devel-opment of roads (called “Feeder B Roads,” connecting rural markets andtrunk road networks) in rural areas where inhabitants’ needs are strongand the economic return is expected to be high. The present low pave-ment rate of approximately 23% of Feeder B Roads in the target areas willbe improved to approximately 50% as a result of the project.

The proceeds of the loan will be used within five eastern prefecturesin the target areas for improvement of road networks, installation of arural development technology center for improving the technical andmaintenance capabilities of executing agencies, procurement of equip-ment and materials, consulting services (design of the center, assistancein bid documents preparation, supervision of the construction, review of the training schedule, etc.) and rehabilitation of roads flooded in summer 1998.

The project is cofinanced by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), theSwedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the InternationalFund of Agricultural Development (IFAD), which will assist in theimprovement of roads, rural markets and wharfs as well as organizationalcapacity enhancement in the western part of target areas.

The executing agency is the Local Government EngineeringDepartment (LGED), LGED Bhaban, Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar,

Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh, Tel: 880-2-815605, Fax: 880-2-815606.

2. Power Distribution and Efficiency Enhancement Project

With an electrification rate of approximately 15% (on household basis),which is low compared with neighboring countries, the promotion ofelectrification in rural areas is high on the agenda of Bangladesh. To pro-mote rural electrification, in 1977 the country established the RuralElectrification Board (REB) to be in charge of power distribution in ruralareas. Through establishing rural electrification cooperatives in eachregion, REB has promoted electrification efficiently and effectively.Conversely, in urban areas where the electrification rate is much higherbut the system loss rate reaches as high as 35% (gross loss rate includingloss in power plants), an urgent need is to increase effective use of electricpower by improving efficiency of existing facilities, through optimizationof distribution systems and prevention of such corrupt practices as powertheft and unfair meter reading.

This project is formed with two components: the rural electrificationproject and the system loss reduction pilot scheme in urban distributionnetworks. The rural electrification project will support the electrificationof a total of 170,000 households by developing power distribution networks in two newly established rural electrification cooperatives. Inthe system loss reduction pilot scheme specific distribution networks areselected in six jurisdictions of the Bangladesh Power Development Boardand the Dhaka Electric Supply Authority that are in charge of distributionin urban areas. The loss will be reduced on the selected networks throughrehabilitation meter installation and measurement, among others, andbased on the results of a project evaluation, system loss reduction plansfor other urban areas will be proposed.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of equipmentand materials for both the rural electrification project and the system lossreduction pilot scheme, construction works and consulting services(detailed design, assistance in bid documents preparation, supervision ofconstruction, project evaluation, etc.) for the pilot scheme.

The executing agencies are the Rural Electrification Board (REB)

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Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Project 6,5931.0

0.75*30/10

40/10General Untied

General Untied0.75* 40/10 General Untied

Power Distribution and Efficiency Enhancement Project 4,376 1.0 1.0 30/10 30/10 General Untied General Untied

Energy Saving, Environmental Protection and Improvement of 5,443 0.75** — 40/10 — General Untied —

On-Stream Factor of Ghorasal Urea Fertilizer Factory Project (II)

Total (3 Commitments) 16,412 *Supporting human resources development project applied to a portion of a rural development technology center.**Special environmental project

South Asia

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the civil works of the bridgeconstruction, and for procuring materials and consulting services(detailed designs, bid evaluations, construction supervision).

The executing agency is the Hai Phong People’s Committee, 18 HongDieu, Hai Phong, Viet Nam, Tel: 8431-842329, Fax: 8431-842368.

9. Hai Phong Port Rehabilitation Project (II)

Hai Phong Port is the largest international port in northern Viet Nam,and has the nation’s the second largest cargo handling capacity next toSaigon Port in the south. Given that it is connected to Hanoi via NationalHighway No. 5, also improved with an JBIC ODA loan, this port is thecenter of the distribution and transport system in the northern region.Nonetheless, because the port is located at the mouth of a river, the sizeof vessels that can enter the port is limited due to alluvial fill blockingthe shipping lanes. Currently, the port’s functions are severely limited, asit can only accommodate vessels of a maximum 3,000DWT. In addition,the facilities at the port are deteriorating and are getting to the pointwhere they cannot keep up with recent increases in container cargo volumes. Because the delay in refurbishing this port, one of the central

nodes in the northern distribution system, has gradually come to be abottleneck in the economic development of northern Viet Nam, urgentimprovements are needed.

This project will improve the port’s cargo handling capacity andmake it possible to meet the rising cargo demands that have resultedfrom the nation’s economic growth. It will achieve this by constructingport facilities that can accommodate container ships and by makingimprovements that will allow larger vessels to enter the shipping lanes,currently the greatest obstacle to capacity increases. Hai Phong PortRehabilitation Project (I), which aimed to expand the port’s facilities, wasprovided in an ODA loan package in fiscal 1993. As the second phase ofthat project, this project aims to revitalize the economy by increasing the efficiency of the distribution system in the northern region and byimproving the investment environment.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for civil works and for procur-ing materials and consulting services (detailed design, bid evaluations,construction supervision).

The executing agency is the Ministry of Transport (Hai Phong PortProject Management Unit), No.4 Hoang Dieu Street, Hai Phong City, VietNam, Tel: 84-31-859845, Fax: 84-31-823679.


1. Bandaranaike International Airport Development Project

The Bandaranaike International Airport is the sole international airportin Sri Lanka, with routes connecting to India, Pakistan, Europe, theMiddle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. In1997, 2.32 million international passengers passed through this airport,along with 97,000 tons of air cargo. Both import and export air cargo statistics are favorable, and are continuing to show double-digit increases.However, parts of the taxiway and apron are damaged. Also, the existinginternational arrival and departure areas, security check, and baggageclaim areas are too cramped. The time has come to modernize the out-dated air traffic control facilities and to take necessary measures to meetthe rapidly increasing demand for air cargo services.

Given these conditions, this project entails repairing and expandingBandaranaike International Airport’s passenger terminal, modernizing its air traffic control facilities, and constructing an air cargo terminalbuilding.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the repair and expansion ofairport facilities, the new construction of a cargo terminal building, theprocurement of air traffic control equipment, and consulting services(construction supervision, environmental monitoring, etc.).

The executing agency is the Aviation and Airport Services (Sri Lanka)Limited, Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka, Tel: 94-1-252861, Fax: 94-1-253187.

2. Road Network Improvement Project

Sri Lanka has a road network that extends around 20,000km, giving it ahigher road density per area compared to other nations in South Asia.However, a lack of adequate maintenance of existing roads has causedthem to badly deteriorate. Since it becomes more difficult to smoothlytravel on roads, the time and costs involved in product distribution haveincreased. Therefore, countermeasures are urgently needed.

This project aims to improve and repair the road network thatincludes well-worn national highways A5 (Gampola-Nuwara Eliya) andB13 (Gampola-Nawalapitiya) by improving the center alignment of thoseroads, reinforcing their pavement by paving a road width of 7.4m with a

shoulder of 1.8m, or a road width of 6m with a shoulder of 1.2m, and byrepairing or widening bridges (two bridges on A5 and three bridges onB13), in order to make the roads more passable and to stimulate economic activity in Sri Lanka.

This project is cofinanced with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).The proceeds of the loan will be used for the civil works for improv-

ing and repairing highways A5 and B13 and consulting services (assistancefor bidding, construction supervision, environmental monitoring, etc.).

The executing agency is the Road Development Authority: RDA,Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, Tel: 94-1-862721, Fax: 94-1-864801.

3. Poverty Alleviation Micro Finance Project

This project is the second microfinance project to be implemented byJBIC, following a project for assisting the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh,and is the first to be undertaken in Sri Lanka.

Social services, such as education and public health, are relativelywell established in Sri Lanka, but a large proportion (22%) of the popula-tion is still considered under the poverty line, and the unemploymentrate remains high at 10%. Such conditions are especially prevalent in

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Bandaranaike International Airport Development Project 12,384 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Road Network Improvement Project 3,078 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Poverty Alleviation Micro Finance Project 1,368 1.8 1.8 30/10 30/10 General Untied General Untied

Engineering Services for the Southern Highway 381 — 0.75** — 40/10 — Bilateral Tied

Project for Reduction of Non-Revenue Water 4,217 1.3* 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Urgent Upgrading of Colombo Port Project 2,048 1.8 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Total (6 Commitments) 23,476 *Standard environmental project **Special environmental project

Joarshahara, Khilkhet, Dhaka-1229, Tel: 880-2-896424, Fax: 880-2-896400, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)WAPDA Building, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000, Tel: 880-2-9551128, Fax: 880-2-9561895); and the Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (DESA) 1No. Abdul Gani Road, Dhaka-1000, Tel: 880-2-9567256, Fax: 880-2-9563520.

3. Energy Saving, Environmental Protection and Improvementof On-Stream Factor of Ghorasal Urea Fertilizer FactoryProject (II)

With a high population density and approximately one-third of its landbeing inundated during the rainy season every year, Bangladesh scarcelyhas extra space for extending cultivation. Accordingly, it is indispensableto increase food production by improving agricultural productivity usingchemical fertilizers. Urea fertilizer, among others, plays an important rolein that it is produced by effective use of natural gas, which is available inabundance in Bangladesh.

The Ghorasal Urea Fertilizer Factory, one of the fertilizer factories

under the umbrella of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation(BCIC), started operation in 1970, but due to the aging of facilities inrecent years, it has incurred problems such as a decrease in productioncapacity due to a drop in energy efficiency and leakage of high-concen-tration raw ammonium from the time-worn systems. In addition, underan unfavorable electric power supply condition in Bangladesh, it is notpossible to secure a stable supply of electric power, thus the plant has suf-fered frequent suspension of operation.

This project aims at improving the energy efficiency, prevention ofammonium leakages, and securing a stable power supply, and focuses onrehabilitation of the existing plant facilities and installation of a new gasturbine generator.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of equipmentand materials, construction of plant facilities and installation of a gas turbine generator.

The executing agency is the Bangladesh Chemical IndustriesCorporation (BCIC) 30-31 Dilkusha Commercial Area, Dhaka-1000,Bangladesh, Tel: 880-2-9564153, Fax: 880-2-9564120.

JBIC

Sri Lanka Government (the Central Bank)

Participating Financial Institutions

NGOs, etc. PDOs

End-Users

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rural areas. It is in light of these conditions that the Sri Lankan govern-ment is undertaking a microfinance project to provide aid to the poorwhile trying to obtain assistance from other aid institutions.

This project will provide unsecured loans1 in small amounts to poorborrowers who do not have access to funds through formal credit institu-tions. It aims to promote local economic development and to reduce theincome gap by helping the poor start their own businesses and engage inincome-generating activities. It will provide the necessary financing topoor households in the six districts of Kurunegala, Matale, Badulla,Nuwara Eliya, Kalutara, and Hambantota to engage in manufacturing,commercial/service industries, agriculture, livestock or other enterprises.

In carrying out this project, local NGOs and Project District Offices(PDOs) will serve as intermediaries between banks (participating financialinstitutions) and end-users (borrowers), and will oversee lending opera-tions (loans, repayments, group formulation, etc.). They will train end-users by facilitating groupings, providing entrepreneurial education,teaching accounting skills, and offering technical assistance. Trainingprograms in fields such as leadership and supervisory skills will be pro-vided for the staff of the executing agency. This training will helpimprove repayment rates and project effectiveness.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for loans to end-users, trainingcosts, materials purchases, and consulting services (finance scheme management, training planning, production assistance, etc.).

The executing agency is the Central Bank of Sri Lanka: CBSL No 61,Equity II Building Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka, Tel: 94-1-431184, Fax: 94-1-421522.Note: 1) The loan is unsecured, but before it is provided, the borrower either has to

save a certain amount of money for a certain period, or has to enlist a guarantor from a family that has an income. Group formulation is also necessary.

4. Engineering Services for the Southern Highway

The southern region of Sri Lanka is one of the country’s most underde-veloped areas. The Master Plan (M/P) for Southern Development createdin 1995-96, which focused on improving the weak infrastructure underly-ing this lack of development, outlined a basic development plan for thatregion. Today, the development of the southern region has been desig-nated by the government of Sri Lanka as one of its national projects.

The M/P proposes specific projects for promoting economic develop-ment in the southern region, and the success of these projects dependsupon ensuring access from this area to the greater Colombo region, thepolitical and economic heart of the nation. So far, the southern regioncan be accessed by railway or by Highway A2. The railway, however, is asingle, poorly maintained line; thus, it has many problems, such as poortrack conditions, inaccurate operation, etc. Meanwhile, Highway A2 isthe only road to the southern region. However, since traffic congestionwithin the capital region is severe, access to that region is chronicallyobstructed. The center alignment of the coastal route of Highway A2 isextremely poor, and the road is not wide enough in many places. Sincethe shoulder of the highway is unpaved, in spite of the fact that it is a two-lane highway, pedestrians and slow-moving vehicles tend to use theroad rather than the shoulder, preventing the smooth flow of traffic tothe south. Reshaping or widening the road is difficult because housesbuilt along the road would necessitate a large-scale resettlement. This situation has increased the need for a new highway for the exclusive use of automobiles to be built in order to facilitate the development ofsouthern Sri Lanka.

This project aims to promote development in the south and improveeconomic conditions by constructing a 130-km highway for the exclusiveuse of automobiles from the outskirts of Colombo to Matala via Galle.This project will create a bypass route for highway A2, easing accessbetween Colombo and southern Sri Lanka.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the construction of theautomobile-only highway described above and consulting services (basicand detailed road designs, access road widening studies, training of executing agency staff, etc).

The executing agency is the Road Development Authority: RDASethsiripaya, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, Tel: 94-1-862721, Fax: 94-1-864801.

5. Project for Reduction of Non-Revenue Water

JBIC has thus far provided loans for four water supply and sanitation projects in the Greater Colombo area. In addition to improving publichygiene and the urban living environment, water supply and sanitationprojects are an essential element of the social infrastructure needed forincreasing economic activity.

Water demand in the Greater Colombo area has increased rapidlywith an increase in population, and forecasts suggest that demand willexceed supply by 2003. To meet this impending demand, JBIC providedloans for the Kalu Ganga Water Supply Project for Greater Colombo in1997. Because of this project, a stable water supply has been ensuredthrough 2006. Non-revenue water in the Greater Colombo area, however,accounts for 47%, while in the jurisdiction of the Colombo MunicipalCouncil, that figure is as high as 57%. A breakdown of major causes forthis reveals system leakage (28%), water loss (leakage and squanderage)and unbilled water in the low-income settlement area (19%), and illegalconnections (5%), etc.

Aimed at reducing the non-revenue water rate, this project will repair and reinforce the aging water supply system in the areas aroundthe jurisdiction of the Colombo Municipal Council and will include arehabilitation program to reduce non-revenue water in the low-incomesettlement area. Plans to repair and reinforce the water supply systemconsist of the following: (a) repair and reinforce large and medium-sizedwater pipes in all areas overseen by the Colombo Municipal Council; (b)repair and reinforce small water pipes in the northern areas overseen bythe Colombo Municipal Council; and (c) construct new reservoirs and reinforce existing ones. Plans to reduce non-revenue water consist of thefollowing: (a) repair leakage and eliminate illegal connections; and (b)promote individual connections to each residence.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for construction, equipmentand materials, and consulting services (assistance for bidding, projectsupervision and environmental monitoring, etc.).

The executing agency is the National Water Supply and DrainageBoard: NWSDB, Golle Road, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, Tel: 94-1-867774, Fax: 94-1-869960.

6. Urgent Upgrading of Colombo Port Project

Colombo Port is geographically suitable for maritime transportationroutes connecting Europe and Asia and has developed considerably as akey port for cargo transshipment to India. The handling of transship-ment cargo has been increasing in accordance with the economic devel-opment of the subcontinent of India, and the volume of container han-dling has grown by an average of 20% annually for the last five years.

JBIC has been supporting the development of Colombo Port withloans for 10 port projects in the past. As a result, Colombo Port hasbecome a hub for Southwest Asia. The container transshipment businesshas grown into a major Sri Lankan industry, and provides a steady influxof foreign currency for the nation. On the other hand, these increases intransshipment containers have also contributed to increased congestionat Colombo Port. The average waiting time for vessels entering the port islong, at 14 hours. Improvements to port services are vital if the loss ofthis container demand is to be prevented.

This project calls for the dredging of the north channel of ColomboPort to increase its current depth of -11m to -13m. This modification willmake it possible for large container vessels to pass through the northern channel, thus allowing inbound and outbound vessels to useseparate lanes.

Since this project is also designed to shorten port entry and departuretimes, it should also result in improved port services and increased for-eign currency acquisition resulting from the growing quantity of contain-ers handled. By giving Colombo Port two channels, this project willenhance the safety and convenience of the port, thereby strengtheningits competitiveness in the region.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for dredging the channel, lighthouse and channel buoy installation, and consulting services(detailed design, assistance for bidding, project management, environ-mental monitoring, etc.).

The executing agency is the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, 45 LaydenBastian Road, P.O. Box 595, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka, Tel: 94-1-323024, Fax: 94-1-440651.


Social Sector Adjustment Program

The Kyrgyz Republic is now facing fiscal deficit problems due to disequi-librium in the social assistance system. For instance, the present pensionsystem is now in transition from a non-contributory to a contributorysystem. However, the system is still dependent upon government subsi-dies. Pension adjustment has not kept up with inflation, leading tobureaucratic duplication, thus, there is much unnecessary government

expenditure on social assistance, while many requiring support gounaided. The Kyrgyz government is currently implementing variousreforms aimed at establishing a sound social assistance system.

This loan is designed to improve the Kyrgyz Republic’s balance ofpayments difficulties and support the government’s enthusiastic effortsto reform the social assistance system. The loan is provided in accordancewith the progress of reforms. The program is cofinanced with the World Bank.

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Kyrgyz

May 21, 1999


Social Sector Adjustment Program 2,318 1.8 — 30/10 — General Untied —

1. Severnaya Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant Project (II)

(1) Project BackgroundThe total installed capacity of electricity in Azerbaijan is approximately5,100MW, 84% of which is thermal power using the abundant oilreserves in Azerbaijan. Because of obsolete facilities and the lack of proper maintenance, however, generation capacity has dropped to nearly4,200MW. Without proper investment, the capacity will continue to fall further.

After independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991,Azerbaijan had a drastically declining GDP, and demand for electricityalso decreased. Since 1996, however, the economy has been on a strongrecovery path. Reflecting this, electricity demand is increasing beyondexisting capacity. In response, the government of Azerbaijan drew up theMedium-Term Investment Program (1997-1999). This program designatesthe power sector as the most important sector, with total budget allo-cated for this sector reaching nearly US$600 million, or one-fourth oftotal investments in the program.

Most of the power plants in Azerbaijan are oil-fired and are in poorcondition. Energy efficiency is deteriorating. On top of that, these plantshave been emitting a large amount of SOx, which damages the environ-ment. Directing attention to the accompanying gas produced with oil,the government of Azerbaijan, in an effort to develop the power sector,plans not only to rehabilitate existing power plants, but also to convertthem into natural gas combined cycle power plants1 , which are moreenergy efficient and more environmentally friendly.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThis project is aimed at constructing a gas combined cycle power plant(400MW) to replace the existing thermal power plant (150MW) located

on the outskirts of Baku, the capital of the Azerbaijan Republic, with aview to environmental considerations. The project is also designed toensure the stable supply of power to the metropolitan area, whose demandfor power is expected to grow as development of petroleum proceeds.

The new plant will help improve the environment by reducing airpollution as follows: (1) SOx will not be produced; (2) High efficiency inpower generation will reduce the annual amount of discharged NOx by50%. Regarding the annual discharge of CO2, the new plant will emit less than half the amount a thermal plant of the same sizewould produce, thus contributing to reducing the emission of global-warming gases.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the procurement of goodsand services, as well as consulting services (assistance for procurement,supervision, assistance for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA),etc.) necessary for the implementation of the project. The loan agreementcorresponds to Phase II of the Severnaya Gas Combined Cycle PowerPlant Project, for which the first ODA loan was provided in February1998 totaling ¥20,699 million and finances the construction of a gaspipeline, etc.

The executing agencies are the joint stock-company Azerenerji2, 10,Academician Abdulkerim, Alizade Str., Baku, 370005 Azerbaijan; Tel: 994-12-937358, Fax: 994-12-931089 (985523), and joint-stock company Azerigaz3, 23, U. Safarov Str. Baku 370025, Azerbaijan, Tel: 994-12-906723, Fax: 994-12-676553.

Notes: 1) A type of power plant which fires natural gas at a gas turbine and reusesexhaust steam at a steam turbine.

2) Azerenerji is an institution that undertakes power generation, distribution,and transmission in the country.

3) Azerigaz is an institution responsible for transportation and supply of gas,as well as construction, maintenance and administration of gas pipelines.

Azerbaijan

Central Asia and Caucasus

October 14, 1999


Severnaya Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant Project (II) 18,3320.75*

0.75*40/10

40/10General Untied** General Untied

0.75* 40/10 Partial Untied***

*Special environmental project **Power plant portion ***Gas pipeline portion



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1. Telecommunication Network Expansion Project (II)

(1) Project BackgroundAs of the end of 1997, teledensity, on average, remained at 6.4 lines per100 people, only one-half of the former Soviet republics average, andone-eighth of the average for industrial countries. In particular, telecom-munication development lags considerably behind in rural areas, asattested by 21.5 lines per 100 persons in Tashkent (where 10% of thetotal population resides) compared to 3-7 lines per 100 in the remainingarea. Conversely, demand for telecommunications has been on a steadyrise annually. In the central and western part of Uzbekistan, which is themain target area of this project, there is an urgent need to expandtelecommunication equipment, replace worn-out facilities, and ensuretrustworthiness of the network. Regarding the broadcasting sector, manyparts of Uzbekistan are suffering from poor reception. Further, theirTV/radio transmitters are outdated, vacuum-tube types, thus raising aconcern about dwindling output and an increasing need for maintenance.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThis project will help improve the general telecommunications/broad-casting services, particularly in the central and western regions(Karakalpak Republic, Bukhara, Khorezm and Navoi region) wheretelecommunications networks have not been well-developed to date, byinstalling a digital switching system, transmission system, broadcastingsystem, and Wireless Local Loops (WLL). The project will eventually con-tribute to the well-balanced industrial development of Uzbekistan. Theproceeds of the loan will be used to purchase necessary equipment andservices and consulting services for assisting procurement and engineer-ing supervision. The executing agency is the Posts andTelecommunications Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1, A. TolstoySt., Tashkent 700000, the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tel: 998-71-1447544,Fax: 998-71-1335227.

2. Three Local Airports Modernization Project (II)

(1) Project BackgroundThe three cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, and Urgench, for which airportswill be upgraded under this project, enjoyed prosperity in ancient timesas oasis cities. Now drawing tourists from across the world, these citiesare famous for preserving a number of historical buildings that embodythe essence of the Silk Road culture. The government of Uzbekistanbelieves that foreign currency earnings, especially through tourism, willplay a significant role in ensuring the social and economic developmentof the country. The existing airport facilities in the three cities, however,are antiquated and fall short of ICAO technical standards, thus obstruct-ing the introduction of international flight services. To achieve operational safety as well, the improvement of these three airports isurgently required.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThis project is designed to ensure flight safety, by refurbishing the run-ways and by improving the passenger terminals and aerial security facili-ties. The project is expected to help bolster flight traffic, encouragetourism development in Uzbekistan, and eventually contribute to thecountry’s economic development. Following the loan provided in fiscal 1996 (totaling ¥15,526 million), the loan to this project will helpupgrade the flight control facilities at the three airports. The proceeds ofthe loan will be used to purchase necessary equipment and services forthe project.

The executing agency is the National Air Company, 41,Movarounnahr, Tashkent, GSP 700060, the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tel: 998-712-548529, Fax: 998-712-544668.

Uzbekistan

December 14, 1999


Telecommunication Network Expansion Project (II) 12,692 2.2 1.8 30/10 30/10 General Untied General Untied

Three Local Airports Modernization Project (II) 2,871 2.2 — 30/10 30/10 General Untied —

Total (2 Commitments) 15,563

Tourism Sector Development Project

(1) Project BackgroundJordan lacks natural resources except for phosphate ore and potassium. It also produces cement. Furthermore, arable land is extremely limited(less than 6% of its territory). Most of the necessities are imported fromabroad, and the trade account is chronically in the red. The structuraltrade deficit is partially alleviated by (1) remittances from Jordanianworkers abroad; (2) economic aid from foreign donors; and (3) revenuefrom foreign tourists.

The revenue from foreign tourists is crucial to help overcome thetrade account deficit of Jordan, making the tourism promotion a pressingneed. Jordan has abundant cultural legacies from the eras of the RomanEmpire, the Crusades, and the Ottoman Empire and is blessed with grandnatural scenery such as the Dead Sea. In recent years, the number of the

foreign tourists to Jordan has been increasing due to relaxation of tensionin the region.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThe project aims to improve the tourism infrastructure in Jordan, makingtourism resources more amiable and attractive to tourists, therebystrengthening their capacity to earn necessary foreign currency. The project consists of six sub-projects: the Amman Downtown Tourist Zone,National Museum, the Dead Sea Parkway, the Dead Sea PanoramicComplex, Karak Tourism Development, and Historic Old SaltDevelopment.

The executing agency is the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities,P.O. Box 555 Amman 11118 Jordan, Tel: 90-312-212-4728, Fax: 90-312-212-3847.

Jordan

The Middle East

December 2, 1999


Tourism Sector Development Project 7,199 2.2 0.75* 25/7 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

*Special environmental project


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1. Bosphorus Rail Tube Crossing Project (I)

(1) Project BackgroundThe population of Istanbul has risen by an average 3.3% annually since1990, reaching 9.2 million in 1997. The city’s passenger transit infrastruc-ture includes roads, railroads, and ferries, but its roads carry more than90% of all traffic and are extremely congested. Traffic on the two bridgesacross the Bosphorus Strait (dividing the residential Asian side and thecommercial European side) averages 320,000 vehicles per day (1997),resulting in chronic traffic congestion. Air pollution caused by largeamounts of vehicle emissions as well as the over-consumption of energyduring traffic slowdowns has become a serious problem.

To alleviate these problems and to help prevent them from growingmore severe with future population increases, the Turkish governmenthas decided to build an underground rail tube crossing the BosphorusStrait to serve as a mass transit system.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThis project involves the construction of a subway (4 stations, 13.3km)linking central Istanbul to the eastern and the western areas, and willhelp manage future population increases and environmental problems.The overall plan is to connect existing railway lines on both Asian andEuropean sides of the strait by an underwater tunnel and to repair andupgrade those railways in conjunction with this project.

The portion of the tube tunnel crossing the Bosphorus strait (1.8km)will be built using the immersed tube construction method. Once com-pleted, it will be the world’s deepest (maximum depth of 56m) immersedtube project.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for tube tunnel constructionand consulting services (assistance for bidding and construction supervision).

The executing agency is the General Directorate of Railways, Harborsand Airports Construction, Ministry of Transportation andCommunication (DLH), 91. Sok. No.4 D. Blok. Kat:1 Emek, Ankara,06510, the Republic of Turkey, Tel: 90-312-212-4728, Fax: 90-312-212-3847.

2. Bozuyuk-Mekece Road Improvement Project

(1) Project BackgroundSince Turkey’s population and economic activities are widely diffusedacross its expansive area (779,000km2), maintaining consistent distribu-tion services is one of major economic development policy issues.Turkey’s roadways carry 93% of all freight and 95% of its passenger traffic,and thus play a main role in the nation’s domestic transportation sector.

The Bozuyuk-Mekece area targeted by this project is located along thenorth-south national road, Route No. 650, which is used for the distribu-tion of industrial products from the Marmara region in the north, andagricultural and light industrial products from the Mediterranean regionin the south.

Industrial cities like Bursa (automobiles, textiles), Izmit (petroleum

refining, automobiles, etc.), Eskisehir (electric appliances, agriculturalprocessed goods), and Bozuyuk (ceramic industry) are located on the outskirts of these regions.

Because the daily traffic volume in these areas is twice as much asthat of Turkey’s average, and about 50% of the traffic consists of trucksand other heavy vehicles, in some areas the average speed for heavy vehicles is 10km per hour. Under these circumstances, the transportationcapacity of the region needs to be urgently increased by improving themain roads in these areas.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThis project has been designed to meet the increasing demand for surfacetransportation by widening the existing two-lane highway in theBozuyuk-Mekece area into a four-lane highway. In doing so, the projectaims to contribute to the promotion of industry in Turkey.

This project involves widening existing roads and improving roadways in the Bozuyuk-Mekece area, constructing a bypass around the city of Bozuyuk (11km), building bridges in 32 locations, and constructing two tunnels.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the procurement of equip-ment and materials needed for this project and for consulting services(assistance for bidding and construction supervision).

The executing agency is the General Directorate of Highways, KGM,06 100 Yucetepe, Ankara, the Republic of Turkey, Tel: 90-312-425-1689,Fax: 90-312-417-2851.

3. Emergency Earthquake Recovery Plan

A large earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit the northwestern part ofTurkey on August 17, 1999, causing serious and extensive damage in thisarea. The quake claimed some 17,000 lives, and injured more than43,000 people. About 200,000 houses were either totally or partiallydestroyed, leaving more than 500,000 people homeless. The total loss isestimated to surpass US$6 billion. In response, the government of Turkeyhas drawn up an Emergency Earthquake Recovery Plan, designed to: 1) repair and reconstruct demolished houses; 2) provide emergency aid tothe victims; 3) restore the social infrastructure (such as transportation,education, and power); and 4) extend special quake loans.

The ODA loan is provided to help this Emergency EarthquakeRecovery Plan, and its proceeds will be used to purchase urgently neededgoods and services including steel and timber, building materials,machinery, and fuel. Meanwhile, the counterpart funds1 obtained by thisloan will be applied to this Emergency Earthquake Recovery Plan. Theloan is expected to help improve the balance of payments, stabilize theTurkish economy, and revive the quake-devastated areas. Notes: 1) The yen loan designed to finance the purchase of goods and services

urgently needed for the implementation of the Emergency EarthquakeRecovery Plan is first provided to the government, which then sells the yenfund to the Central Bank, thereby earning local currency (i.e., the Turkishlira). The local currency funds thus obtained are called “counterpartfunds.”

Turkey

September 17, 1999


Bosphorus Rail Tube Crossing Project (I) 12,464 0.75* 0.75* 40/10 40/10 Partially Untied Bilateral Tied

Bozuyuk-Mekece Road Improvement Project 29,367 2.2 0.75* 25/7 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

December 22, 1999


Emergency Earthquake Recovery Plan 23,600 2.2 — 25/7 — General Untied —

Total (3 Commitments) 65,431 *Special environmental project


1. Rural Water Supply Project

In Tunisia, urbanization is progressing in metropolitan Tunis while devel-opment is lagging behind in the rural areas. In response, the governmenthas made the correction of the urban-rural gap one of the top items onthe political agenda in its current development plan (1997-2001). Underthis plan, the water supply system is vigorously being developed, whereinthe Rural Water Supply Project takes center stage. The project is mainlydesigned to close the gap between the urban area, with a 100% watersupply ratio, and the rural areas, where the ratio remains around 59%.

This is a rural-development type project, which covers 17 prefecturesand some 100,000 residents in Tunisia. The project aims at boosting therural water supply ratio and upgrading the social and living environmentthrough the improvement of the small-scale water supply infrastructure.Upon completion, the project is expected to contribute to: (1) a stablewater supply for the local residents; (2) less labor to obtain water, thuscreating better living conditions; and (3) improved hygiene that willreduce the number of water-related diseases. Additionally, the project isdesigned to ensure participation of the beneficiary at each stage of implementation, so as to establish a sustaining effect.

The proceeds of the loan will be applied to purchase necessary goods,civil engineering works, consulting services, coordination work, and technical assistance required for the residents’ participation.

The executing agency is the Direction Générale/Génie Rulal,Ministére de I’Agriculture, 30, rue Alain Savary 1002 Tunis, Republic ofTunisia, Tel: 216-1-891118, Fax: 216-1-288071.

2. Integrated Reforestation Project

The forest area in Tunisia, which was around 1.25 million hectares at thebeginning of the 20th century, decreased to 368,000 hectares by the mid-1950s due to natural disasters and accelerated deforestation. The forestarea has since recovered to 843,000 hectares through reforestation, but fur-

ther efforts are necessary. Considering the fact that most of Tunisia’s landconsists of a semi-arid region, it is urgently necessary to continue reforesta-tion efforts in order to prevent soil spill and preserve the environment.

This project covers four regions, namely the Uedobarubara region ofJenduba prefecture, Sidienbarack-Nesfa region of Beja prefecture,Umjedor region of Kasleen prefecture, and the southern region Kefu ofKefu prefecture. The project aims to 1) improve forest conditions (forestmaintenance, rehabilitation of the forest ecosystem, preservation ofwater and soil) and develop infrastructure necessary for these improve-ments; and 2) promote development in the forestry sector (regionalimprovement, research, human resources development, and forestrymanagement). Upon completion, the project is expected to contribute tosustainable utilization of forest resources, improvement in economic andsocial living conditions for the local residents, preservation of the ecosystem, and preservation of water and soil.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the procurement of neces-sary goods, civil engineering works, and consulting services (coordinationwork, and research and planning support) for the project.

The executing agency is the Direction Générale des Forêts, Ministèrede I’Agriculture, 30, rue Alain Savary 1002 Tunis, Republic of Tunisia, Tel: 216-1-891141, Fax: 216-1-801922.

3. Telecommunications Network Development Project (III)

The telecommunications network in Tunisia has improved as part of the8th 5-Year Plan (1992-1996). These efforts, however, could not meet thedrastic increase in telecommunications volume during the same period,and the country is still facing such problems as communication interrup-tion and line congestion. Further, according to the 9th 5-Year Plan (1997-2001), the number of telephone subscribers including mobile phones isforecast to reach 1.4 million people in 2001, a sharp increase from 0.65million in 1997. Therefore, expansion of the telecommunications networkis necessary in addition to increasing the number of switching devices.

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Rural Water Supply Project (I)

In Morocco, social infrastructure development is lagging in rural areascompared with urban areas, and the difference in the development levelbetween the two poses a major problem for the country’s sustainabledevelopment and social stability. To reduce this difference, the Moroccangovernment has been undertaking a rural water supply development pro-gram through Office National de l’Eau Portable (ONEP) and the Ministryof Equipment since 1996. Under the program, about 11 million people in31,000 villages will gain access to water supplies across the country. Thisis an effort to improve the coverage of the population with water supplysystems (only 20% is now connected to systems) and provide a stablesupply of water. This program has received financial assistance from the

World Bank, KfW of Germany and AFD of France, etc.JBIC’s loan is aimed at helping the rural water supply project being

undertaken by the Moroccan government with the expansion of existingwater supply systems in the three provinces of Fes, Safi and Tiznit,thereby providing a stable supply of water to about 140,000 residents andimproving the living conditions in rural areas.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for the procurement of equip-ment, materials and civil works as well as consulting services (assistancefor bidding, supervision of construction works, etc.) for the project.

The executing agency is the Office National de l’Eau Potable (ONEP),6. Bis, Rue Patrice Lumumuba, Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco; Tel: 212-7-76-12-81, Fax: 212-7-76-72-46.

Morocco

Africa

March 23, 2000


Rural Water Supply Project (I) 5,004 1.7* 0.75** 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

*Standard environmental project **Special environmental project

March 23, 2000


Rural Water Supply Project 3,352 1.70* 0.75** 25/7 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Integrated Reforestation Project 4,080 0.75** 0.75** 40/10 40/10 Bilateral Tied Bilateral Tied

Telecommunications Network Development Project (III) 8,653 2.2 — 25/7 — General Untied —

Total (3 Commitments) 16,085 *Standard environmental project **Special environmental project


1. Achimota-Anyinam Road Improvement Project

(1) Project BackgroundSince Ghana adopted its Economic Rehabilitation Plan (ERP) in 1983, it has been implementing economic measures focused on structuraladjustment and macro-economic stabilization. As a result, Ghana hasbeen consistently achieving sustained economic growth of around 4%annually. The country is now working towards realizing sustained eco-nomic growth based on support for agriculture and mining and promo-tion of exports. Infrastructure improvement is essential if these goals areto be attained. The most important infrastructure task is to streamlinetransport network within the country, which can expand and facilitatethe movement of its people and materials. Rehabilitation and improve-ment of the severely damaged trunk road network (total length approxi-mately 14,900km) is particularly urgent.

Considering Ghana’s land area and population, its road network isquite well developed, but it suffers from the following problems, includ-ing: (1) a low rate of surface paving; (2) insufficient funding for roadrehabilitation; and (3) an inefficient institutional management system.

This situation led the government to adopt the Roads Sector Strategyand Investment Program (1995~2000) in a bid to improve the country’sroads and their administration.

The triangular area of land between Kumasi, Takoradi and Accra,which is known as the Golden Triangle, is the heartland of the Ghanaianeconomy. It has a high population density and abundant agricultural andmineral resources. The section of road targeted by this project, betweenAchimota and Anyinam, lies in the south of the trunk road which linksthe capital, Accra, with the second largest city, Kumasi. As such, it is ahighly important section of road. The average daily traffic volume nearAchimota is over 6,000 vehicles per day (1996) making it one of the mostheavily used roads in the country, and the traffic is expected to increaseto more than 10,000 vehicles per day by 2004.

This project is important, as it will alleviate the severe congestionnear Accra, which has been recently impeding the movement of com-muters and agricultural products.

(2) Project DescriptionOf the approximately 105km of road between Achimota and Anyinam,the most important section is the southern 63.3km between Achimotaand Apedwa. This section will be improved by widening, reinforcedpaving, the construction of a new bypass and the replacement of bridgespans. At the same time, the organization of the Ghana HighwaysAuthority (GHA), the executing agency, will be strengthened in functionssuch as the planning of road development and maintenance and themanagement of contracts.

The remaining road sections (approximately 35km and 10km) will be

funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Arab Bank forEconomic Development in Africa (BADEA), respectively.

(3) Benefits of the ProjectThe section of road targeted by this project is one of Ghana’s main distri-bution channels. Its improvement is expected to alleviate congestion andreduce transport costs, thereby stimulating agriculture and industry andpromoting exports. In addition, the improved road surface will reducethe incidence of traffic accidents, and the construction works will generate employment.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of necessaryequipment and materials, civil works and consulting services (design andbidding assistance, construction management, technical assistance concerning the maintenance of roads, etc.).

The executing agency is the Ghana Highway Authority: GHA, P.O.Box 1641, Accra, Ghana, Tel: 233-21-666591, Fax: 233-21-662051.

2. Economic Reform Support Operation

Acknowledging the importance of collaboration among donors, JBIC hasalways paid due consideration to the Special Program of Assistance forLow-Income Debt-Distressed Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SPA)1,which corresponds to the Sub-Saharan regional meeting of donors. Underthe framework of SPA, JBIC proceeded with preparatory work in coopera-tion with the World Bank, the cofinancier, and the African DevelopmentBank, to make this loan possible.

The proceeds of the loan will be used to purchase necessary goodsand services that were agreed upon between the governments of Japanand Ghana, while the counterpart funds2 will be applied to the social andeconomic development of Ghana. As the country’s balance of paymentshas been deteriorating due largely to substantially low prices of cacao andgold, the key exports of Ghana, on the commodities market, there isurgency for a loan that provides support to the balance of payments.

In addition, provision of this loan requires the government of Ghanato implement structural reform policies, including the enhancement ofthe fiscal management system and the streamlining and privatization ofpublic institutions. Efforts to stabilize the country’s macroeconomy andto upgrade efficiency of the government sector will eventually contribute to the creation of a more vigorous private sector. Notes: 1) A special assistance framework was established in December 1987 under

the initiative of the World Bank to help structural adjustment efforts bylow-income, Sub-Saharan countries that are suffering from the burden ofaccumulating debts.

2) The counterpart funds: The amount of yen provided as funds for ODA loansare sold by the government of Ghana to the Central Bank. The governmentthen acquires funds in its own currency with the ODA loan as collateral.This currency acquired by the government is called counterpart funds.

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Achimota-Anyinam Road Improvement Project 9,651 1.8 0.75* 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

January 1, 2000


Economic Reform Support Operation 5,991 1.8 — 30/10 — General Untied —

Total (2 Commitments) 15,642 *Special environmental project

Also, the regions (mainly under populated regions) where telephone lineshave not been installed or are in short supply require Wireless Local Loops(WLL)1 and need to be provided with telecommunications services.

This project aims to 1) construct microwave (wireless transmissionroutes) and optical fiber cables (cable transmission routes) as feeder trans-mission lines in Tunisia; and 2) set up WLL as part of the subscriber net-work to provide general telephone services to areas that are currently notconnected to telephone lines.

With the improvement in digital communications as main lines, thereliability of telecommunications lines and communication speed will be

improved in Tunisia, which will eventually lead to the stability and revi-talization of the economic infrastructure in the country. Also, the intro-duction of WLL is expected to revitalize the regions that will have accessto telephone lines for the first time.

The proceeds of the loan will be applied to purchase necessary goodsand civil engineering works required for this project.

The executing agency is Tunisie Telecom, Rue-Asdrubal, 1002 Tunis,Republic of Tunisia, Tel: 216-1-801717, Fax: 216-1-800777.

Note: 1) A wireless network that connects base stations and fixed terminals.



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Rural and Main Roads Rehabilitation Project

(1) Project BackgroundFor the Guatemalan government that achieved domestic peace in 1996,local development and poverty mitigation have become major issues.Nonetheless, the long delay in making infrastructural improvementscaused by many years of civil warfare has resulted in a bottleneck of pro-jects that need to be implemented. For this reason the governmentdevised a government development plan from 1996 to 2000 in whichbasic infrastructural improvements play an important role. Among these,top priority has been assigned to the rehabilitation of the nation’s mostimportant mode of transportation, its roadway network, as this infra-structure will contribute to local development and poverty mitigation byimproving access to rural areas and increasing transportation efficiency.The government enacted a road investment plan for 1997-2000 regardingthe roadway rehabilitation project covered under the plan mentionedabove, and is aggressively improving the infrastructure of its road net-works with assistance from the World Bank, the Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank, and other institutions.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThis project involves improving the main roads deemed important in theroad investment plan devised by the Guatemalan government.Specifically, it involves repaving international highway CA-1W betweenChimaltenango and Tecpán (36-km paved road), and paving nationalhighway RN-7W (162km unpaved road). Improving these main roads will reinforce distribution services and will increase transportation effi-ciency, and will enable easy provisions of social services such as educa-tion and insurance in areas that sustained damage during the years ofcivil warfare.

This project will be jointly financed with the World Bank. The proceeds of the loan will be used for procuring materials and equipmentneeded for this project, civil engineering, and consulting services (construction supervision, etc.).

The executing agency is the Ministerio de Communicaciones,Transporte, Obras Publicas y Vivienda through DGC: Dirreción Generalde Caminos, Finca Nacional La Aurora, Zona 13, Guatemal, C.A., Tel: 502-472-0440, Fax: 502-440-0771.

Guatemala

Latin America and the Caribbean

Peru

September 30, 1999


Rural and Main Roads Rehabilitation Project 5,781 2.2 0.75 30/10 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

April 9, 1999


El Niño-Affected Highway Rehabilitation Project 15,833 2.2 0.75** 25/7 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Sierra-Natural Resources Management and 7,259 1.7* 0.75** 25/7 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Poverty Alleviation Project (II)

Social Sector Development Project in Sierra Area 7,003 1.7* — 25/7 — General Untied —

Provincial Cities Water Supply and Sewerage Improvement 13,901

1.7*0.75**

25/740/10

General UntiedBilateral Tied

and Expansion Project (Piura-Castilla and Chimbote) 0.75** 40/10 Partially Untied

Electric Frontier Expansion Project (II) 13,157 2.2 0.75** 25/7 40/10 General Untied Bilateral Tied

Total (5 Commitments) 57,153 *Standard environmental project**Special environmental project, applied to sewerage system improvement of the Provincial Cities Water Supply and

Sewerage System Improvement and Expansion Project

1. El Niño-Affected Highway Rehabilitation Project

(1) Project BackgroundThe El Niño phenomenon which appeared from spring 1997 to summer1998 was the largest ever observed. It caused widespread damage, withdamage to the road sector being particularly severe. Bridges were washedout and roads ruined, causing around 30% of total losses of US$1 billion.This situation led the Peruvian government to adopt the El NiñoEmergency Assistance Program to implement urgent rehabilitation works to the damaged areas in all affected sectors. However, full-scalerehabilitation work remains a task for the future.

The country is highly dependent on road transport, and the damageto the roads is having a grave impact, which extends beyond the disasterareas to affecting its economy and society nationwide. Repair of the roadsector, which has suffered the worst damage, is an urgent necessity.Preventive measures must also be taken to avoid the same magnitude ofdamage if similar disasters recur.

In light of the importance of restoring the road sector, the projectwill repair and improve damaged road networks.

(2) Project DescriptionThis project will improve the major paved and unpaved roads linking themountains with the coast, which suffered severe damage. Traffic volumeand priorities will be taken into account in selecting the areas to be refurbished.

(3) Benefits of the ProjectThis project will enhance the flow of distribution through the rehabilita-tion efforts and improvements of the road network, which is currently atemporary network, and stimulate the economy, which has been hit hardby El Niño. In addition, the implementation of countermeasures againstnatural disasters in the target areas will protect the restored roads fromfuture damage.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of civil worksand consulting services (detailed design and construction management).

The executing agency is the Ministerio de Transportes,Communicaciones, Vivienda y Construcion: MTC, Avenida 28 de JulioNo. 800, Lima 1, Peru, Tel: 51-1-330-2233, Fax: 51-1-330-2233.


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2. Sierra-Natural Resources Management and PovertyAlleviation Project (II)

(1) Project BackgroundIn Peru, 10.5 million people live in poverty, nearly a half of the 23.5 million national population. Those in absolute poverty number 4.5 million, or 19.3% of the population (1995). Support for those in povertyand absolute poverty is an urgent task. In former President Fujimori’s firstterm of office, the main policy objectives were to maintain economic stabilization through suppression of inflation and to implement reformsfor sustainable economic growth. In addition, the Peruvian governmentset the alleviation of poverty as their greatest development objective.Between 1995 and 2000, the policy direction is to step up measuresagainst poverty.

Most of those in poverty or in absolute poverty live in mountainousregions under harsh natural conditions. They raise agricultural productssuch as potatoes, corn and livestock by traditional methods with low pro-ductivity. Therefore, the Peruvian government has targeted those farmersin mountainous regions with projects to alleviate poverty and conservethe environment.

This project aims at raising agricultural production and poverty alleviation in these areas through conservation of soil and forests in smallmountain valleys and building small-scale irrigation facilities with theparticipation of local people.

This project will be implemented as a continuation of the Sierra-Poverty Alleviation and Natural Resources Management Project (I)initiated in November 1997.

(2) Project DescriptionThis project will cover approximately 150 small basins (covering eightprefectures of Ancash, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco,Huancavelica, La Libertad and Piura) in mountainous regions above2,000m (Sierra) and target approximately 900 farming communities. Itaims to alleviate poverty and conserve the environment in those areas.(Total project cost is approximately ¥9.7 billion and the duration of aidimplementation is expected to be approximately six years.) The specificproject description is as follows: 1) evaluation of soil and water resourcesin each valley, evaluation of water resources and preparation of a plan; 2) rural development investment (soil conservation, building small-scaleirrigation facilities, tree planting, forestry conservation etc.); 3) supportfor training in the community; and 4) project monitoring by the executing agency (including staff training and support with equipmentand materials).

(3) Benefits of the ProjectThis project is expected to manage the natural resources (forests, soil andwater) of Peru’s mountainous regions in an effective and sustainablemanner and to raise the agricultural productivity of the people. Thesebenefits will alleviate poverty and conserve the environment.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of necessaryequipment and materials and consulting services for project monitoring.

The executing agency is the National Project for the Management ofWatershed Basins and Soil Conservation: PRONAMACHCS, Av. Alamedadel Corregidor 155, La Molina, Lima, Peru, Tel: 51-14-349-3396, Fax: 51-14-349-3394.

3. Social Sector Development Project in Sierra Area

(1) Project BackgroundIn Peru, 10.5 million people live in poverty, nearly a half of the 23.5 million national population. Those in absolute poverty number 4.5 million, or 19.3% of the population (1995). Support for those in povertyand absolute poverty is an urgent task. In former President Fujimori’s firstterm of office, the main policy objectives were to maintain economic stabilization through suppression of inflation and to implement reformsfor sustainable economic growth. In addition, the Peruvian governmentset the alleviation of poverty as their greatest development objective.Between 1995 and 2000, the policy direction is to step up measuresagainst poverty.

This project will act through the National Social Development Fund(FONCONDES) in poor areas in four prefectures of mountainous regions(Cusco, Puno, Cajamarca and Ancash, excluding some areas where mar-tial law has been declared) in place of the Amazon basin, which receivedassistance in fiscal 1997. It will implement small projects to build publichealth infrastructure with the participation of local residents, in order to

alleviate poverty and improve the living environment.This project is a follow-on to the Social Sector Development Project

in the Amazon Area signed in November 1997.

(2) Project DescriptionThe ODA loan provided for this project covers the implementation ofsub-projects (improvement of social and public health infrastructure) andencouragement for other sub-projects (assistance in project formulation,preliminary appraisal and publicity activities, etc., for sub-projects by thestaff of the executing agency).

Sub-projects under this project will be implemented in villages of40~400 households in the above four prefectures, which have large popu-lations living in poverty. They will build social and public health infra-structure in the form of a simple water supply, toilets and basic facilitiesfor household wastewater disposal.

(3) Benefits of the ProjectThis project will enhance the social and public health infrastructure inpoor regions, thereby alleviating poverty and improving the living envi-ronment in those areas. The provision of water supply will reduce thelabor expended by women and children in gathering water.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of equipmentand materials and necessary civil works.

The executing agency is the Fondo Nacional de Compensación yDesarrollo Social: FONCODES, Av. Paseo de la Republica 310, San Isidro,Lima 27, Peru, Tel: 51-1-211-0927, Fax: 51-1-221-0925.

4. Provincial Cities Water Supply and Sewerage SystemImprovement and Expansion Project (Piura-Castilla andChimbote)

(1) Project BackgroundPeru did not invest in water supply and sewerage in the 1980s, and as aresult, the national average diffusion rate for water supply is 60%, whilethat for sewerage is only 60%. Water supply and sewerage facilities inprovincial cities are particularly dilapidated, and breakdowns occur constantly. As a result, water supplies are inadequate, the public healthsituation is worsening and the impact on the health of people in affectedareas is increasing. The building of basic social infrastructure, particularlyin the form of improved and expanded water supply and sewerage sys-tems, is an urgent necessity for the above reasons, as well as to alleviatethe problems of urban overcrowding by dispersing the population to settle in regional cities. Since the start of the 1990s, the Peruvian govern-ment has recognized the importance of a water supply and sewerage system, and adopted plans for their improvement. The plans are designedto be appropriate for the size of cities served and are being implementedgradually.

This project will aid the improvement and expansion of water supplyand sewerage infrastructure in provincial cities, where the developmentof such infrastructure is lagging behind.

(2) Project DescriptionThis project will improve and expand water supply and sewerage facilitiesin the cities of Piura and Chimbote to improve the public health situation. Specific project description is as follows:

1) Piura cityWater supply improvement (construction of new water treatmentfacilities, improvement and expansion of the service pipeline net-work, and construction of new service reservoirs, improvementand expansion of the water distribution network, and installationof domestic water meters).Sewerage improvement (improvement and expansion of sewagetreatment plants, improvement and expansion of the sewagepipeline network, improvement and expansion of pumping stations).

2) Chimbote cityWater supply improvement (improvement and expansion of watertreatment plant, improvement and expansion of reservoir,improvement and expansion of service reservoirs, improvementand expansion of water distribution network, and installation ofdomestic water meters).Sewerage improvement (improvement and expansion of sewagetreatment plants, improvement and expansion of the seweragepipeline network).


Baja California Water Supply and Sanitation Project

(1) Project BackgroundMexico has traditionally placed a premium on economic relations withthe United States, making significant efforts to develop the borderingstates with its North American neighbor. In recent years, Baja California,a state in the northwestern Mexico, has experienced the fastest growth inthe country, creating a significant concentration of population, especiallyin the Maquiladora, a designated export zone located along the border ofthe United States and Mexico, and centered at Tijuana, Mexicali andEnsenada. However, infrastructure of the water supply and sanitation lagsfar behind population growth, and there is growing concern that thismay create a bottleneck for economic development. In addition,untreated sewage has flowed into the neighboring Salton Lake and theGulf of California, degrading the environment and thereby causing abilateral problem with the United States.

(2) Project Purpose and SummaryThe project is designed to develop infrastructure including the buildingof water purification and sewage treatment facilities, and the laying ofwater and sewage pipes in Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada, the threemajor cities in the state. This will help improve living conditions for theurban population and mitigate water pollution in Salton Lake and theGulf of California.

The proceeds of the loan will be applied to the procurement of goodsand services, as well as consulting services (assistance for the procure-ment and construction coordination) necessary for the implementationof the project.

The executing agency is the Baja California Water Commission,Comisión Estatal de Agua, Bouleverd Federico Benítez 4057, Colonia 20de noviembre, la Mesa, Tijuana, Tel/Fax: 52-66-34-0382.

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(3) Benefits of the ProjectThis project will improve the quality and availability of potable water,reduce its production cost and raise sewage treatment capacity in Piuraand Chimbote, two of Peru’s main provincial cities. These improvementswill enhance the public health situation in these cities, reduce morbidityrates and raise the rate of permanent settlement, reducing populationdrift to Lima, the capital.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of necessarycivil works and consulting services (environmental effect survey, etc.).

The executing agency is the Programa Nacional de Agua Portable yAlcantarillado: PRONAP, Avenida Benavides 2199 Piso 5, Miraflores,Lima, Peru, Tel: 51-1-271-9638, Fax: 51-1-271-2707.

5. Electric Frontier Expansion Project (II)

(1) Need for the ProjectThe electrification rate in Peru is 65%, far below the rates in otherCentral and South American countries (90% electrification in Argentinaand Chile, 78% in Brazil, and 82% in Colombia). Furthermore, the dis-parity in electrification rates between the cities and the countryside isextreme; electrification in Lima and other urban areas is over 90%, whilein the Andes and Amazon basin regions where 45% of the total popula-tion live, it has largely come to a halt at a rate of only 30%. In 1993, thePeruvian government mapped out the National Electrification Plan toremedy the low rates of electrification in the regions. This project willserve as an element in that plan as a follow-on to the Electric FrontierExpansion Project I signed in November 1997.

(2) Project Description This project will improve the electricity transmission and distributionnetworks in regions with low electrification rates. Specific project description is as follows.

1) Expansion of transmission linesSihuas - Pomabamba transmission line (60kV, 35km)Cajamarca - Celendin transmission line (60kV, 60km)Puquio - Coracora transmission line (60kV, 52km)Majes - Chuquibamba transmission line (60kV, 100km)Chulucanas - Huancabamba transmission line (60kV, 88k)Huallanca - Tayabamba transmission line (138kV, 102km)

2) Improvement of small power distribution systemsConstruction, in 12 regions nationwide, of approximately3,100km of 22.9kV transmission lines and distribution facilities tocover approximately 75,000 households.

(3) Benefits of the ProjectBy raising electrification rates, the project will improve the standard ofliving and stimulate the local economy in the regions, as well as raisingthe national electrification rate by approximately 2%.

The proceeds of the loan will be used for procurement of civil works,equipment and materials and consulting services (bidding assistance andconstruction management).

The executing agency is the Ministerio de Energia y Minas: MEM, Av. Las Artes 260, San Borja, Lima 41, Peru, Tel: 51-1-475-0056, Fax: 51-1-475-9460.

March 30, 2000


Baja California Water Supply and Sanitation Project 22,148 2.5* 1.8** 25/7 25/7 General Untied General Untied1.8**

*Standard environmental project **Special environmental project, applied to sewerage system improvement of the project


2. Commitments of ODA Loans by Sector (Fiscal 1999)

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Electric Power and Gas

Power Plants

Malaysia Port Dickson (Tuanku Jaafar) Power Station Rehabilitation Project (2) 2000.3.31 53,764 O

Malaysia Kenyir Hydroelectric Power Plant Project 2000.3.31 16,994 O

Azerbaijan Severnaya Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant Project (II) 1999.10.14 18,332 O

Subtotal 3 Commitments 89,090

Transmission Lines and Distribution Systems

China Harbin Electric Network Construction Project 2000.3.28 6,070

Bangladesh Power Distribution and Efficiency Enhancement Project 1999.7.15 4,376

Peru Electric Frontier Expansion Project (II) 1999.4.9 13,157


Total 6 Commitments 112,693

Transportation

Roads

China Liangping-Changshou Highway Construction Project 2000.3.28 24,000

China Hainan East Expressway Expansion Project 2000.3.28 5,274

China Xinxiang-Zhengzhou Highway Construction Project 2000.3.28 23,491

The Philippines Arterial Road Links Development Project (Phase IV) 1999.12.28 15,384

The Philippines Cordillera Road Improvement Project 1999.12.28 5,852

The Philippines Philippines-Japan Friendship Highway Mindanao Section 1999.12.28 7,434Rehabilitation Project (Phase II)

The Philippines Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Bridges along Arterial Roads Project (Phase IV) 1999.12.28 5,068

Viet Nam National Highway No.10 Improvement Project (II) 2000.3.29 12,719

Viet Nam National Highway No.18 Improvement Project (II) 2000.3.29 11,586

Viet Nam Saigon East-West Highway Construction Project (I) 2000.3.29 4,255

Sri Lanka Road Network Improvement Project 1999.8.4 3,078

Sri Lanka Engineering Services for the Southern Highway 1999.8.4 381

Turkey Bozuyuk-Mekece Road Improvement Project 1999.9.17 29,367

Ghana Achimota-Anyinam Road Improvement Project 1999.4.13 9,651

Guatemala Rural and Main Roads Rehabilitation Project 1999.9.30 5,781

Peru El Niño-Affected Highway Rehabilitation Project 1999.4.9 15,833


Bridges

Viet Nam Binh Bridge Construction Project 2000.3.29 8,020

Viet Nam Red River Bridge Construction Project (I) 2000.3.29 10,000


Railways

Thailand MRTA Initial System Project (Blue Line) (IV) 1999.9.29 64,228 O

Turkey Bosphorus Rail Tube Crossing Project (I) 1999.9.17 12,464 O


*Environmental projects include: 1) power plant projects for energy-saving measures and projects which address environmental problems such as afforestation and the generation of energy by meansof wind power for the reduction of CO2 emissions; 2) anti-pollution projects to combat air pollution, water contamination and other environmental pollutants [eligible for a special environmentalinterest rate announced by the Japanese government in fiscal 1997] and water supply projects such as flood control and sewerage systems [eligible for standard environmental interest rate]. The totalamount for environmental projects accounted for 43.8% of total ODA loan commitments in fiscal 1999.

Sector Country Project Name Date of Approval Amount Environmental(¥ Million) Project*

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Commitments of ODA Loans by Sector (Fiscal 1999)

Airports

Thailand Second Bangkok International Airport Development Project (III) 1999.9.29 33,461

Sri Lanka Bandaranaike International Airport Development Project 1999.8.4 12,384

Uzbekistan Three Local Airports Modernization Project (II) 1999.12.14 2,871


Ports

Cambodia Sihanoukville Port Urgent Rehabilitation Project 1999.9.24 4,142

Viet Nam Hai Phong Port Rehabilitation Project (II) 2000.3.29 13,287

Sri Lanka Urgent Upgrading of Colombo Port Project 1999.8.4 2,048


Marine Transportation

The Philippines Maritime Safety Improvement Project (Phase C) 1999.12.28 4,714

Subtotal 1 Commitment 4,714


Telecommunications

Telecommunications

Uzbekistan Telecommunications Network Expansion Project (II) 1999.12.14 12,692

Tunisia Telecommunications Network Development Project (III) 2000.3.23 8,653


Broadcasting

Viet Nam Viet Nam Television Center Project 2000.3.29 19,548


Others

Viet Nam Coastal Communication System Project in Southern Viet Nam 2000.3.29 1,866



Irrigation and Flood Control

China Hunan Urban Flood Control Project 2000.3.28 24,000 O

China Hubei Urban Flood Control Project 2000.3.28 13,000 O

China Jiangxi Urban Flood Control Project 2000.3.28 11,000 O

The Philippines Bohol Irrigation Project (Phase II) 1999.12.28 6,078

The Philippines Pinatubo Hazard Urgent Mitigation Project (Phase II) 1999.12.28 9,013 O

The Philippines Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (Phase I) 1999.12.28 1,167 O


Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

China Yellow River Delta Agricultural Development Project 2000.3.28 8,904

The Philippines Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project (Phase II) 1999.12.28 16,990 O


Tunisia Integrated Reforestation Project 2000.3.23 4,080 O




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Mining and Manufacturing

Manufacturing

The Philippines Industrial and Support Services Expansion Program (Phase II) 1999.12.28 35,350

The Philippines Environmental Infrastructure Support Credit Program (Phase II) 1999.12.28 20,529 O

Bangladesh Energy Saving, Environmental Protection and Improvement of On-Stream Factor of Ghorasal Urea Fertilizer Factory Project (II) 1999.7.15 5,443 O


Others

Thailand National Metrology System Development Project (I) 1999.9.29 722

Subtotal 1 Commitment 722


Social Services

Water Supply, Sewerage and Sanitation

China Zhejiang Sewage Treatment Project 2000.3.28 11,256 O

China Guangxi Water Supply Project 2000.3.28 3,641 O

China Kunming Water Supply Project 2000.3.28 20,903 O

China Chengdu Water Supply Project 2000.3.28 7,293 O

China Chongqing Water Supply Project 2000.3.28 6,244 O

China Jiangxi Water Supply Project 2000.3.28 4,147 O

Malaysia Engineering Services for Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project 1999.4.28 1,093 O

Malaysia Sewerage Treatment Plant Project 2000.3.31 48,489 O

The Philippines Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Phase V) 1999.12.28 951 O

Thailand Seventh Bangkok Water Supply Improvement Project (I) 1999.9.29 12,608 O

Thailand Community Hospital Wastewater Treatment Project 1999.9.29 4,771 O

Sri Lanka Project for Reduction of Non-Revenue Water 1999.8.4 4,217 O

Morocco Rural Water Supply Project (I) 2000.3.23 5,004 O

Tunisia Rural Water Supply Project 2000.3.23 3,352 O

Peru Social Sector Development Project in Sierra Area 1999.4.9 7,003 O

Peru Provincial Cities Water Supply and Sewerage System Improvement and Expansion Project (Piura-Castilla and Chimbote) 1999.4.9 13,901 O

Mexico Baja California Water Supply and Sanitation Project 2000.3.30 22,148 O


Education

Malaysia Higher Education Loan Fund Project II 1999.4.28 5,285

The Philippines Secondary Education Development and Improvement Project 1999.12.28 7,210


Tourism

Jordan Tourism Sector Development Project 1999.12.2 7,199



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Urban/Rural Community Infrastructure

Bangladesh Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Project 1999.7.15 6,593

Sri Lanka Poverty Alleviation Micro Finance Project 1999.8.4 1,368


Environmental Conservation in Multisector

China Guiyang Environment Model City Project 2000.3.28 6,266 O

China Dalian Environment Model City Project 2000.3.28 5,315 O

China Chongqing Environment Moel City Project 2000.3.28 4,412 O

China Suzhou Water Environmental Improvement Project 2000.3.28 6,261 O

China Benxi Environmental Improvement Project (III) 2000.3.28 1,160 O

Peru Sierra-Natural Resources Management and Poverty Alleviation Project (II) 1999.4.9 7,259 O



Commodity Loans

Indonesia Social Safey Net Adjustment Loan 2000.1.25 71,928

Thailand Agriculture Sector Loan 1999.9.29 36,000

Viet Nam Economic Reform Support Loan 1999.9.29 20,000

Kyrgyz Social Sector Adjustment Program 1999.5.21 2,318

Turkey Emergency Earthquake Recovery Plan 1999.12.22 23,600

Ghana Economic Reform Support Operation 2000.1.31 5,991


Grand Total 84 Commitments 1,053,687

Rescheduling

Jordan Rescheduling (V) 2000.3.16 9,088

Côte d'Ivoire Rescheduling (V) 2000.3.28 2,681

Côte d'Ivoire Rescheduling (V) (grace) 2000.3.28 3

Madagascar Rescheduling (VIII) 1999.5.28 10,404

Rwanda Rescheduling (I) 2000.3.3 992

Senegal Rescheduling (VI) 1999.9.28 2,028

Zambia Rescheduling (VI) 1999.4.20 6,376

Zambia Rescheduling (VI) (grace) 1999.4.20 143

Dominican Republic Rescheduling (repayment) 2000.2.1 1,082

Peru Rescheduling (IV) (1) 1999.8.20 4,825

Peru Rescheduling (IV) (2) 1999.8.20 13,152


Commitments of ODA Loans by Sector (Fiscal 1999)

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3. Sectoral Distribution of Commitments of ODA Loans

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(¥ million, %)

FY1999 FY1966-1999Sector Number of

Amount ShareNumber of

Amount ShareCommitments Commitments

Electric Power and Gas Multipurpose Dams — — — 58 225,845 1.2

Power Plants 3 89,090 8.5 307 3,037,156 15.9

Transmission Lines and Distribution Systems 3 23,603 2.2 113 797,479 4.2

Gas — — — 11 160,441 0.8

Others — — — 7 41,171 0.2

Total 6 112,693 10.7 496 4,262,092 22.3

Transportation Roads 16 179,154 17.0 212 1,595,297 8.4

Bridges 2 18,020 1.7 46 259,877 1.4

Railways 2 76,692 7.3 173 1,587,933 8.3

Airports 3 48,716 4.6 57 592,876 3.1

Ports 3 19,477 1.8 122 763,715 4.0

Marine Transportation 1 4,714 0.4 44 198,478 1.0

Others — — — 17 105,048 0.6

Total 27 346,773 32.9 671 5,103,223 26.7

Telecommunications Telecommunications 2 21,345 2.0 172 881,951 4.6

Broadcasting 1 19,548 1.9 16 73,373 0.4

Others 1 1,866 0.2 1 1,866 0

Total 4 42,759 4.1 189 957,191 5

Irrigation and Flood Control Total 6 64,258 6.1 199 1,033,569 5.4

Agriculture, Forestry Agriculture 2 25,894 2.5 90 588,872 3.1and Fisheries Forestry 1 4,080 0.4 12 99,759 0.5

Fisheries — — — 18 41,983 0.2

Total 3 29,974 2.8 120 730,615 3.8

Mining and Manufacturing Mining — — — 53 139,978 0.7

Manufacturing 3 61,322 5.8 158 1,483,170 7.8

Others 1 722 0.1 2 4,750 0.0

Total 4 62,044 5.9 213 1,627,898 8.5

Social Services Water Supply, Sewerage and Sanitation 17 177,021 16.8 163 1,171,635 6.1

Education 2 12,495 1.2 44 299,602 1.6

Public Health and Medicine — — — 17 88,263 0.5

Tourism 1 7,199 0.7 13 67,178 0.4

Urban/Rural Community Infrastructure 2 7,961 0.8 29 235,041 1.2

Strengthening of Administrative Management — — — 14 49,923 0.3

Environmental Conservation in Multisector 6 30,673 2.9 24 140,389 0.7

Others — — — 1 29,738 0.2

Total 28 235,349 22.3 305 2,081,769 10.9

Commodity Loans Total 6 159,837 15.2 233 3,240,575 17.0

Others Total — — — 10 56,181 0.3

Grand Total 84 1,053,687 100.0 2,436 19,093,112 100.0

Rescheduling 11 50,776 153 696,699

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(1) Summary of Special Assistance for Project Formation(SAPROF) Studies Conducted in Fiscal 1999

Even when developing countries request or indicate their inten-tion to request ODA loans for high priority projects, they areoften unable to undertake detailed project planning.In such cases, JBIC can carry out SAPROF studies as a supplemen-tary assistance to support the developing country in planningthe projects. In fiscal 1999, a total of 21 SAPROF studies wereconducted.

1. Malaysia “Engineering Services for Pahang-Selangor RawWater Transfer Project”

2. Malaysia “Sewerage Treatment Plant Project (2nd Stage)” 3. Viet Nam “Phan Ri-Phan Thiet Irrigation Project”4. Viet Nam “Transport Infrastructure Development Project in

Ho Chi Minh City (Phase I) (2nd Stage)”5. Viet Nam “Transport Infrastructure Development Project in

Ho Chi Minh City (Phase II)” 6. The Philippines “The Environmentally Sustainable Tourism

Development Project in Northern Palawan” 7. The Philippines “Help for Catubig’s Agricultural

Advancement Project”8. The Philippines “National Maritime Polytechnic’s Expansion

and Upgrading of Training Services and Facilities” 9. The Philippines “Ilocos Norte Irrigation Project”

10. China “Changjiang River Basin Urban Flood Control Project”11. China “Environmental Model City Project” 12. Sri Lanka “Dikkowita Fishery Harbour Construction Project”13. Bangladesh “Greater Faridpur Infrastructure Development

Project” 14. Tunisia “Electrification of Tunis Suburban Line Project”15. Morocco “Sewerage Sector Development Project

(2nd Stage)” 16. Kazakhstan “Western Kazakhstan Road Rehabilitation

Project” 17. Uzbekistan “Secondary Specialized and Professional

Education Project” 18. Mexico “Guadalijara Water Supply and Sanitation Project

(2nd Stage)”19. Peru “Provincial Cities Water Supply and Sewerage System

Improvement and Expansion Project”20. Peru “The Lima Water Supply Improvement Project

(Huachipa Water Treatment Plant)” 21. Developing Countries “ODA Fellowship Loan Program”

(2) Summary of Special Assistance for ProjectImplementation (SAPI) Studies Conducted in Fiscal 1999

The primary purpose of SAPI is to study and to identify problemswhich may hinder effective implementation of a particular pro-ject, and to propose remedial measures in order to solve theproblems in a timely manner. In fiscal 1999, a total or 14 SAPIstudies were conducted.

1. Thailand “Small Industry Development Program andTwo Other Programs (2nd Stage)”

2. Indonesia “Jakarta Fairground Project”

3. Viet Nam “Hanoi Drainage Project for EnvironmentalImprovement (I) (II)”

4. Viet Nam “Rural Infrastructure Development and LivingStandard Improvement Project (III)”

5. China “Heilongjiang Sanjiang Plain AgriculturalDevelopment Program (I) (II) Heilongjiang Sanjiang PlainLongtouqiao Dam Construction Project”

6. India “Yamuna Action Plan Project” 7. Sri Lanka “Port of Colombo North Pier Development

Project (I) and (II)” 8. Sri Lanka “Walawe Left Bank Irrigation Upgrading and

Extension Project”9. Kenya “Horticultural Producing Facilities Project”

10. Ghana “Power Plant Barge Project” 11. Bosnia and Herzegovina “Emergency Electric Power

Improvement Project” 12. Bolivia, Ecuador “Project Supervision in South America

Region” (Bolivia: Between Patacamaya and TamboQuemado Road Improvement Project); Ecuador:Telecommunication Network Expansion Project)

13. Jamaica “Kingston Metropolitan Area Water SupplyProject”

14. Peru “Social Sector Development Project in Amazon Area(2nd Stage)”

(3) Summary of Special Assistance for ProjectSustainability (SAPS) Studies Conducted in Fiscal 1999

The primary purpose of SAPS is to study and identify problems,which impede effective operation and/or maintenance of a par-ticular project, and to propose remedial measures. In fiscal 1999,a total of 7 SAPS studies were conducted.

1. Thailand “Study on Maintenance System for JBIC ODALoan Projects”

2. Indonesia “Jakarta Fairground Project” 3. Indonesia “Maritime SAR Telecommunications System

Project” 4. Viet Nam “National Highway No. 5 Improvement Project

(I), (II) and (III) (2nd Stage)” 5. China “Dalian Industrial Park Development Project” 6. Pakistan “Metropolitan Water Supply Project (Simly)” 7. Brazil “Cerrado Agricultural Development Cooperation

Project (2nd Stage)”

(4) Special Assistance for Procurement ManagementIn fiscal 1999, Special Assistance for Procurement Managementwas introduced to facilitate fair, transparent and prompt pro-curement practices in the special yen (ODA) loan projects. Thestudies assist in the preparation of bidding documents, imple-mentation of bid evaluations and other matters related to pro-curement. In fiscal 1999, a total of 3 Special Assistance forProcurement Management studies were conducted.

1. The Philippines “Mindanao Container Terminal Project” 2. The Philippines “LRT Line 1 Capacity Expansion Project

(Phase II)” 3. Viet Nam “Binh Bridge Construction Project”

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5. Principal Contractors Under ODA Loans

GOODS AND SERVICES

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Country Project NameApproval

Amount Principal Contractors(¥ Million)

China Tongyu River Irrigation Development Project (II) 1995.1.13 1,097 RANKEN ENTERPRISES LIMITED (Hong Kong) China Shouxian-Huanghua Railway Construction Project (I) 1995.11.2 1,105 CHINA CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

(China)1,007 MINMETALS INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT

COMPANY (China) 1,464 SHENZHEN SUNRAY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (China)

China Hangzhou-Quzhou Expressway Construction 1998.12.25 2,034 HEBEI HIGHWAY ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION (GROUP) CO., Project LTD. (China) /ZHEJIANG DENGIENG TRAFFIC INDUSTRY GROUP

CO., LTD. (China) 2,333 SHANGHAI NO.1 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD. (China) 1,107 SHANXI ROAD & BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION CO. (China) 1,028 THE 12TH ENGINEERING BUREAU OF MOR (China) 1,459 THE 1ST CONSTRUCTION DIVISION OF TUNNEL ENGINEERING

BUREAU, MOR (China) 1,179 THE 1ST ENGINEERING BUREAU OF MOR (China) 1,393 THE 3RD ENGINEERING DIVISION OF THE 17TH ENGINEERING

BUREAU, MOR (China) 1,751 XIAMEN BRANCH OF THE 1ST HIGHWAY ENGINEERING CO. OF

MOC (China) 1,611 ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL ROAD & BRIDGE ENGINEERING BUREAU

(China) China Wanxian-Liangping Highway Construction Project 1998.12.25 1,139 CHENGDU HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE ENGINEERING COMPANY

(China) 1,034 CHONGQING YUTONG HIGHWAY ENGINEERING CHIEF

CORPORATION (China) 1,258 NO.3 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF TUNNEL ENGINEERING

BUREAU OF MOR (China) 1,211 NO.5 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF NO.18 ENGINEERING

BUREAU OF MOR (China) 1,089 NO.5 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF NO.5 ENGINEERING

BUREAU OF MOR (China) Mongolia Baganuur and Shivee-Ovoo Coal Mine 1997.2.28 2,007 ITOCHU CORP. (Japan)

Development ProjectIndonesia The Bapedal Regional Monitoring Capacity 1994.11.29 1,802 ITOCHU CORP. (Japan)

Development ProjectIndonesia Twelve Provinces Bridge Replacement and 1995.12.1 1,069 PT. KARUNIA BERCA INDONESIA (Indonesia)

Rehabilitation ProjectIndonesia Heavy Loaded Road Improvement Project (II) 1996.12.4 1,320 PT. SUMBER MITRA JAYA (Indonesia)/

PT. YALA PERSADA ANGKASA (Indonesia) Indonesia Way Sekampung Irrigation Project (III) 1998.1.28 1,089 PT. ADHI KARYA (Indonesia)

2,132 PT. PEMBANGUNAN PERUMAHAN (Indonesia) 1,824 PT. WASKITA KARYA (Indonesia)

The Philippines Malitubog-Maridagao Irrigation Project (I) 1990.2.9 1,611 CHINA ELECTRIC POWER TECHNOLOGY IMPORT AND EXPORT CORP. (China)

The Philippines Pampanga Delta Development Project 1991.7.16 1,617 C.M. PANCHO CONSTRUCTION INC. (The Philippines)/(Irrigation Component) LP. ENGINEERING SERVICES (The Philippines)/

KUBOTA CORPORATION (Japan)The Philippines Nationwide Air Navigation Facilities Modernization 1995.8.30 5,020 TOMEN CORP. (Japan)

Project (III)The Philippines Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway 1995.8.30 1,371 KEANG NAM ENTERPRISES LTD. (Korea)

Rehabilitation ProjectThe Philippines Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway Mindanao 1997.3.18 1,150 CONCEPCION BASIC BUILDERS (The Philippines)/

Section Rehabilitation Project (Phase I) G&P BUILDERS, INC. (The Philippines)/L.S. SARMIENTO AND CO. INC. (The Philippines)

The Philippines Leyte-Bohol Interconnection Project 1997.3.18 6,099 KANEMATSU CORP. (Japan)/NISSHO IWAI CORP. (Japan)/HITACHI CABLE, LTD. (Japan)/FUJIKURA LTD. (Japan)

The Philippines Lower Agusan Development Project (LADP) 1997.3.18 1,110 CIRIACO CORPORATION (The Philippines)/KAJIMA CORP. (Japan)(Flood Control Component-Phase II)

Thailand Wat Nakorn-In Bridge and Connecting Road 1995.9.12 4,214 ITALIAN-THAI DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITEDConstruction Project (Thailand)/SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (Japan)

Thailand Regional Road Improvement Project (II) 1995.9.12 3,174 ITALIAN-THAI DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (Thailand)

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1,648 SERMSANGUAN CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (Thailand) Thailand Transmission System and Substation Development 1995.9.12 1,695 HYOSUNG CORPORATION (Korea )

Project (5th Stage)Thailand Track Rehabilitation Project (III) 1996.9.27 9,805 BARCLAY MOWLEM CONSTRUCTION LIMITED (Australia)

2,254 MITSUI & CO., LTD. (Japan)Thailand Local Cost Financing Program 1998.7.31 1,085 LAO AMORNKIJ (Thailand)/SUMITOMO CORP. (Japan)

(Regional Road Development Project (2))3,174 ITALIAN-THAI DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED

(Thailand) 1,898 SERMSANGUAN CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (Thailand)

Thailand MRTA Initial System Project (Blue Line) (III) (IV) 1998.9.30 28,566 ITALIAN-THAI DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC COMPANY 1999.9.29 LIMITED (Thailand)/OBAYASHI CORP. (Japan)/

NISHIMATSU CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (Japan)Thailand MRTA Initial System Project (Blue Line) (III) 1998.9.30 4,292 CH. KARNCHANG PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (Thailand)/

SNC-LAVALIN INC. (Canada) Thailand MRTA Initial System Project (Blue Line) (IV) 1999.9.29 18,560 BILIFINGER + BURGER BAUAKTIEN GESELLSCHAFT (Germany)/

CH. KARNCHANG PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (Thailand)/KUMAGAI GUMI CO., LTD. (Japan)/TOKYU CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (Japan)

2,443 SIAM SYNTECH CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC CO., LTD. (Thailand)/T.S.B. TRADING CO., LTD. (Thailand)/KAJIMA CORP. (Japan)/HAZAMA CORP. (Japan)/MAEDA CORP. (Japan)/MITSUI & CO., LTD. (Japan)

Viet Nam Pha Lai Thermal Power Plant Project (I), (II) and (III) 1995.4.18 1,899 ABB SUBSTATIONS AB (Sweden) 1996.3.291997.3.26

Viet Nam Ham Tuan-Da Mi Hydropower Project (I) (II) 1995.4.18 1,463 SSANGYONG CORP. (Korea) 1996.3.29

Viet Nam Coastal Communication System Project 1997.3.26 1,714 MITSUI & CO., LTD. (Japan)Viet Nam Second National Highway No.1 Bridge 1997.3.26 1,266 CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION NO.5

Rehabilitation Project (II) (CIENCO 5) (Viet Nam)/CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION NO.1 (CIENCO 1) (Viet Nam)

Viet Nam National Highway No.10 Improvement Project (I) 1998.3.30 2,007 CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION NO.5(CIENCO 5) (Viet Nam)/CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION NO.1 (CIENCO 1) (Viet Nam)/KEANG NAM ENTERPRISES LTD. (Korea)

Viet Nam National Highway No.18 Improvement Project (I) 1998.3.30 1,186 CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION(China)/TRANSPORT MATERIAL & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY(Viet Nam)

Bangladesh Energy Saving, Environmental Protection and 1999.7.15 5,704 TOYO ENGINEERING CORP. (Japan)Improvement of On-Stream Factor of Ghorasal Urea Fertilizer Factory Project (II)

India National Highway-5 Improvement Project (II) 1995.2.28 2,514 KMC CONSTRUCTIONS LTD. (India) India National Highway-24 Improvement Project 1995.2.28 2,173 KNR CONSTRUCTION LTD. (India)/

NAGARJUNA CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. (India) India Chennai Sewerage Renovation and Functional 1995.2.28 1,027 SUBAHASH PROJECTS AND MARKETING LIMITED (India)

Improvement Project 1,125India Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Project 1996.1.25 1,114 DEGREMONT SA (France)

1,916 DODSAL LTD. (India) 2,055 DODSAL LTD. (India) 1,600 ELECTRO STEEL CASINGS LTD. (India)/

PETRON CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD. (India) India Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal Modernization Project 1996.1.25 1,708 PROGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTION LTD. NEW DELHI (India) India West Bengal Transmission System Project 1997.2.25 1,299 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD. (India)

2,077 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD. (India) 2,174 CROMPTON GREAVES LTD. (India)

India Simhadri Thermal Power Station Project 1997.2.25 1,539 HINDUSTAN STEEL WORKS CONSTRUCTION LTD. (India) 1,538 LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD. (India)

India Calcutta Transport Infrastructure Development 1997.2.25 1,565 SENBO ENGINEERING LTD. (India) Project

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India Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Power Plant 1997.12.12 3,089 DAEWOO CORPORATION (Korea)/KAJIMA CORP. (Japan)Construction Project (II)

2,057 HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD. (India) /SAMSUNG CORPORATION (Korea)

1,213 ALSTOM HYDRO. (France) India Bakreswar Thermal Power Station Unit 3 Extension 1999.3.24 1,066 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD. (India)/ITOCHU CORP.

Project (II) (Japan)/FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (Japan)5,348 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD. (India)/ITOCHU CORP.

(Japan)/FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (Japan)India National Highway-5 Improvement Project 1994.1.24 1,551 GAYATRI PROJECTS LTD. (India)/IJM CORPORATION BERHAD

(Malaysia) 1,670 GAYATRI PROJECTS LTD. (India)/IJM CORPORATION BERHAD

(Malaysia) 1,690 GAYATRI PROJECTS LTD. (India)/IJM CORPORATION BERHAD

(Malaysia) 1,484 UP STATE BRIDGE CORPORATION LTD. (India)

Pakistan Kohat Tunnel Construction Project 1994.11.22 4,350 TAISEI CORP. (Japan)Pakistan Diesel Electric Locomotives Rehabilitation Project (2) 1996.3.22 6,320 MARUBENI CORP. (Japan)Pakistan Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project (II) 1997.3.31 3,100 DONGFANG ELECTRIC CORPORATION (China)Sri Lanka The Regional Telecommunications Development 1993.8.12 3,828 MARUBENI CORP. (Japan)

ProjectSri Lanka Kukule Ganga Hydroelectric Power Project 1994.7.4 2,786 KAJIMA CORP. (Japan)/KUMAGAI GUMI CO., LTD. (Japan)/

HAZAMA CORP. (Japan)6,461 SKANSAKA INTERNATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING A.B. (Sweden)

Georgia Power Rehabilitation Project 1998.1.19 2,312 ANSALDO ENERGIA S.P.A. (Italy)/MITSUI & CO., LTD. (Japan)Kyrgyz Bishkek-Osh Road Rehabilitation Project (II) 1998.10.26 4,156 ENTES INDUSTRIAL PLANTS CONST. & ERECTION

CONTRACTING CO., INC. (Turkey)Uzbekistan Three Local Airports Modernization Project (II) 1999.12.14 2,864 ALENIA MARCONI SYSTEMS S.P.A. (Italy) Papua New Port Moresby International Airport 1996.2.28 1,925 TOSHIBA CORP. (Japan)Guinea Redevelopment Project (II)Bulgaria Industrial Pollution Improvement Project in Plovdiv 1995.11.27 6,015 MARUBENI CORP. (Japan)Cameroon Douala Port Container Terminal Modernization 1987.5.12 5,594 MITSUI & CO., LTD. (Japan)

ProjectKenya Horticultural Produce Handling Facilities Project 1993.10.28 1,170 MARUBENI CORP. (Japan)Argentina Project for Improvement of Hygienic Environment 1995.3.30 4,351 CODI S.A. (Argentina)/ELEPRINT S.A. (Argentina)/IMPREGILO

of the Reconquista River Basin S.P.A (Italy)/JOSE CARTELLONE CONSTRUCCIONES CIVILES S.A. (Argentina)

3,267 DRAGADOS Y OBRAS PORTUARIAS S.A. (Argentina)/PAGLIENTTINI S.A. (Argentina)

Dominican Aglipo Agricultural Development Project (II) 1994.3.31 5,872 INGCO, C. POR A. (Dominican Republic)/IMPREGILO S.P.A. (Italy) RepublicEcuador Catarama River Basin Irrigation Project 1988.2.12 2,829 HIDALGO & HIDALGO S.A. (Ecuador) Paraguay Asuncion Metropolitan Area Potable Water Project 1995.9.8 1,207 COMPANHIA METALURGICA BARBARA (Brazil) Peru Lima-Callao Metropolitan Area Water Supply and 1996.3.27 1,101 CONSTRUTORA NORBERTO ODEBRECHT (Brazil)/

Sewerage Improvement Project CONSTRUCTORA UPACA S.A. (Peru) Peru Yuncan (Paucartambo II) Hydroelectric Power 1996.9.24 11,951 COSAPI S.A. (Peru)/SKANSAKA AB (Sweden)/

Plant Construction Project CHIZAKI KOGYO CO., LTD. (Japan)2,316 ALSTOM HOLDINGS (France)/TOSHIBA CORP. (Japan)

Peru Rural Highway Rehabilitation and Improvement 1996.9.24 2,354 ASSOCIACION BUFETE INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCCIONES S.A. DE Project C.V. (Mexico)/CONSTRUCT UPACA S.A. (Peru)

2,851 COSAPI S.A. (Peru) 2,177 QUEIROZ GALVAO (Brazil) 1,578 QUEIROZ GALVAO (Brazil)

Peru Southern Lima Metropolitan Sewerage 1996.9.24 2,555 COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE PROJETOS E OBRAS (Brazil)/Improvement Project CONSTRUTORA NOBERTO (Brazil)

3,670 COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE PROJETOS E OBRAS (Brazil)/CONSTRUTORA NOBERTO (Brazil)

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CONSULTING SERVICES

China Wanxian-Liangping Highway Construction Project 1998.12.25 139 HALCROW CHINA LTD. (Hong Kong)/KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

Indonesia Transmission Line Construction Project in Java-Bali 1995.12.1 533 CONNUSA ENERGINDO (Indonesia)/P.B. POWER (United Kingdom)/PT. TRIMITRA NUSA ENGINEERING (Indonesia)/NEWJEC INC. (Japan)

Indonesia Multipurpose Dam Hydroelectric Power Plants Project 1996.12.4 620 PT. KWARSA HEXAGON (Indonesia)/CTI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.(Japan)/ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Japan)

Indonesia Project for Strengthening District Health Service in 1996.12.4 326 PT. DARENA PRAKARSA UTAMA (Indonesia)/PT. INERSIA AMPAKSulawesi ENGINEERS (Indonesia)/SYSTEM SCIENCE CONSULTANTS INC.

(Japan)Indonesia Sumatra East Coast Highways Project 1998.1.28 448 PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)Indonesia Depok Depot Construction Project 1998.1.28 323 PT. METRO TRANSPORTAMA CONSULTANT (Indonesia)/

OVERSEAS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS (Japan)/JAPAN RAILWAY TECHNICAL SERVICE (Japan)

Indonesia Medan Flood Control Project 1998.1.28 349 BIEC INTERNATIONAL (Indonesia)/PT. ATLAS BUMI SEMESTA (Indonesia)/PT. DDC (Indonesia)/PT. HASFARM DIAN (Indonesia)/PT. INDRA KARYA (Indonesia)/PT. MELIAS KESUMA (Indonesia)/SINOTECH ENGINEERING (Taiwan)/CTI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. (Japan)

Indonesia Way Sekampung Irrigation Management Project (III) 1998.1.28 531 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)Indonesia Small Scale Irrigation Management Project (III) 1998.1.28 732 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)Indonesia Engineering Services for Upper Cisokan Pumped 1998.1.28 1,362 CONNUSA ENERGINDO (Indonesia)/

Storage HEPP Project P.B. POWER (United Kingdom)/THE NEW JAPAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, INC. (Japan)

Indonesia Engineering Services for Gilirang Irrigation Project 1998.1.28 662 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)Malaysia Look East Policy 1999.3.4 174 MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (Japan)Malaysia Port Dickson (Tuanku Jaafar) Power Station 1999.3.4 1,984 TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES CO., LTD. (Japan)

Rehabilitation ProjectMalaysia Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Development Project 1999.3.4 378 HASMI ASSOCIATES (Malaysia)/

UNICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Japan)1,408 ADC ASSOCIATES ARKITEK SDN. BHD. (Malaysia)/

PERUNDING HASHIM & NEH SDN. BHD. (Malaysia)/NIHON SEKKEI INC. (Japan)

Malaysia Higher Education Loan Fund Project (II) 1999.4.28 560 ASIA SEED (Japan)The Philippines Forestry Sector Project 1993.8.19 190 ORIENT INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS, INC.

(The Philippines)/PKII ENGINEERS (The Philippines)/NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)

The Philippines Second Mandaue-Mactan Bridge II and Metro Cebu 1997.3.18 159 KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)Road Project

The Philippines Luzon Grid Transmission Project Associated With 1997.3.18 318 P.B. POWER (United Kingdom)/NEWJEC INC. (Japan)Private Power Projects

The Philippines Subic Bay Freeport Environment Management Project 1997.3.18 215 WOODWARD-CLYDE INTERNATIONAL (U.S.A.) The Philippines Special Economic Zones Environment 1997.3.18 212 TCGI ENGINEERS (The Philippines)/

Management Project PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)The Philippines Metro Manila Interchange Construction Project 1998.9.10 119 TCGI ENGINEERS (The Philippines)/

(Phase IV) JAPAN OVERSEAS CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Japan)126 DCCD ENGINEERING CORPORATION (The Philippines)/

PERTCONSULT (The Philippines)/NIPPON ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Japan)

133 PROCONSULT, INC. (The Philippines)/UNITED TECHNOLOGIES (The Philippines)/KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

135 PROCONSULT, INC. (The Philippines)/KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

The Philippines Batangas Port Development Project (Phase II) 1998.9.10 516 BASIC TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (The Philippines)/TCGI ENGINEERS (The Philippines)/PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

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The Philippines Arterial Road Links Development Project (Phase III) 1998.9.10 381 CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS CORPORATION (The Philippines)/NIPPON ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Japan)

864 PHILIPP’S TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS CORP. (The Philippines)/PKII ENGINEERS (The Philippines)/UNITED TECHNOLOGIES (The Philippines)/NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)

504 DEMCOR INC. (The Philippines)/FILIPINAS DRAVO CORPORATION (The Philippines)/MULTI-INFRA KONSULT, INC. (The Philippines)/KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

205 MULTI-INFRA KONSULT, INC. (The Philippines)/PRO CONSULT, INC. (The Philippines)/SCHEMA KONSULT INC. (The Philippines)/TECHNIKS GROUP CORP. (The Philippines)/KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

The Philippines Iloilo Flood Control Project (Phase II) 1998.9.10 291 BASIC TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (The Philippines)/WOODFIELDS CONSULTANTS, INC. (The Philippines)/CTI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. (Japan)

The Philippines Agno River Flood Control Project (Phase II) 1998.9.10 1,001 BASIC TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (The Philippines)/PKII ENGINEERS (The Philippines)/NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)

The Philippines Local Government Units Support Credit Program 1998.9.10 113 ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP. OF THE PHILIPPINES(EDCOP) (The Philippines)

The Philippines Central Luzon Irrigation Project 1998.9.10 1,438 HYDROTERRE CONSULTANTS, INC. (The Philippines)/PHILKOEI INTERNATIONAL INC. (The Philippines)/SANYU CONSULTANTS INC. (Japan)/NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)

The Philippines Fisheries Resource Management Project 1998.9.10 163 PACIFIC RIM INNOVATION & MANAGEMENT EXPONENTS, INC. (The Philippines)/OVERSEAS AGRO-FISHERIES CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Japan)

Thailand The Environmental Fund Project 1993.9.22 850 ICF CONSULTING GROUP (U.S.A) Thailand Second Bangkok International Airport 1997.9.30 924 ASIAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Thailand)/

Development Project (II) EPSILON CO., LTD. (Thailand)/ROGE AND ASSOCIATES CO., LTD. (Thailand)/PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

Thailand Traffic Planning and Management Sector Loan 1998.9.30 135 ASIAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Thailand)/TESCO LTD (Thailand)/TRANSCONSULT CO., LTD. (Thailand)/PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

Viet Nam Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City Railway Bridge 1994.1.28 633 RAILWAY INVESTMENT & CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT CO.Rehabilitation Project (I) (III) 1996.3.29 (Viet Nam)/JAPAN TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS, INC. (Japan)/

PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)Viet Nam Da Nhim Power System Rehabilitation Project 1997.3.26 397 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)Viet Nam Hanoi Urban Infrastructure Development Project 1997.3.26 767 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)Viet Nam Engineering Services for O Mon Thermal Power 1998.3.30 401 TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES CO., LTD. (Japan)

Plant ProjectViet Nam Central Viet Nam Rural Telecommunication 1998.3.30 447 DEUTSCHE TELEPOST CONSULTING GMBH (Germany)

Network ProjectViet Nam Viet Nam Television Center Project (E/S) 1998.3.30 482 NHK INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY INC. (Japan)Viet Nam Hai Van Tunnel Construction Project (II) 1999.3.30 583 LOUIS BERGER INTERNATIONAL INC. (U.S.A.)/TRANSPORT

ENGINEERING DESIGN CORPORATION (Viet Nam)/NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)

Viet Nam Da Nang Port Improvement Project 1999.3.30 688 MAUNSELL GROUP (Australia)/TRANSPORT ENGINEERING DESIGN CORPORATION (Viet Nam)/JAPAN PORT CONSULTANTS, LTD. (Japan)

Viet Nam Second National Highway No.1 Bridge 1999.3.30 850 JAPAN BRIDGE AND STRUCTURE INSTITUTE, INC. (Japan)Rehabilitation Project (3)

Bangladesh Greater Dhaka Telecommunications Network 1992.5.28 105 NIPPON TELECOMMUNICATION CONSULTING CO., LTD.Improvement Project (II) (Japan)

India National Highway-5 Improvement Project 1994.1.24 541 CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (India)/INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS AND TECHNOCRATS PVT., LTD. (India)/LOUIS BERGER INTERNATIONAL INC. (U.S.A.)/STUP CONSULTANTS LTD. (India)/NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)

India National Highway-5 Improvement Project (II) 1995.2.28 233 SMEC INTERNATIONAL PVT. LTD. (Australia)/SMEC (India) PVT. LTD. (India)/SPAN CONSULTANT PRIVATE LIMITED (India)

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Notes: 1. The lists show names of principal contractors, with contract amounts over ¥100 million for consulting services and ¥1 billion for goods and services.2. The publication of the lists are based on the approvals of the JBIC borrowers.3. Contracts under commodity loans and financial intermediary loans are not included in the lists.4. The contract amounts may not necessarily coincide with the amount financed by ODA loans.5. The contract amounts are all indicated in yen, whereby non-yen contracts are converted with exchange rates at the time of JBIC concurrence.

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India National Highway-24 Improvement Project 1995.2.28 255 CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (India)/INTERCONTINENTAL CONSULTANTS AND TECHNOCRATS PVT. LTD. (India)/SCETAUROUTE INTERNATIONAL (France)/PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

India Attappady Wasteland Comprehensive 1996.1.25 207 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)Environmental Conservation Project

India Rajghat Canal Irrigation Project 1997.2.25 212 MOTT MACDONALD LTD. (United Kingdom)/SPAN CONSULTANT & DALAL CONSULTANT (India)

India Simhadri and Vizag Transmission System Project 1997.12.12 223 LAHMEYER INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Germany)/NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)

Pakistan Balochistan Middle Level Education Project 1997.3.31 178 PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)/NATIONAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION (Pakistan)/INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING ENGINEERS OF PAKISTAN (Pakistan)

Sri Lanka Baseline Road Project (II) 1997.8.18 244 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)/ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LTD. (Sri Lanka)/RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS (Sri Lanka)/W.S. ATKINS INTERNATIONAL LTD. (United Kingdom)

Sri Lanka Kalu Ganga Water Supply Project for Greater 1997.8.18 804 NIPPON JOGESUIDO SEKKEI CO., LTD. (Japan)Colombo

Sri Lanka Transmission and Substation Development Project (II) 1998.9.28 178 NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)Azerbaijan Severnaya Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant 1999.10.14 805 BURNS AND ROE ENTERPRISES, INC. (U.S.A.)

Project (II)Georgia Power Rehabilitation Project 1998.1.19 380 ELC-ELECTROCONSULT SPA (Italy)/

ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Japan)Fiji Nadi-Lautoka Regional Water Supply Project 1998.2.12 353 SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ (Australia)/

NIHON SUIDO CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Japan)Bulgaria Port of Bourgas Expansion Project 1998.6.29 1,066 PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)Romania Port of Constantza-South Development Project 1998.2.27 590 PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)Tunisia Water Pipeline Construction & Irrigation Project in 1996.2.26 129 SELKHOZPROMOEXPORT (Russia)

North-TunisiaGhana Highway Sector Investment Project (II) 1998.3.30 482 COMPTRAN ENGINEERING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATES

(Ghana)/CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONSULTANTS (Japan)803 COMPTRAN ENGINEERING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATES

(Ghana)/KAMPSAX INTERNATIONAL A/S (Denmark)/GRID CONSULT (Ghana)/CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONSULTANTS (Japan)

Brazil Parana State Environmental Improvement Project 1998.1.8 1,045 CONCREMAT ENG. E TECHNOLOGIA LTDA. (Brazil)/ECOSOL PROJ. DE ENGENHARIA (Brazil)/MULTISERVICE ENGENHARIA LTDA. (Brazil)/YACHIYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD. (Japan)

Colombia Aguablanca Water Supply and Sewerage Project 1986.5.12 170 INESCO LTDA. (Colombia) Paraguay Road Improvement Project (II) 1998.8.10 469 CONSULTORA GUARANI (Paraguay)/

CENTRAL CONSULTANT INC. (Japan)Peru Rural Highway Rehabilitation and Improvement 1996.9.24 296 ASOCIACION HIDROSERVICE ENGENHARIA LTDA. (Brazil)/

Project HOB CONSULTORES Y EJECUTORES S.A. (Peru) 392 CPS DE INGENIERIA S.A. (Peru)/

PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)164 ENERGOPROJEKT HIDROINZENJERING (Yugoslavia)/

OFICINA DE INGENIERIA Y SERVICIOS TECHNICOS (Peru) Peru Rural Highway Rehabilitation and Improvement 1997.11.12 142 BARRIGA DALL’ORTO S.A. INGENIEROS CONSULTORES (Peru)

Project (II)Peru El Niño-Affected Highway Rehabilitation Project 1999.4.9 1,484 CESEL S.A. (Peru)/PACIFIC CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL (Japan)

416 BARRIGA DALL’ORTO S.A. INGENIEROS CONSULTORES (Peru)/NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. (Japan)/OVERSEAS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS (Japan)

Peru Provincial Cities Water Supply and Sewerage 1999.4.9 242 CARDENAS & BAUTISTA S.C.R.L. (Peru)/System Improvement and Expansion Project NIPPON JOGESUIDO SEKKEI CO., LTD. (Japan)(Piura-Castilla and Chimbote)

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6. Conditions for ODA Loans

A. Standard Conditions for ODA Loans in FY1999Civil Works and Equipment Consulting Services

Income 1997 GNP (1) General (2) Standard (3) Special (4) Projects Requiring (5) All ConsultingCategory per Capita Projects Environmental Environmental Environmental Services Excluding

Projects Projects Consideration in Those Noted inImplementation Left Column

LLDCs1.0 1.0 0.75 0.75 1.0

30 (10) 30 (10) 40 (10) 40 (10) 30 (10)

Low-Income Economies1.8 1.3 0.75 0.75 1.8

~US$785 30 (10) 30 (10) 40 (10) 40 (10) 30 (10)

Lower-Middle-Income Economies2.2 1.7 0.75 0.75 1.8

US$786~US$1,505 30 (10) 30 (10) 40 (10) 40 (10) 30 (10)

Middle-Income Economies2.2 1.7 0.75 0.75 1.8

US$1,506~US$3,125 25 (7) 25 (7) 40 (10) 40 (10) 25 (7)

Upper-Middle-Income Economies3 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.8

US$3,126~ 25 (7) 25 (7) 25 (7) 25 (7) 25 (7)

Special Yen (ODA) Loans0.95

40 (10)

Upper rows: Interest rate (%) Lower rows: Repayment period(grace period) (years)

(Reference) Major Economies Classified by Income Category

Income Category 1997 GNP per Capita

LLDCs Afghanistan, Angola, Yemen, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Cambodia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and Principe, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Sudan,Somalia, Tanzania, Chad, Central African Republic, Togo, Tuvalu, Niger, Nepal, Haiti, Bangladesh,Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Malawi, Mali, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mozambique,Mauritania, Laos, Liberia, Rwanda, Lesotho

Low-Income Economies ~US$785 Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, India, Cameroon, Ghana, Kyrgyz, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Republic ofCongo, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Viet Nam,Honduras, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Mongolia

LLDCs Vanuatu, Cape Verde, Kiribati, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, MaldivesLower-Middle-Income Economies US$786~US$1,505 Algeria, Indonesia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Guyana, Kazakhstan, Guatemala, Georgia, Syria,

Swaziland, Suriname, Sri Lanka, China, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Bulgaria, Bolivia,Macedonia, Morocco, Romania

Middle-Income Economies US$1,506~US$3,125 Iran, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Costa Rica, Colombia, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Thailand, Tunisia, Dominican Republic, Tonga, Dominica, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Fiji, Belize,Belarus, Peru, Marshall, Micronesia, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia

Upper-Middle-Income Economies US$3,126~ Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Uruguay, Estonia, Republic of Korea, Gabon, Croatia, Slovakia,Slovenia, Seychelles, St. Lucia, St. Christopher and Nevis, Palau, Chile, Czech Republic, Trinidad andTobago, Turkey, Hungary, Brazil, Venezuela, Botswana, Poland, Malaysia, Republic of South Africa,Mexico, Mauritius, Lebanon

Note: The chart is classified by DAC and the World Bank.

Notes: 1. LLDC (least less developed country) is classified by the Development AssistanceCommittee (DAC) of the former Organization for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD). Low-income, lower-middle-income, middle-income, andupper-middle-income economies are classified by the World Bank.

2. Projects that fall under (3) above are (a) projects to address global environmentalissues, such as global warming (e.g., afforestation, energy conservation, anddevelopment of alternative energy resources); and (b) projects to address pollution(e.g., air and water pollution and waste disposal).

3. Projects that fall under (2) above are environmental projects other than thosedescribed in Note 2 (e.g., water supply).

4. Projects that fall under (4) above are Category A projects (submission of anEnvironment Impact Assessment (EIA) Report is required, and the project is appraised)and Category B projects (although submission of an EIA Report is not required, theproject is appraised) as defined in JBIC Environmental Guidelines. Projects that fallunder (5) above are Category C projects (submission of an EIA Report is not required,and appraisal based on the Guidelines may be omitted) as defined in the above JBICEnvironmental Guidelines for ODA Loans.

5. To strengthen the fundamentals in developing economies to facilitate the inflow ofprivate-sector investment, the same preferential conditions used in (3) are applied to(a) loans for supporting human resources development (loans to cover the costsrelated to the dispatch of students and others for study or training in Japan; thedispatch of Japanese experts overseas; and related costs for training, research, andimprovement of equipment and facilities at advanced educational and researchinstitutions) and (b) loans for supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises(support for the creation of low-interest financing systems for small- and medium-sized enterprises, particularly very small enterprises.) (Not applicable to upper-middle-income economies.)

6. In the case of cross-border infrastructure development projects, the ODA loanconditions applicable to the participating economy with the lowest income level areapplied to the entire project. (Not applicable to upper-middle-income economies.)

7. For upper-middle-income economies only environmental projects are, in principle,eligible for ODA loans.

8. Special Yen (ODA) Loan: Following the announcement of the “Emergency EconomicMeasures” in November 1998, the Japanese government announced a “Scheme ofSpecial Yen (ODA) Loan Facility” for promoting economic reform and productivity

recovery in Asian countries affected by the currency crisis. In order to assist rapidrecovery of Asian economies, this facility focuses on projects having ample economicstimulation effects and improving the conditions for private-sector investments. • Project Scale: A maximum total of ¥600 billion over 3 years from 1999.• Loan Coverage: Up to 85% of total project cost.• Procurement Conditions: To the extent possible in compliance with OECD rules, the

prime contract will be Japan tied, with subcontracts under the prime contracts asBilateral-tied, and contracts under the subcontract as General-untied.

• Rules for Country of Origin: Goods and services whose country of origin is otherthan Japan can be procured up to no more than 50% of the total loan amount.

• Recipient Countries: Asian and other countries which have been affected by theeconomic crisis. (In particular, the recipients will be Asian countries which havebeen affected by the economic crisis; other countries will be considered if, in thelight of their growth and unemployment rates as well as other factors, they havebeen affected by economic crisis and are judged to have a particular reason tobenefit from this facility.)

• Areas:1) Improvement in the flow of goods (roads*1, ports*2, airports, bridges, railways,

info-communications*3, transportation bases).2) Strengthening of the production base (power stations, power transmission and

distribution lines, irrigation, pipelines*4, water supply and sewerage, wastedisposal, industrial parks).

3) Countermeasures against large-scale disasters (in those countries where there is ahigh possibility that large-scale disasters may occur (including those countrieswhere such disasters occurred in the past) such preventive measures asearthquake-proof facilities for public use including condominium, fire-fighting andemergency equipment, and meteorological networks are included.)

*1: “roads” include traffic control facilities such as signals*2: “ports” include water transportation such as ferries (limited to domestic service)

and maritime safety facilities such as beacons.*3: “info-communications” include information infrastructure for public use such as

broadcasting networks and communication systems.*4: “pipelines” include storage equipment, and development-related infrastructure

such as disaster preventive facilities.

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B. Tying Status (Commitment Basis)

Untied BilateralFY Tied

General UntiedPartially Untied

TiedTotal

1995 0.0 97.7 2.3 — 100.01996 0.0 100.0 0.0 — 100.01997 0.0 99.0 1.0 0.0 100.01998 0.0 91.5 7.2 1.3 100.01999 1.9 83.6 3.0 11.6 100.0

Note: Excluding rescheduling

(%)

C. Nationalities of Contractors

FY 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Japan 27.2 33.3 27.9 20.5 19.3

Industrial Countries* 12.9 13.5 11.6 16.4 9.3

LDCs (Foreign Currencies) 34.3 25.5 28.9 35.8 38.0

LDCs (Local Currencies) 25.6 27.8 31.5 27.2 33.4

Note: Excluding Japan

(%)

Nationalities of Contractors (Foreign Currency Only)

FY 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Japan 36.6 46.1 40.8 28.2 28.9


LDCs 46.1 35.3 42.3 49.3 57.1


(%)

[Reference] Operations of ODA Loans Excluding Commodity Loans

FY 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Japan 26.2 32.9 29.4 25.5 21.6


LDCs (Foreign Currencies) 35.8 25.0 26.0 29.2 31.2

LDCs (Local Currencies) 28.8 29.6 33.5 38.5 38.6


(%)

Nationalities of Contractors (Foreign Currency Only)

Nationalities of Contractors (Including Procurement in Local Currency)

FY 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Japan 36.8 46.7 44.2 41.5 35.2


LDCs 50.3 35.5 39.1 47.4 50.9


(%)

Nationalities of Contractors (Including Procurement in Local Currency)

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