6th ADB Business Opportunities Fair

Central and West Asia Department

Environment, Natural Resources,
and Agriculture Division
(CWER)
25 March 2015

Sector Focus
Water resources management
Irrigation and water resources
infrastructure
Flood protection
Climate change
Agribusiness
Rural development

Country Focus
Loans

Grants

Technical
Assistance

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Regional

Ongoing Loan/Grant Portfolio

$1,458 million as of 2015
By Country
Afghanistan

382
334

22

Pakistan
Tajikistan

Uzbekistan
720

By Sector
Irrigation/Water
132
Agribusiness
1326

Loan/Grant Pipeline 2015

A. Loan
TAJ: Water Resources Management in
Pyanj River Basin - $25 million (Sept)

B. Grant
AFG: Panj Amu Basin Project - $73 million
(Sept)
PAK: Jalalpur Irrigation Project Design Advance
- $10 million (Oct)

Technical Assistance Pipeline

A. PPTA
AFG: Preparing the Helmand River Basin
Project - $0.8 million (Sep)

B. CDTA
PAK: Institutional Transformation Punjab
Irrigation for Water Resources
Development - $1.5 million (Oct)

PAK: Deploying ICT for Agricultural

Efficiency - $0.5 M (Oct)

Opportunities in 2015
A. GOVERNMENT
Country

Amount

Nature

Clients

AFG

$14 million

Consultancy /
construction supervision

Ministry of Energy and

Water (MEW), Ministry of
Agriculture, Irrigation and
Livestock (MAIL)

AFG

$75 million

Civil works

MEW, MAIL

TAJ

$11 million

Civil works

Agency of Land
Reclamation and Irrigation
(ALRI), Kochagi Manzillu
Kommunali (KMK)

Opportunities in 2015
B. ADB
Country

Amount

Nature

Type of Services

AFG

$7.4 million

International

Individual consultancy

AFG

$103,000

National

Individual consultancy

TAJ

$5,567

ICT

Individual consultancy

PAK

$9,742

ICT in Pakistan

Individual consultancy

TAJ & KGZ

$43,677

Food Security Profile

Individual consultancy

Future Strategic Directions

Water Resources Development

Water resource management

Irrigation Infrastructure rehabilitation
/ modernization
Climate Change

Thank you.
Binsar Tambunan
Lead Portfolio Management Specialist
CWER