The project was formulated to provide better financial access to smart green energy solutions (SGES). It addressed two key barriers affecting effective demand for SGES: the lack of affordable financing and insufficient buyer and lender awareness about SGES. The project provided loans through selected microfinance institutions to households in order for them to purchase and install affordable SGES.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Successful.

The project was aimed at creating an enabling environment to spur long-term financing and enhance private sector participation. Its envisaged impact was greater availability of infrastructure services. Its expected outcome was greater private sector investment in the infrastructure sector.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Less than successful.

The Asian Development Bank needs to ensure greater collaboration across its organization to meet the thematic goals of its corporate strategy, Strategy 2030, says a report. 

This webinar will spotlight University of Chicago economist John List, who will discuss his forthcoming book, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale.

The program was expected to help expand the country’s trade and increase export competitiveness through simplified, harmonized, and modernized trade processes. Its expected impact was expanded exports and increased export competitiveness—as aligned with Nepal’s 14th periodic plan for fiscal year (FY) 2017–FY2020 and with the Trade Integration Strategy, 2016. The envisaged outcome was increased access by the legitimate trade to simplified, harmonized, and modernized trade processes.

The grant was partly to finance the installation of variable frequency drive for three water pumps to efficiently maintain the water pressure. This would reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and better manage NRW as SAWACO's business rapidly expanded. The investment was expected to result in about 10,000 MWh or $500,000 per year of energy savings and about 7,500 tons of annual CO2 reduction. 
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful.

The project was aimed at addressing the infrastructure and other development needs by constructing wastewater management systems in Shenbei’s new district; improving district heating services in the Fuxin urban area, including the replacement of small boilers and heating stoves; rehabilitating and upgrading urban roads and alleys; constructing new urban roads and bridges; improving stormwater pipelines and sewer coverage; installing energy-conserving lighting and expanding public green areas; and capacity development and institutional strengthening of the Liaoning Project Management Office,

The MFF program was aimed at enhancing the capacity of the transmission network to balance power loads in northern, central, and southern Viet Nam, supporting the Government of Viet Nam in the development of the national power sector. This validation corresponds to tranche 1, which was to enhance the transmission networks in the eastern side of Ha Noi and the ring road transmission network in Ho Chi Minh City.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Successful.

The multitranche financing facility (MFF) loan aimed to support Viet Nam’s plan to construct the HCMC Urban MRT Line 2. The investment program aimed to (i) construct 11.3 kilometers of dual track rail MRT from Ben Thanh to Tham Luong in HCMC, (ii) strengthen planning and prepare a policy framework for public transport, and (iii) provide project implementation support for urban transport agencies. The expected impact of the investment program was the establishment of an integrated, sustainable public transport system in six districts of HCMC.

This paper documents the Chair's Summary of the Development Effectiveness Committee (DEC) discussion held on 16 March 2022. The committee discussed the Independent Evaluation Department’s (IED’s) thematic evaluation on Additionality of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Nonsovereign Operations and the Management Response hereto.