This joint project performance evaluation report of the Northern Region Sustainable Livelihoods through Livestock Development Project is the first joint evaluation exercise between the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Since 2000, the Government of Uzbekistan has been working with international partners to prepare the public finance management reform. After 7 years of pilot testing, the government adopted a long-term strategic approach to advance public finance reforms. Initially, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was not directly involved in public finance but largely coordinated activities, through its involvement in financing public sector investment projects.

Sri Lanka had been severely affected by about 3 decades of internal armed conflict, with the Northern Province bearing the brunt of hostilities. This had a destructive effect on the northern region and its population, with much of the infrastructure damaged or destroyed, access to basic social services disrupted, and the livelihood of the population severely affected.

The government of India in 2004—the year of loan appraisal—set the target of installing an additional 100 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity to provide access to electricity for all households by 2012. At that time, India was experiencing load shedding and quality problems because of the limited power transmission capacity. In 2012, the government approved the National Transmission Development Plan (NTDP) with required investments amounting to $12.6 billion.

At the request of India’s government, ADB prepared a road map and a multitranche program loan to address deficiencies in the country’s power sector. The multitranche financing facility (MFF) modality was well suited for the investment program. To address operational inefficiencies, such as system availability, technical losses, and system reliability, that remained after completion of earlier tranches 1 to 4, Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 5) was formulated.

Mangystau is the center of Kazakhstan’s oil and mineral extraction industries. Its capital, Aktau, is not only a regional hub for transporting Caspian’s oil and related products to European and Asian countries, but also serves as transit traffic—linking the nearby oilfield developers to other countries.

The government of Nauru sought to achieve fiscal sustainability by (i) strengthening public finance management (PFM), (ii) realizing fiscal savings through power sector efficiency, and (iii) putting in place a mechanism to save windfall revenues for future generations. In 2016, ADB approved the Nauru Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program.

This evaluation assesses the performance of the multitranche financing facility (MFF) of Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the Housing for Integrated Rural Development Investment Program in Uzbekistan (the ADB MFF program). ADB provided $500 million to support the government’s rural housing scheme (RHS), which had an estimated total investment of $3.05 billion.