PROGRAM-FOR-RESULTS INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID)
APPRAISAL STAGE
Report No.: 69274
Program Name / Results-Based Rural Water and Sanitation Under The NationalTarget Program
Region / EAP
Country / Vietnam
Sector / Sanitation (50%) and Water Supply (50%)
Lending Instrument / Program for Results (PforR)
Program ID / P127435
Parent Program ID
Borrower(s) / Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Implementing Agency / Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Date PID Prepared / 5/30/2012
Estimated Date of Appraisal Completion / 05/31/2012
Estimated Date of Board Approval / 10/4/2012
I. Country Context
1. Vietnam has grown strongly over the past decade in the face of external shocks, reaching lower middle-income country status in 2010. Over that time, there have been positive changes in almost every aspect of social well-being. One measure of that well-being, the poverty headcount ratio, improved from 37.4% in 1998 to 14.5% a decade later. While this progress is laudable, poverty rates still remain high, and access to basic services is particularly low in many rural provinces. A commitment to targeted investment in rural areas is signaled by the National Target Program on New Rural Development for 2010-2020. This Program makes significant focused investments in rural areas to reduce inequality and promote growth. Alongside that program, the government recognizes that in most rural areas, achieving universal and sustainable access to hygienic water and sanitation facilities remains a major challenge. Government has responded to that challenge through a National Target Program for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (NTP RWSS), launched in 2001, that supports water and sanitation sector investment, capacity building, and hygiene outreach.
II. Sectoral and Institutional Context
2. Since 2000, investments and policy development in the rural water supply and sanitation sector have been guided by the National Rural Clean Water Supply and Sanitation Strategy, which places a strong emphasis on community participation, demand-responsive approaches and cost recovery. While much progress has been made, significant service gaps remain. The most recent data suggest that 79% of the rural population use hygienic water[1] but the Government of Vietnam estimates access to ‘clean’ water defined by national potable water quality standards to be around 42%[2]. Water quality issues associated with pesticide and fertilizer pollution are widely reported. In the major deltas, there is a significant risk of contamination with iron or arsenic in deeper tube well water and with pesticides, nitrates and pathogens in shallow wells and surface water. Nationally, access to sanitation which is hygienic and properly maintained is around 40%.[3] In the Red River Delta sanitation coverage in the different provinces ranges from 35% to 94%.
3. The Government of Vietnam has considerable experience in the delivery of targeted national investment programs. In the rural water supply and sanitation sector, the NTP RWSS model has been the driver for considerable progress over the past ten years. For example, NTP2 (2006 – 2010) supported the extension of safe water to an estimated 5.4 million rural people with an estimated total expenditure of VND 20 billion (USD 1 billion).
III. Program Scope
4. With a total planned investment of VND 27.64 billion (USD 1,314 million equivalent), the third phase of NTP RWSS (NTP3) seeks to significantly improve access to safe water, the sustainability of water systems, and the quality of the water produced, essential if access is to meet national targets for coverage and health improvements. Furthermore, recognizing the critical contribution of good sanitation and hygiene to rural health outcomes, NTP3 supports investments in school and health clinic water and sanitation, as well as upgraded household latrines. NTP3 also strongly emphasizes capacity building, communication, supervision, monitoring and evaluation.
5. Nationally, the NTP3 aims to provide:
· Hygienic water to 4.6 million people
· Clean water to 5.1 million people
· Household latrines to 1.7 million households
· A total of 5,500 school latrines, 1,450 latrines in health clinics, 480,000 livestock pens and 420,000 biogas installations.
6. The Program supported by this IDA operation is a results-based version of the NTP in eight provinces in the Red River Delta region - Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi, Hung Yen, Ha Nam, and Thanh Hoa. In these provinces the NTP will also support strengthening the institutional mechanisms, including in social and fiduciary management. In parallel, the Government will implement a technical assistance program aimed at strengthening Program management, including monitoring and evaluation capacity. This technical assistance program will be financed through a client-executed AusAID Trust Fund, administered by IDA. The Government has agreed to review the progress of the entire NTP, including the Program in the provinces, on a regular basis to identify opportunities to scale up successful innovations.
7. The Program target in the participating eight provinces is to provide:
· Clean water to 1.7 million people;
· Household latrines benefiting 650,000 people; and
· A total of 1,440 school and health clinic latrines.
IV. Program Development Objective
The Program Development Objective of the Results-Based Rural Water and Sanitation under the National Target Program is aligned with national goals and is to:
Increase sustained access to water supply and sanitation servicesand improve sector planning, monitoring and evaluation in participating provinces of the National Target Program for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation.
V. Environmental and Social Effects
8. Environmental: The geographic footprint, scale, and volume of facilities constructed under the Program will be small and no significant impacts to critical natural habitats or cultural resource assets in the region are expected. The investments are expected to have positive environmental and public health impacts through the provision of safer, more reliable water supply and improved sanitation facilities. Any potential adverse environmental effects of Program activities will be manageable with known and demonstrated mitigation measures.
9. Social: The Program is also expected to have significant positive impacts on social conditions in the target areas by increasing access to hygienic water and latrines. Potential adverse social effects and risks under this Program are related to: (i) the need for minor land acquisition and therefore compensation in connection with civil works construction; (ii) the need to ensure an appropriate and inclusive approach to working with ethnic minority communities; and (iii) ensuring the sustainability of Program investments through changes to individual and community behaviors.
VI. Financing
10. The Program finances a geographic slice of the NTP. The overall financing plan for NTP and the Program is shown in Table 1. Within the eight participating provinces, the Bank contribution will be USD 200 million, with other sources of financing estimated to total USD 60 million.
Table 1
National and Program Funding
National Program / PforR in 8 ProvincesSource / Amount / % / Estimated Amount / %
Central Government / 195 / 15 / 20 / 8
Concessional Credit / 452 / 34 / 15 / 6
Provinces / 148 / 11 / 10 / 4
Donors / 390 / 30 / 200 / 76
o/w IBRD/IDA / [200] / [15] / [200] / [76]
Users / 128 / 10 / 15 / 6
Total Program Financing / 1,313 / 100 / 260 / 100
VII. Program Institutional and Implementation Arrangements
11. Program implementation is designed to promote decentralized management. Hence, the central Government is responsible for steering, developing and issuing guidelines and regulations, inspecting, supervising and evaluating, training for human resource development, developing IEC materials and promoting communication campaigns through mass media and disseminating lessons learned. At the local level, the provinces focus on planning, implementing, managing, monitoring and reporting on program results.
VIII. Contact point
World Bank
Contact: Parameswaran Iyer / Hoa Thi Hoang
Title: Sr. Water and Sanitation Specialist / Sr. Urban Specialist
Tel: +1 202 458-7185 / +84 4 39346248
Email: /
Borrower/Client/Recipient MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Address: Building A6B, MARD, 2 Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
Contact: Ms. Ha Thanh Han
Title: Director, National Target Program Standing Office (NTP SO)
Tel: 84-4-08043434
Fax: 84-4-37346794
Email:
Implementing Agencies MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Address: Ngoc Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
Contact Person: Mr. Le Thieu Son, Director, National Center for
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (NCERWASS) and Central
Project Office (CPO)
Tel: 84-4-835-5821 / Fax: 84-4-835-5964
Email:
IX. For more information contact:
The InfoShop
The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20433
Telephone: (202) 458-4500
Fax: (202) 522-1500
Web: http://www.worldbank.org/infoshop
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[1] “Hygienic” is equivalent to the United Nations Joint Monitoring Program definition of “improved water source” or a source that “by nature of its construction or through active intervention, is protected from outside contamination, in particular from contamination with fecal matter”
[2] ‘Clean’ water, according to the Ministry of Health definition, refers to specific water quality parameters defined in the standards QCVN 02/BY
[3] According to national standards defined in norm TC 08 standard. Access to improved water supply in Vietnam, as defined by the United Nations Joint Monitoring Program, is relatively high (around 92% nationally for rural areas) and access to basic sanitation stands at around 94% but when water quality and sustainability of sanitation are taken into account these numbers fall considerably.