Project profile — Asian Development Bank – Fifth General Capital Increase

Results achieved as of July 2011 to June 2015 (period of time covered by this review): 1. modernization of schools, including the construction or modernization of classrooms and the training of more than 2.1 million teachers, which has benefited approximately 24 million students; 2. the connection of 5.2 million new households to the electrical grid; 3. the installation or modernization of 16,780 km of transmission lines and 131,000 km of distribution lines; 4. the construction or upgrading 51,000 km of highways, national and provincial roads, rural and district, as well as 2,600 km of rail lines; 5. contribution to a total reduction of greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to approximately 49 million tonnes of CO2 between 2011 and 2015; 6. the installation or modernization of 27,650 km of hose water and water supply to over 5 million new households and sanitation services to over 4.9 million new households; 7. the improvement of nearly 8 million hectares of land with irrigation services, drainage and flood management; and 8. the creation or maintenance of approximately 8 million micro-credit accounts and more than 350,000 loan accounts for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Results achieved as of June 2015 include: (1) the implementation of school modernisation programmes, including the construction or modernisation of classrooms and the training of over 2.1 million teachers, benefiting around 24 million pupils; (2) the connection of 5.2 million new households to the electricity grid; (3) the installation or upgrading of 16,780 km of power transmission lines and 131,000 km of distribution lines; (4) the construction or upgrading of 51,000 km of national highways and provincial, rural and district roads, as well as 2,600 km of railways; (5) contributing to a total reduction in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to about 49 million tons of CO2 between 2011 and 2015; (6) installing or upgrading 27,650 km of water supply pipes and providing water supply to over 5 million new households and sanitation services to over 4.9 million new households; (7) the improvement of nearly 8 million hectares of land through irrigation services, drainage and flood management; and (8) the creation or maintenance of some 8 million microcredit accounts and over 350,000 loan accounts for small and medium-sized enterprises.