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Water & Municipal Infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific: What is ADB Doing?

Jingmin HuangSenior Urban Development Specialist

 Asian Development Bank 

4th ADB Business Opportunities Fair  Manila, Philippines : 20 - 21 March 2013 

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 Asia- Pacific Region’s Challenges  

Drinking Water About 400 million without access tosafe water supply

Sanitation1.7 billion without improved sanitation

Municipal Infrastructure

1.8 billion urban dweller61% world slum population in Asia

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 ADB’s Water Investments  

Total investment

portfolio (1968-2011):

Rural Water $8.14 billion

Urban Water $12.58billion

Basin Water $8.84 billion

2012-2013 Pipeline

$7 billion

Rural Water: rural water supply and sanitation; irrigation and drainageUrban Water: urban water supply, sanitation, and wastewater managementBasin Water: water resources development and management; flood management;

wetlands, watershed, and ecosystem protection and preservation; andhydropower generation

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 ADB’s Urban Infrastructure Investments 

Total in 2012 Pipeline

$3.9 billion

CWRD is the biggest

Different regions: EARD SERD SARD CWRD PARD 

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But ... two major issues 

remain in water sector 

• Huge gap in water

supply coverage

• Sanitation laggingway behind water

supply

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Huge Gap in Water Service 

Coverage: ADB’s Response  

• Aggressive reduction of non-

revenue water

• Public utilities to go the corporate

way

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Sanitation Lagging Behind Water 

Supply: ADB’s Response  

• Expand sanitation and wastewater

management, plus reuse

• Take advantage of advances intechnologies

• Do major river clean-ups

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Helping uplift

performance of water

utilities for more

sustainable water

supply and sanitation

services

 ADB’s Water Operators Partnerships (WOPS) Program  

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Focus of New Urban Portfolio 

climate change adaptation andmitigation

basic water and wastewater services

solid waste management services

urban public transportation services

pro-poor inclusive development

innovative financing

Towards inclusive, green and competitive

cities

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Infrastructure Linkage to Sector Operations 

Social

Sector

TransportEnergy Urban

Municipal Finance

Urban TransitInclusive Social Services(education, health)

Building/UtilityEnergy Efficiency Finance

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Business Opportunity in ADB’s Project cycle 

LoanPreparation（PPTA ） -consulting

service

ProjectExamination

-ADB

Project

Completion-maintenance& operation

ProjectImplementation-civil works & equipment

LoanNegotiation

-ADB

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 More to come:  

 ADB’s 2013 Urban & Water Lending 

Pipeline  

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Thank you! 

aleung@adb.org