PROJECT PERFORMANCE AUDIT REPORT

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PPA:LAO 24104 PROJECT PERFORMANCE AUDIT REPORT ON THE SOUTHERN PROVINCIAL TOWNS WATER SUPPLY PROJECT (Loan 1122-LAO[SF]) IN THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC December 2000 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit – Kip (KN) At Appraisal At Project Completion At Operations Evaluation (October 1991) (May 1997) (August 2000) KN1.00 = $0.0014 $0.0004 $0.0001 $1.=KN700 KN2,400 KN8,000 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank ADTA – advisory technical assistance BME – benefit monitoring and evaluation EIRR – economic internal rate of return FIRR – financial intee of return ICB – international competitive bidding IS – international shopping Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lpd – liters per day MCTPC – Ministry of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction mg/L – milligrams per liter ML/d – megaliters per day NORAD – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NPL – Nam Papa Lao (Lao Water Supply Authority) NPV – net present value OEO – Operations Evaluation Office PCR – project completion report PIO – implementation office PMU – project management unit PPAR – project performance audit report PPTA – project preparatory technical assistance SDR – special drawing rights TA – technical assistance NOTES (i) The fiscal year of the Lao PDR ends on 31 December. (ii) In this report, “$” refers to US dollars. ...