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The emergency project was prepared in response to the Government of Pakistans request to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 6 October 2022 to support its post-flood recovery and reconstruction response. The project will contribute to the economic recovery of flood-ravaged provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, while building longer-term resilience. It will finance the rehabilitation and reconstruction of high-priority transport (roads and bridges), irrigation, drainage, flood risk management, and on-farm water management infrastructure that were damaged by the devastating floods. The project will also support the restoration of economic productivity and livelihoods of the flood-affected rural communities. The project is part of ADBs multitiered flood response to Pakistan and was designed in close coordination and cooperation with the World Bank.
Project Name Emergency Flood Assistance Project
Project Number 56312-001
Country / Economy Pakistan
Project Status Approved
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Loan
Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
Loan 4279-PAK: Emergency Flood Assistance Project
Concessional ordinary capital resources lending US$ 475.00 million
TA 10036-PAK: Implementing the Emergency Flood Assistance Project
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 3.05 million
Strategic Agendas Environmentally sustainable growth
Inclusive economic growth
Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
Governance and capacity development
Knowledge solutions
Partnerships
Sector / Subsector
Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agricultural drainage - Agricultural production - Irrigation - Rural flood protection
Transport / Road transport (non-urban)
Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Effective gender mainstreaming
Description The emergency project was prepared in response to the Government of Pakistans request to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 6 October 2022 to support its post-flood recovery and reconstruction response. The project will contribute to the economic recovery of flood-ravaged provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, while building longer-term resilience. It will finance the rehabilitation and reconstruction of high-priority transport (roads and bridges), irrigation, drainage, flood risk management, and on-farm water management infrastructure that were damaged by the devastating floods. The project will also support the restoration of economic productivity and livelihoods of the flood-affected rural communities. The project is part of ADBs multitiered flood response to Pakistan and was designed in close coordination and cooperation with the World Bank.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
Pakistan is a flood-prone country and one of the 10 countries most affected by climate change in the world. During April-June 2022, it suffered an unprecedented heatwave followed by a prolonged and intense monsoon across the country. Consequently, Pakistan experienced the worst flooding in a century, with glacial lakes bursting, rivers breaking their banks, flash flooding, and landslides. Like the earlier major floods in 2010, the 2022 floods occurred at the time of a La Nina event that exacerbated the monsoon rainfall. It is also likely that climate change increased the flood impact. Monsoon rainfall in Balochistan and Sindh is estimated to be 50%-75% more intense than it would be in the absence of climate change. Pakistans flood risks are further exacerbated by poorly functioning disaster management institutions and an ineffective early-warning system for floods. Pakistans National Flood Protection Plan-IV (2017) was prepared by the Federal Flood Commission after the 2010 floods, comprising structural and non-structural measures for flood risk reduction and management. It is under-implemented and under-funded. Future flood frequency and magnitude is expected to increase under climate change.
In the wake of rising prices at the global level, Pakistan was facing significant economic challenges even before the recent floods. The devastating floods have compounded this situation. More than half of all districts in the country have been officially declared calamity-hit. Out of the 25 poorest districts in the country before the floods, 19 were calamity-affected, pushing people who were already poor into acute poverty. The floods impacted 33 million people across the country (or 14.5% of the population). The provinces of Balochistan and Sindh are most affected with over 80% of their total land area impacted by floods. A post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) -led by the government and supported by a core team comprising ADB, the European Union (EU), United Nations (UN) agencies with technical facilitation from the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank - was concluded on 28 October 2022. The PDNA provides the basis for the development of a disaster recovery framework and arrangements for effective, efficient, and coordinated post-flood recovery and reconstruction. The PDNA findings estimate total damage and losses at $30.1 billion, with total damage (total or partial destruction of physical assets) estimated at $14.9 billion and total losses (change in economic flows) at $15.2 billion. The ensuing recovery and reconstruction needs are estimated at $16.3 billion.
Impact
An inclusive and resilient recovery from the 2022 floods (Pakistan Floods 2022: Post-Disaster Needs Assessment) |
