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Assignment
Name:
Impact
Assessment Study of Coastal Embankment Rehabilitation Project (CERP-II,
Package S-15), Financed by IDA Credit No. 2783-BD |
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Project Location
within the Country: Southern Part of |
Professional staff provided by our Firm: No. of Staff: 3 |
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Name of the Client: |
No. of
Person-Months: 12 |
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Start Date
(month/year): Sept.
2002 |
Completion Date
(month/year): Dec.
2002 |
Approx.
Values of Services: Tk.
3.095 million |
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Name of the Associated Firms, if any: Development
Planners & Consultants (DPC) and
Associated Consulting
Engineers ( |
No. of
Person-Months of professional staff provided by associated firm: 14 |
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Name of Senior
Staff Involved and Functions Performed: 1. Dr.
Muhamad Alamgir - Team Leader 2.
S. Dara Shamsuddin - Environmentalist 3. Dr.
Arun Kumar Saha - Agronomist 4. Syed
Abdur Rahman - Forestry Specialist 5. Abdul
Majid Khan - Coastal Engineer |
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Detailed Narrative
Description of the Project: CERP
II completed rehabilitation of 21 seriously 1991 Cyclone Damaged Project with
the assistance of World Bank (WB), European Commission (EC) and Saudi Fund
for Development (SFD). Impact Assessment Study (IAS) was initiated by the
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), to conduct/assess how far the main
objectives of the CERP II project was achieved in respect of (i) Agriculture,
farm incomes, farm level employment for different categories of people (land
owners, share croppers, landless destitute women, etc.) (ii) Income of people
involved in embankment maintenance activities in embankment and foreshore
afforestation, (iii) Beneficiaries of activities funded by the Communities
Development Fund, (iv) Fisheries, (v) Embankment Protection, and (vi) Access
of Community Participation, Specially Women, in decisions making process with
project group and local organisation. |
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Detailed
Description of Actual Services Provided by our Staff: The
study was undertaken in four sample polders namely Polder 40/2 Patherghata,
59/2 Ramgati and 70 Matharbari under CERP II and Polder 64/1B Banshkhali
outside CERP II. The Consultant studied previous ‘Benchmark’ studies of the
above polders. Collected field data on agriculture, forestry, engineering,
environment, fisheries, women and socio economic aspects covering all the study
subjects mentioned above through field survey and participatory process. They
studied effectiveness of innovative design of CERP II, increase in
agriculture production, increase/decrease in fisheries, effect of foreshore
forestry on embankment, environmental changes, present institutional
arrangements, socio economic studies and finally achievement of CERP in
general. The study finally ended at assessment of Economic Internal Rate of
Return (EIRR) and Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) based on present market value. A
detailed report was submitted incorporating all the above aspects of the
study which was approved by the BWDB. |
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Firm’s
Name:
Design Planning & Management Consultants Ltd.