At TA concept stage, it is critical to carefully evaluate the options for the implementation arrangements and assess any risks for a fully successful TA implementation. (In this TA case, a central ministry may have been a better implementing agency.) The TA was executed by ADB, with the Quang Tri Water Supply Company—fully owned by the Quang Tri provincial people’s committee—as the implementing agency. TA training and the related MFF program addressed water companies in 14 provinces. The MPI is the central coordinating agency for the MFF, with provincial or special administrative city people’s committees as executing agencies, and 16 water companies as implementing agencies. The MOC also has a central role in the sector. According to the TCR: (i) The ownership and interest in the TA of the Quang Tri Water Supply Company was significantly reduced when it canceled its loan in the MFF in March 2017, and (ii) the TA had limited achievements at the central government level.
Improving Operational Performance of the Water Supply Sector