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Need for improved and expeditious processing of approvals both within ADB business processes and within the government to avoid delays to approval of variation requests and other procurement matters.

Project Number: 30551-013
Project Name: Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector Project
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A master plan for water resource development in each river basin including careful assessment of conflicting responsibilities for regulation, extraction, and approval in the sector is needed for future ADB engagement..

Project Number: 35379-013
Project Name: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System New Water Source Development Project
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For the AWUAIP, instead of pursuing the ADB multitranche financing facility, the government decided to accept a loan from the Government of the People’s Republic of China. The government is also dealing with many official development assistance partners, and there are grants and loans with better conditions than ADB loans.

Project Number: 35379-013
Project Name: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System New Water Source Development Project
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A bigger role for nongovernment organizations (NGOs) can be envisaged. NGOs can borrow from the Developnment Bank of the Philippines if they have sufficient collateral at their disposal. However, few NGOs may have land available for housing, and may consequently rely on partnerships with other stakeholders, such as the local government units or the private sector, to access land for their projects.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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Private sector developers need to be motivated to prefinance and build social housing schemes. The private sector modality does work if established in tandem with a take-out mechanism from Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF). While the private sector will only require short-term loans during the construction period (until a scheme is fully sold), it relies on a separate financing mechanism through HMDF or similar other arrangements.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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Local government units (LGUs) are important as facilitators of housing projects, but should not be overburdened with housing production or housing loans. LGU-driven projects are important and strategic for targeting the urban poor. LGUs can have a crucial role in provision of land, particularly land that has been proclaimed by the President of the Philippines for social housing purposes. However, there needs to be additional innovation to make the urban poor bankable.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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Microfinance for housing should be encouraged. Housing microfinance is an important long-term development instrument. Microfinance institutions that have clienteles with good reputation as borrowers are best suited to implement such housing microfinance loans.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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