6th ADB Business Opportunities Fair

Health and Education, South Asia

Karina Veal - SARD
26 March 2015

Development Context
High economic growth and several
countries moving to middle income
bracket
Mixed progress in
HD and widening
inequality

Emergence of private sector

Demographic dividend for the

next two decades before
population starts aging fast

Knowledge, innovation and

technology as key driver for
sustaining growth

Globalization and climate

change: Increased inter and
intra-regional dependence
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Operational Focus
Scaling Up Investment
Countries
India
Focus on skills development
Urban Primary Health Care
Facilitate PPP and innovations
Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Consolidate school education (with focus on secondary and
higher education
Skills development (TVET) with concrete PPP
Urban primary health care
Targeted programs for women and socially disadvantaged
Bhutan and Maldives
Selective interventions: combination of skills and higher
education

RCI
capacity development, benchmarking, innovations (ICT, science
& technology), PPP, and replicating excellence; knowledge
transfer

Lending Pipeline, 2015

Country

Project Name

Amount
(million US$)

IND

Odisha Skills Development Project

110.00

IND

Supporting National Urban Health Mission

300.00

BAN

Secondary Education Sector Investment Program

185.00

BAN

Additional Financing for Third Primary Education

Development Project

120.00

Nonlending Pipeline, 2015

Country

Project Name

Amount
(million US$)

BAN

Education and Skills Development II

1.50

IND

Capacity Building for National Urban Health Mission

2.00

IND

Facilitating PPPs in Skills Development

0.80

IND

Supporting Odisha Skills Development Project

2.00

IND

Madhya Pradesh Skills Development Project

0.80

NEP

Preparing Strengthening Higher Engineering Education

0.50

Lending Pipeline, 2016/2017

Country

Project Name

Amount
(million US$)

BAN

Skills for Employment Investment Program

125.00

IND

Madhya Pradesh Skills Development Project

150.00

IND

Skill Development in Himachal Pradesh

100.00

NEP

School Sector Program II

SRI

Skills Sector Enhancement Program II (Additional

Financing)

100.00

SRI

Science and Technology Park Investment Project

40.00

BAN

Secondary Education Sector Investment Program

225.00

IND

Seemandhra/Telengana Skills Development Project

150.00

IND

Support for National Urban Health Mission II

200.00

NEP

Strengthening Higher Engineering Education

50.00

50.00

Nonlending Pipeline, 2016/2017

Country

Project Name

Amount
(million US$)

BAN

Supporting Skills for Employment Investment Program

(Tranche 2)

0.80

BAN

Preparing Second Urban Primary Health Care Services

Delivery Project

0.80

BAN

Supporting Third Primary Education Development

Program

1.00

IND

Preparing the Seemandhra/Telengana Skills Development

Project

0.75

IND

Supporting National Urban Health Mission II

1.00

IND

Capacity Building of NSDC II

0.75

IND

Supporting Urban Poor Primary Health Care

2.00

Nonlending Pipeline, 2016/2017

Country

Project Name

Amount
(million US$)

IND

Preparing the Skills Development Project

0.75

IND

Supporting Madhya Pradesh Skills Development Project

1.50

NEP

Strengthening School Sector Program II

0.50

IND

Capacity Building of NSDA II

0.75

IND

Preparing State Urban Health Project

1.50

NEP

Preparing Skills Development Project Additional

Financing

0.50

Opportunities
Project Preparatory Technical Assistance
Capacity Development Technical
Assistance
Project Implementation Firms

Issues
Lending volume increased seven-fold to
$410 million from 20112013
First ever education/skills loan in India
First RBL to Sri Lanka
First RBL to Bangladesh
Emphasis on innovation, technology, and
PPP
We look for excellence

We look forward to
doing business with
you.
Karina Veal
Senior Social Sector Specialist
kveal@adb.org