GMS Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia (Loan 2288)
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Funding
Project Description
The Project will restore the Cambodia's railway infrastructure by rehabilitating its existing track. The railway's operations will be improved through organizational restructuring with award to a private railway operator of a concession to operate the railway commercially under a PPP arrangement. Restructuring is implemented through an ADTA that advises the Government on the future structure of the railway subsector and provides transaction advisory for selection of the PPP Railway Operator. The PPP Railway Operator selected after competitive international bidding for the concession. The rehabilitation investment and the associated restructuring will together set the stage for efficient rail services, which in turn realizes the Project's objectives: improving the transport sector's efficiency by increasing the diversity of transport modes and routes, and resurrecting the railway on a sustainable basis.
Progress (as of March 2021)
Project closedContacts
| Contact 1 | |
| Contact Name | Alam, Munawar |
|---|---|
| Organization | Asian Development Bank |
| munawaralam@adb.org | |
| Contact 2 | |
| Contact Name | - |
| Organization | - |
| - | |
News and Multimedia
Cambodia has revived an old rail network to spur the country's economic development and bring the region a step closer to having a pan-Asian railway.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
People living very close to the railway need to relocate as they are in constant danger from passing trains.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
Many of informal settlers at risk live within 3.5 meters of the tracks. Furthermore, they've been living in areas without legal access to electricity and potable water.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
Former informal settlers now live in a house, larger than the shacks they left behind, and have electricity and a toilet.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
Former informal settlers now live in a house, larger than the shacks they left behind, and have electricity and a toilet.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
"I left school at seven and started working in the rice fields. I've never had much money. I never thought I would ever own land." - Hong Chan, project beneficiary.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
Ke Bopha, a sociologist from Phnom Penh who runs livelihood programs in three of the project's five relocation sites.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
Mom Cheang with his wife Chean Mom borrowed from the microfund to establish a small mushroom growing business.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
The residence at Sihanoukville relocation site are allowed to use vacant land to farm pigs and chickens to augment the family income.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
A happy 12-year-old girl relocated because of the railway project.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia
She says she hopes to become a doctor someday.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia