A financial management and a procurement capacity assessment of the MPWT and PUDAA
helped to confirm the project implementation arrangements, which follow previous ADB
urban development projects in the Lao PDR. The executing and implementing agencies have
experience in managing externally funded projects and have sufficient capacity to undertake
international and national competitive bidding for civil works packages. Output 4 will strengthen
the capacity of PMIU staff and provide on-the-job support. The PCU will also help build local
capacity through its review of procurement and disbursement documents. ADB’s Anticorruption
Policy (1998, as amended to date) was explained to and discussed with the government and
MPWT. The specific policy requirements and supplementary measures are described in the PAM