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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 32253-013
Project Name: East–West Corridor Project
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Project Number: 40655-033, 40655-043
Project Name: India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility
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Involvement of officials and building of institutional memory are essential in institutionalizing and sustaining reforms.

Project Number: 36308-013
Project Name: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program
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Capacity building and development of core competencies are essential for both implementation and sustainability of reform programs.

Project Number: 36308-013
Project Name: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program
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Focus should be on core reforms essential to the program, numerous policy actions should be avoided. (memory are essential in institutionalizing and sustaining reforms.

Project Number: 36308-013
Project Name: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program
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Appropriate timing and sequencing of reforms is essential for any reform program.

Project Number: 36308-013
Project Name: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program
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Awareness campaigns are needed to change the behavior of urban residents to assure the achievement of project impacts.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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Project Number: 37066-023
Project Name: Rural Road Sector II Investment Program (Project 1)
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ADB financial sector operations in India. The limited fiscal space for government guarantees, including to India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, emphasizes the need for innovation and well-structured ADB interventions in the financial sector and infrastructure financing, including public nonsovereign operations, for ADB to remain relevant to changes and financial market developments in India.

Project Number: 41036-013
Project Name: Second India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility
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The success of India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility II draws important lessons of building and maintaining strong partnerships during project implementation, not only with the government and India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) but also with development partners, banks and financial institutions, project sponsors, and other stakeholders. Building awareness, continuous dialogue, and strengthening safeguard practices of IIFCL and banks/ and financial institutions are crucial to ensure effective project implementation and disbursements.

Project Number: 41036-013
Project Name: Second India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility
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Conduct adequate due diligence. ADB's policy framework was based largely on the recommendations of the high-level task force. Given the task force's expertise, there is merit to using such a report as the basis for ADB's program. Yet, ADB still needs to conduct adequate due diligence - specifically, how to implement and monitor the task force's recommendations and how to mitigate the facility's risks.Include systems for data collection. The program design could have benefited from a greater focus on data collection.

Project Number: 36343-013
Project Name: Rural Cooperative Credit Restructuring and Development Program: Program Completion Report
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To improve the environmental performance of loans, the following measures are suggested: (i) a systematic and continuous approach in developing awareness and periodic capacity enhancement of the project staff regarding ADB's environmental policy, procedures, and requirements; (ii) as appropriate, ensuring timely mobilization and continuation of environmental experts by the executing agency, consultants, and contractors until loan closure; (iii) systematic supervision, monitoring, data mapping, and reporting mechanisms on implementation of environmental safeguards; and (iv) periodic rev

Project Number: 32298-043
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 3)
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Project implementation delays. Project implementation experienced significant delays. The initial delay was caused by insufficient project readiness, inadequate dedicated staff assigned by Public Works Department, delays in finalizing the design reports and bid documents, and time needed to obtain environment and/or forest clearance for tree cutting. During construction, the delays were caused by poor performance of some contractors and Naxalite attacks. To avoid implementation delays, project preparation should be undertaken before approval.

Project Number: 36005-013
Project Name: Chhattisgarh State Road Development Project
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Due to inappropriate selection of the contractors, a significant delay in the completion of the contracts was caused by (i) weak planning; (ii) weak project management capacity; (iii) poor performance of the contractors; and (iv) inadequate participation of the lead partner, particularly the joint venture contractor, who was awarded three contract packages. Three out of five civil works contracts were ultimately terminated after a considerable delay. The criteria for the qualification of the contractor under a joint venture and for the award of multiple contracts should be strengthened.

Project Number: 31435-013
Project Name: Western Transport Corridor Project
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The National Highways Authority of India undertook several measures towards achieving project readiness such as (i) project preparation using its own funds; (ii) deployment of a project team at its headquarters and field office during the initial stage to supervise project preparation and undertake procurement activities and pre-construction activities; and (iii) advance action on civil works procurement, recruitment of construction supervision consultants, and pre-construction activities such as shifting of utilities, cutting of trees, and land acquisition.

Project Number: 31435-013
Project Name: Western Transport Corridor Project
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