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Capacity development efforts for urban local bodies/governments need to consider the promotion of operational efficiency (i.e., operating ratio and nonrevenue water), and capacity to collect revenues in relation to existing service-level provision.

Project Number: 40031-013, 40031-053
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Replication of the TA initiative in other regions with untapped cross-border resources in the energy sector or other sectors, can open new opportunities for development, cooperation, and expansion.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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This validation notes that Myanmar’s inclusion and its approval of the regional transmission master plan in principle supported the excellent level of stakeholder participation. Broad and expanded stakeholder participation is a good indicator of the success of a TA in delivering cross-border projects and regional networking and knowledge sharing across national borders.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Cross-border collaboration provides opportunity for knowledge sharing and adoption of successful initiatives in similar contexts is often the case with neighboring countries.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Adopting a longer-time frame for a TA involving cross-border cooperation helps fulfill the member countries’ respective processes and requirements, including continuous facilitation support.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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SASEC countries’ 13 stakeholders attended the technical study tour to NordPool in Norway to learn about the history, development, and current operation of the electricity market in Nordic countries. The tour helped the participants understand how the electricity market evolved in the Nordic countries from a mostly long-term bilateral contract-based market to a power exchange in Europe with high trading volume.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Myanmar’s inclusion the regional transmission master plan was a new partnership that had not previously been anticipated. When determining the project’s scope, the inclusion of stakeholders could consider additional players, which may not be currently engaged in regional partnerships. Such expansion can harness new opportunities for trade.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Reporting individually and collectively by multiple agencies requires dedicated support, particularly with respect to fiduciary covenants and impacts on financial management performance of the implementing agencies.

Project Number: 35290-023
Project Name: North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Project structuring in terms of investment size, safeguards implementation, and engineering scope was appropriately calibrated to implementing agencies’ capacities and external dependencies.

Project Number: 35290-023
Project Name: North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Stakeholder participation, extensive community consultations, and information dissemination in structuring construction schedules helped avoid livelihoods impacts and generated community support for the project.

Project Number: 35290-023
Project Name: North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Incremental and sequential investment planning under the MFF was appropriate to allow for phased strengthening of institutional capacities and gaining familiarity with ADB practices and guidelines, particularly in procurement and processing, so that experience gained can be applied in succeeding tranches.

Project Number: 35290-023
Project Name: North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Avoiding resettlement impacts or land acquisition in subproject design and site selection averted grievances and associated delays during construction.

Project Number: 35290-023
Project Name: North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Systematic analysis of market and states’ internal procurement capacity could have avoided procurement delays due to cumbersome governance procedures and rebidding due to poor bidder participation.

Project Number: 35290-023
Project Name: North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Multiple executing agencies at national and state levels with overlapping mandates often result in complex mechanisms that can delay interagency communication, coordination, and timely decisions, thus resulting in implementation delays and ineffective contract management.

Project Number: 35290-023
Project Name: North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Complex fund flow mechanism coupled with unfamiliarity regarding ADB’s guidelines and processes delayed implementation. Extensive and continuous support is required for executing agencies unfamiliar with various of ADB’s guidelines and requirements.

Project Number: 35290-023
Project Name: North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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