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Enhancing project preparedness before the contract award (e.g., through the preparation of detailed designs, finalization of the land required, and coordination for utility shifting) helps deliver projects in a timely, responsive, and efficient manner.

Project Number: 40031-033
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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The state government needs to expedite establishment of a road asset management system to facilitate objective planning, programming, budgeting, and implementation of the expanding state road network.

Project Number: 43063-013
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh State Roads Project III
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The optimal contingency allocation could have avoided partial loan cancellation or loan extension.

Project Number: 40031-033
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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End-to-end e-procurement and contract management systems would augment the IPMU’s capacity.

Project Number: 40031-033
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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The project incorporated and implemented several road safety measures. Although fatal accidents were reduced, the number of accidents is high, which largely reflects negligent driver behavior, violation of traffic rules, speeding, lack of enforcement, mixed traffic conditions, and inadequate road safety awareness. This issue may be more pronounced where the number of agricultural vehicles is high. Being a systemic issue in India, the government needs to make more efforts in driver training, enforcement of traffic rules, and safety awareness.

Project Number: 43063-013
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh State Roads Project III
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The SOE threshold of $100,000 equivalent per individual payment should consider the institutional capacity and the size and nature of contracts.

Project Number: 40031-033
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Determination of the contract period needs to be realistic to ensure adherence to implementation milestones.

Project Number: 40031-033
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Additional measures to regulate and improve contractors’ performance could include application of more stringent financial criteria during procurement, provision of advance payment in stages, and bonuses for early completion. Despite efforts by MPRDC, the completion of civil works for three packages was delayed due to contractors’ financial problems, deficiencies in planning, and the general recession in the construction industry.

Project Number: 43063-013
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh State Roads Project III
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In a highly time-sensitive sector such as ICT, high project readiness could help prevent start-up delays and enforce the commitment of the executing agencies.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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Regional projects, wherein overall project outputs are achieved through the interconnecting outputs of individual countries, should provide for an overarching, hands-on, and flexible mechanism to ensure timely execution of project activities within all the countries as well as coordination across countries.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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For projects involving many stakeholders, maximum consideration should be given in the project design to efficient and streamlined implementation arrangements. Also, in the design of projects in highly time-sensitive sectors, an institutional set-up is needed that will help to expedite implementation schedules, provide flexibility in adapting to market changes, and engage private sector stakeholders who are generally more active in such sectors.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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Commitment is needed to a clear financing strategy that leads to self-sufficiency.

Project Number: 40031-023
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Urban projects with SWM components should be designed in a more holistic manner so that the full cycle of waste collection, segregation, composting, recycling, and disposal is incorporated. Stand-alone interventions, such as the landfill sites constructed in the project, are unlikely to fully solve the waste management problem.

Project Number: 40031-023
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Urban projects with sewerage components should be designed to include household connections; if not, sewage treatment plants will be underutilized and revenue streams less than expected and impacting on sustainability.

Project Number: 40031-023
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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The program could have been more innovative in the application of new technologies for urban services, providing a test bed for innovations so long as local capacities permit.

Project Number: 40031-023
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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