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Lesson
As experienced in all past ADB-financed emergency assistance projects in Bangladesh, delegation of authority to ADB's resident mission in the borrower's country is essential for effective monitoring and immediate decision making.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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Experience from the project demonstrated that the adoption of simplified approval procedures for procurement and other project activities is effective and enabled timely implementation of the project, and catalyzes early restoration of people's livelihood in the project-affected areas.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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Lesson
In Bangladesh, the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and Roads and Highways Department (RHD) are still the two agencies that are reasonably capable of implementing ADB-assisted emergency projects. Implementation experience suggests that emergency assistance projects generally require adequate program for capacity building in the executing agencies, with strong institutional support regarding contract administration and fostering familiarity with ADB procedures for procurement and disbursement.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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Lesson
For complex multisector projects, monitoring of implementation through a central project steering committee (PSC) at a plenary ministry of the borrower is indispensable. Regular interaction between the borrower and ADB through the PSC contributed greatly to the success of the project. The use of a sector approach proved highly beneficial in identifying eligible subprojects spread over a wide geographical area, and enabled reallocation of loan funds from one component/sector to another based on a final needs assessment and performance.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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Lesson
The design and supervision consultancy contract should ensure that the supervision services are made available during construction even if the mobilization of construction work is delayed by a considerable period.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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The loan covenants should be clearly set during project design so that they can be monitored properly during project implementation.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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The onlending facilities to the private sector through commercial banks worked well under the project. This modality may also be used in future for private sector financing.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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The executing agencies should use the advance-action provision of ADB to their best. As a result, contracts could be signed immediately after loan effectiveness and the project could be successfully completed.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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Timely acquisition of land is a fundamental requirement for successful completion of a project. The acquisition process should start earlier, maybe before appraisal, so that possession of land can be achieved before loan effectiveness.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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Dependence on consultants for project preparation and implementation undermines the initiatives of executing agencies� staff for implementing projects on time and for maintaining satisfactory standards. Therefore, executing agencies should build in-house capability to prepare and implement projects.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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