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Establishing a skilled and effective lake basin authority was a long and arduous process. Converting the Chao Lake Management Authority (CLMA) from a sound concept to a skilled, effective lake basin planning and management organization evolved over time, and actions taken under the project helped the CLMA to establish its authority from scratch.

Project Number: 44036-013
Project Name: Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project
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The marginal financial viability of the project suggests the need for improved direct cost recovery over time. Tariffs under the project were estimated to average less than 1% of household incomes compared to an estimated 3%–5% in other regional countries, indicating the potential for affordable adjustments. Higher tariffs would not only improve the financial viability of such investments but also encourage private sector participation in the sector.

Project Number: 42011-013
Project Name: Wuhan Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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Ensuring the timely provision of counterpart funds reduces unnecessary implementation delays that could potentially lead to changes in project scope. Securing the financing and arrangements of counterpart funds at the outset avoids prolonged implementation of project activities. Specifically, adequate risk assessment of financing constraints and commitment of borrowers is essential for a more effective and smooth implementation.

Project Number: 42011-013
Project Name: Wuhan Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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Measurable targets in the design and monitoring framework (DMF) for projects that are expected to have a demonstration effect should be identified to track and measure the investment’s influence.

Project Number: 43054-013
Project Name: Hai River Estuary Area Pollution Control and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project
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Immediately prior to project approval, a final assessment of the project environment can help identify potential changes or revisions affecting the implementation of subprojects and their components. While scope changes may be unavoidable, the challenge is to proactively identify areas of concern where project circumstances may have already substantially changed prior to implementation affecting coverage of subprojects or components. For example, the higher performance standards brought in after approval for the wastewater treatment plant impacted its financial sustainability.

Project Number: 43054-013
Project Name: Hai River Estuary Area Pollution Control and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project
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Planning for efficient resource use in advance adequately addresses the situation when the full output cannot be delivered

Project Number: 45506-002
Project Name: Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Timely resolution of involuntary resettlement and land acquisition issues helps avoid delays in project implementation. Oftentimes, land acquisition issues encountered by the executing agencies impede the timely implementation of procurement and civil works. Ensuring the safeguards’ requirements on land acquisition and resettlement, prior to execution of project activities, could mitigate these related project risks due, for example, to potential grievances of affected people and communities

Project Number: 45506-002
Project Name: Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Adjustment in the project design and design and monitoring framework (DMF) during the early stages of implementation strengthens project performance. For instance, a midterm review provides an opportune time to carefully examine a project and track its progress on outputs and deliverables. Also, this allows restructuring and adjustment of DMF targets and indicators at appraisal, with the approval of the ADB. This would lead to a more realistic project results and outcome at completion.

Project Number: 38272-013, 38272-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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The quality of project implementation relies on the capacity of borrowers and agencies. It is crucial that executing and implementing agencies are familiar with ADB procedures and requirements, specifically in the procurement process, safeguards’ policies, and financial management. This will enable the agencies to better manage project-related activities and avoid unnecessary start-up delays during implementation.

Project Number: 38272-013, 38272-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Engaging capable design institutes, backed by sufficient budget and time allocations, will result in better quality technical designs that in turn will facilitate construction progress, reduce the need for contract variations, and optimize construction costs. There were significant variations in some of this project's civil works contracts. These variations resulted mainly from poor quality of technical designs, with errors and omissions in the construction drawings.

Project Number: 45507-003
Project Name: Yunnan Chuxiong Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Gender trainings are a must in ADB first-time projects. This was the first project funded by ADB in Chuxiong prefecture. As such, trainings on Gender equality and the project's Gender action (GAP) plan were needed to promote Gender awareness, develop understanding, and build capacities for GAP implementation. The trainings and overall design of GAP proved relevant and contributed to achieving overall project objectives.

Project Number: 45507-003
Project Name: Yunnan Chuxiong Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Reducing or avoiding implementation delays would require, among others: (i) ensuring that project and/or subproject implementation is a high priority for local governments and counterpart funds are provided in government annual budgets, and (ii) starting resettlement activities as early as possible and providing adequate funds for these activities.

Project Number: 45507-003
Project Name: Yunnan Chuxiong Urban Environment Improvement Project
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual mission and online meetings were conducted to ensure continued ADB technical support and monitoring of project implementation, which could be widely applied in the future, especially during periods of travel restriction.

Project Number: 44019-013
Project Name: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project
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Close monitoring of and prompt responses to policy changes ensure smooth implementation and compliance to covenants. During project implementation, the executing agency took prompt action to change the scope of the project when one of the original subcomponents was not in compliance with the new issued development plan. This enabled the project to avoid compliance issues and be carried out smoothly.

Project Number: 44019-013
Project Name: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project
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Signing of loan agreement is essential to achieving project readiness. To avoid possible risk, the executing agency did not start the project implementation, including the detailed design for civil works, until the loan agreement was signed on 6 February 2013. That slowed project implementation progress in the early stage. In the future, ADB needs to convince the counterpart to enhance project readiness.

Project Number: 44019-013
Project Name: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project
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