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Nonpartisan, broadly upheld leadership is crucial to the success of pandemic/crisis response programs. Leading the national efforts in the fight against the pandemic, His Majesty the King traveled extensively across the country to achieve the highest level of preparedness and to instill public confidence by alleviating the difficulties faced by the people and ensuring uninterrupted supply of food and essential commodities. His Majesty’s compassionate leadership resulted in building mutual trust and confidence among the people and their leaders.

Project Number: 54183-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Combating pandemics of COVID-19’s scale requires a whole-of-society-and-government approach. While replicating the Bhutanese experience may be difficult given the country's uniqueness in many ways, Bhutan's strong leadership and the government's relentless endeavor to implement public safety measures while vaccinating nearly the entire adult population is notable. Bhutan’s COVID-19 response with a whole-of-society-and-government approach under the leadership of the King is exemplary and provides a model for combating pandemics of such a scale.

Project Number: 54183-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Preparedness should be front and center of a disaster and/or pandemic response. The government set up a health emergency operations center and a WHO emergency operations center in 2018, and invested in medical camp kit tents, initially meant to be deployed for disaster relief. During the pandemic, the tents were repurposed to screen and treat patients with respiratory symptoms. In 2019, the country upgraded its Royal Centre for Disease Control laboratory, with equipment to not only handle new and deadly influenza viruses but also SARS-CoV-2.

Project Number: 54183-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Advance action and procurement readiness are key to the timely startup and implementation of projects. No major issues or problems were identified in procurement planning, processing, and contract management. Good procurement readiness was achieved, with advance procurement realized for one international competitive bidding civil works contract and one consulting firm contract. Actual contract awards in 2013–2015 were about 62% of the total loan amount, which was above the projected 25%.

Project Number: 45506-002
Project Name: Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Projects should provide room for any kind of response from affected people, businesses, and other entities. The risk of delayed LAR was envisaged at project preparation, and mitigation measures were developed and implemented. Still, unexpected requests or demands were raised by project-affected people and businesses, leading to 51 complaints filed on issues such as compensation standards, physical quantity of demolition, and compensation amount.

Project Number: 45506-002
Project Name: Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Developing the institutional capacity of key project agencies will enhance the sustainability of project outcomes and benefits. The project designed and implemented a comprehensive capacity building component that strengthened the institutional capacity of the executing agency (EA), the Jiuquan municipal government (JMG) in forming strategies for water conservation, resources reuse, traffic management and traffic safety improvement, and desertification risk management. This enhanced the project’s sustainability.

Project Number: 45506-002
Project Name: Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project
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A well-defined implementation arrangement, backed by strong leadership and commitment, and highly competent project staff are crucial to project success. The project’s implementation arrangement was well laid out and all relevant entities fulfilled their responsibilities throughout the project. A project management office (PMO) was set up while the project was still being conceptualized, engaging staff with a high degree of competence and professional knowledge. The PMO director stayed with the project from beginning to end, ensuring strong and efficient support and coordination.

Project Number: 45506-002
Project Name: Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Extensive stakeholder consultation and participation and avoiding or minimizing the acquisition of high-quality farmlands are good land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) practices with a strong replication potential.

Project Number: 43031-013
Project Name: Hunan Xiangjiang Inland Waterway Transport Project
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Development of a barrage and associated infrastructure into a multipurpose facility with navigation, power generation, and flood control functions is highly feasible and leads to multiple benefits.

Project Number: 43031-013
Project Name: Hunan Xiangjiang Inland Waterway Transport Project
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IWT can be an efficient, cost-effective, and green transport alternative, especially for cargo services.

Project Number: 43031-013
Project Name: Hunan Xiangjiang Inland Waterway Transport Project
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Inland waterway transport (IWT) has the potential for wider use in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and other developing countries

Project Number: 43031-013
Project Name: Hunan Xiangjiang Inland Waterway Transport Project
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Integrating the design and implementation of projects with broader reform objectives maximize their potential in contributing to the reform process.

Project Number: 43031-013
Project Name: Hunan Xiangjiang Inland Waterway Transport Project
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Effective implementation of environmental safeguards requires a dedicated unit and adequate resources

Project Number: 43031-013
Project Name: Hunan Xiangjiang Inland Waterway Transport Project
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Quality-based selection of consultants and direct supervision by the executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) may be considered for projects in remote and hilly regions, which are less likely to attract good consultants.

Project Number: 47229-001
Project Name: Uttarakhand Emergency Assistance Project
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Bidding and procurement procedures need to be shortened further to ensure early contract awards under EAL projects.

Project Number: 47229-001
Project Name: Uttarakhand Emergency Assistance Project
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