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Lesson
It is important for succeeding tranche loans to have clear provisions of clear conditionality in the program design and lending agreements.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 2 and the Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Get the institutional framework right before scaling up.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 2 and the Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Lesson
ADB had gained experience in Pakistan’s municipal services sector and these were recorded in past PCRs and country assistance program evaluations. Except for the successful Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project, available PCRs rated ADB’s interventions less than successful, including the recent experience with the Megacity Development Project in the Sindh province (footnote 28). Lessons from these experiences could have been applied to the design of this MFF.

Project Number: 37220-023
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Lesson
Changing performance targets and due dates midstream is not warranted.

Project Number: 37220-023
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Lesson
No additional lesson.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary)
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Lesson
Do not reengage in a sector with poor past performance until the government demonstrates its commitment and ownership by creating an enabling environment for delivery of sustainable outputs.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Lesson
Understand that project implementation will require significant ADB staff resources, and allocate resources for additional support to bolster areas where project implementation was previously weak.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Despite the urgency of government requests for additional financing, conduct a thorough due diligence on all government entities involved and ensure that the available resources fit the scope of the project.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Lesson
At appraisal, all parts of previous project arrangements should be thoroughly reviewed to identify the real causes of past project implementation issues. For key past problems, new solutions should be sought, rather than trying to modify past arrangements.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Lesson
Make sure that the risk is mitigated and mitigation measures are implemented effectively, most especially when the lack of commitment is a high risk.

Project Number: 38405-013
Project Name: Mega City Development Project
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Lesson
The project design did not have an adequate analytic base that should have included an assessment of stakeholders and their capacities, and provisions for alignment due to changes introduced by the LGO 2001;

Project Number: 27182-013
Project Name: North-West Frontier Province Urban Development Sector Project
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Lesson
Project monitoring and evaluation systems require sets of measurable indicators and associated targets so that corrective measures can be implemented in time to achieve the project’s outcome.

Project Number: 27182-013
Project Name: North-West Frontier Province Urban Development Sector Project
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Lesson
Supervision missions must flag projects that are in danger of slippage before it is too late to modify the project;

Project Number: 27182-013
Project Name: North-West Frontier Province Urban Development Sector Project
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Lesson
Previous project and/or sector experience in Pakistan was not internalized and reflected in the design—the risk of underestimating capacity constraints could have been mitigated with a risk management strategy;

Project Number: 27182-013
Project Name: North-West Frontier Province Urban Development Sector Project
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Lesson
No additional lessons

Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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