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Early and continuous involvement of financial staff and coordination with development partners are crucial to ensure aptly designed financial management arrangements. This is particularly true for multi-donor funded programs that require harmonization of financial management systems. As these were lacking in this project, significant financial management issues were experienced during implementation.

Project Number: 48226-003
Project Name: Second Rural Connectivity Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Efforts to collect employment indicators for women during the preparatory stage could help explore possibilities of expanding employment opportunities for women in a project area. These indicators allow better insights on how to enhance their participation in transport projects. Moreover, women’s involvement during consultations and dialogues, especially during appraisal stage, helps improve project design.

Project Number: 46543-002
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridors 3 and 5 Enhancement Project
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Assessment of project impacts critically depends on the collection and analysis of project and other data. Establishing a project performance management system as part of project administration and covenanted in the loan agreement is crucial.

Project Number: 41122-023
Project Name: Road Corridor Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Strong political will and commitment at all levels of government authorities have a decisive impact on the effective and efficient implementation of LAR activities in the context of complex project situations, such as this one. It is important for an executing agency to be proactive and work closely with local authorities and stakeholders to resolve identified issues on the ground. Monitoring of land acquisition and resettlement plan implementation is best to start early to identify issues and find effective solutions in a timely manner.

Project Number: 42414-033
Project Name: Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Dependence on consulting services hired under a separate ongoing ADB-funded project can cause coordination problems and unnecessary delays. For instance, the submission of this project’s 2018 semiannual environment monitoring reports was delayed because of lack of dedicated attention. Better management of the consultants by the project management unit would have helped achieve the intended efficiency.

Project Number: 44240-014
Project Name: Thimphu Road Improvement Project
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Continuity of services of experienced project staff is essential. The project director and account officer positions at the project coordination office experienced high turnover, which affected overall performance, including of project financial management, as evidenced by the outstanding recurring audit issues and multiple delayed submissions.

Project Number: 36188-023
Project Name: Secondary Towns Integrated Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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If a bus rapid transit (BRT) system is planned to traverse a highly populated area with limited road space, the alignment should be properly selected at appraisal with priority consideration given to avoiding traffic congestion.

Project Number: 44007-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Fuzhou Urban Integrated Infrastructure Improvement Project
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Introduction of new technologies, particularly those involving more than a like-for-like replacement of the ones already in use, requires collaboration with experts and private suppliers throughout the design, testing, and repeated price discovery stages.

Project Number: 43207-013
Project Name: Market Transformation through Introduction of Energy-Efficient Electric Vehicles Project
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In addition to assessing the value chain and market conditions, the technical viability and suitability of the business model and deployment mechanism should be tested prior to the large-scale dissemination of new technologies.

Project Number: 43207-013
Project Name: Market Transformation through Introduction of Energy-Efficient Electric Vehicles Project
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