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Enhancing project preparedness prior to loan approval helps ensure timely and effective project implementation.

Project Number: 40031-023
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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A project-specific design and monitoring framework (DMF) enables a comprehensive and accurate assessment of project achievements.

Project Number: 40031-023
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Sustainability of project assets and O&M arrangements.

Project Number: 26427-013
Project Name: Secondary Towns Integrated Flood Protection Project (Phase 2)
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Delays caused by lengthy land acquisition procedures. Land acquisition and resettlement is the object of complex and lengthy procedures, causing project implementation delays—although the nature and extent of the issues encountered are not described in any detail. The lesson learned is the need during project preparation to ensure the full commitment of the government and the executing agency to implement the resettlement plan.

Project Number: 26427-013
Project Name: Secondary Towns Integrated Flood Protection Project (Phase 2)
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Adequate stakeholder coordination during project design could have prevented an overlap between the drainage rehabilitation and maintenance component of the grant and the Nuku’alofa CBD Reconstruction Project.

Project Number: 38160-032
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Sector Project
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Data requirements to provide evidence of achievement of performance targets need more attention and lack of M&E data has characterized this PCR

Project Number: 38160-032
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Sector Project
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Another lesson that was not raised by the PCR is the issue of tariff and cost recovery. The project agreement specified that wastewater tariffs were to be reviewed annually and adjusted as needed to achieve the cost-recovery targets. A special loan administration mission fielded in September 2010, however, reported that the process of increasing tariffs had been postponed for over 4 years. The auditor also raised concerns that the tariff revenue being received was insufficient to maintain the operation as well as meet debt obligations.

Project Number: 37597-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project
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Household service connections for urban water and sewerage should be part of the project scope to ensure the optimum utilization of outputs and timely delivery of benefits.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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Requirement for financial intermediary transformation. For the Local Loans and Development Fund's (LLDF) professional operation, the project established systems, such as loan management software and operational manuals. However, the organization requires a full-time, qualified head to further drive its growth and sustainable expansion. The current part-time status of the chief executive officer will make it difficult for the organization to thrive.

Project Number: 35201-013
Project Name: Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project
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Financial covenants should be realistic. Fully involving state and municipal authorities and elected representatives in the preparation, implementation, and monitoring of financial improvement action plans (FIAPs) along with intensive public awareness campaigns may help achieve full implementation of the FIAPs.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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A water balance audit as a mandatory part of nonrevenue water projects would lead to proper design. An integrated supervisory control and data acquisition system for the water supply would support smooth operation.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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Standardization. Since the project packages were numerous and relatively small, documents and processes should have been standardized as much as possible for efficiency and quality. For example, project-specific bidding document templates, as well as standard terms of references for all project committees, could have been drafted by the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) and approved by ADB at an earlier stage. Standard documents, reports, and monitoring forms to be used by the Subproject Coordination Units (SPCUs) were introduced on 20 June 2008.

Project Number: 35201-013
Project Name: Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project
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Fully staffed roject implementation units (PIUs) and involving municipal engineers in project design and implementation supports local knowledge and creates ownership and commitment.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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The size of contract packages should be optimized based on market conditions to attract contractors. Incentives for quality and timely delivery may foster better contractor performance.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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Adequate support to local authorities. At the outset, it was clear a more robust support system to local authorities for design and supervision was required. Advisors at the provincial council level supported local authorities intermittently, but additional support for preparing feasibility studies, cost estimates, engineering designs, and bidding documents was required for smooth implementation. The project rectified this gap reallocating for additional design and supervision consultant (DSC) consultancy packages and increasing existing consultants' inputs.

Project Number: 35201-013
Project Name: Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project
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