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Development of measurable Gender performance Indicators and targets, with clearly defined Indicators and data sources, is important in integrating Gender in all programs being implemented by the government . It is also important to develop and implement Gender action plans and use structured data collection tools that can easily extract the required data in a timely manner.

Project Number: 54189-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Strong coordination between ADB and the executing agency, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), and the high level of government ownership of the program were the keys to developing a program focused on the vulnerable sections of society and to delivering an effective response to the pandemic at unprecedented speed and scale. The program supported key initiatives of the government to mitigate pandemic impacts. ADB and the DEA closely interacted to monitor and report on the progress of program implementation.

Project Number: 54182-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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The program proved to be a timely and effective means of channeling support to the government. Designed with coordinated support from various development partners,the government-led program, was coherent and relevant and delivered most of its intended outputs and outcomes. Several performance Indicators had specific Gender targets, which supported the government’s efforts to deliver on its commitment to women’s empowerment during a period when women were disproportionately affected by the impacts of the pandemic.

Project Number: 54188-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Procurement of works and recruitment of consultants followed due process and were completed on time. The contract award was synchronized with loan effectiveness and civil works commenced on time. Payment of small amounts to affected persons was a challenging task that is still ongoing. The prompt establishment of the project implementation unit and lessons from tranche 1, particularly regarding LARP implementation, contributed to the smooth startup of construction activities.

Project Number: 48402-001, 48402-002
Project Name: National Motorway M-4 Gojra–Shorkot Section Project and National Motorway M–4 Gojra–Shorkot–Khanewal Section Project - Additional
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To help deal with the complexities of land acquisition and meet ADB’s safeguard requirement of payment before construction, linear greenfield projects such as M–4 should benefit from good practices learned in other projects involving multiple federal and provincial agencies in the land acquisition process. Future project designs could consider a pragmatic approach to the complexities of land acquisition and payment of compensation at the early stages of land acquisition, specifically at the time the executing agency is issued the notice to proceed.

Project Number: 48402-001, 48402-002
Project Name: National Motorway M-4 Gojra–Shorkot Section Project and National Motorway M–4 Gojra–Shorkot–Khanewal Section Project - Additional
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Enhanced project readiness filters need to be applied to future projects to minimize or avoid the challenges encountered in this project, which commonly occur in infrastructure projects. These challenges included (i) insufficient construction equipment at the work sites; (ii) contractors’ chronic working capital shortages; (iii) non-payment of local contractors and/or suppliers, resulting in shortages (e.g., of materials and fuel); and (iv) a lack of capacity for efficient project management

Project Number: 48402-001, 48402-002
Project Name: National Motorway M-4 Gojra–Shorkot Section Project and National Motorway M–4 Gojra–Shorkot–Khanewal Section Project - Additional
Financing
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Project readiness challenges could result in sequential delays of the different tranches in an MFF, leaving insufficient time for implementation within the MFF term and making MFF less relevant. Prior to the approval of each tranche, the initial design for each project was prepared to varying degrees.

Project Number: 44483-024, 44483-023, 44483-026, 44483-027
Project Name: Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program
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Data collection on all Indicators in each tranche project should be ensured to facilitate a reliable assessment of the accomplishments and performance of each project and the entire MFF. The executing agency (EA) is required, as part of the government’s undertakings, to establish a project performance monitoring system to collect and measure baseline data on the performance Indicators in the design and monitoring framework (DMF) during implementation and to submit to ADB, as self-evaluation, the government’s completion report for the implemented projects.

Project Number: 44483-024, 44483-023, 44483-026, 44483-027
Project Name: Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program
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ADB should help the executing agency strengthen its capacity in procurement planning, bid evaluation, and contract award in accordance with ADB’s procurement guideline. Because of the disagreement between the executing agency and ADB regarding bid evaluation results, the procurement of civil works for Project 2 was significantly delayed. The divergent views centered on particular restriction provisions, including abnormally low bids, collusions, and conflicts of interest.

Project Number: 44483-024, 44483-023, 44483-026, 44483-027
Project Name: Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program
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Engagement of dedicated safeguard specialists could help strengthen safeguard implementation capacity. A project management and construction supervision consultant served as focal point for safeguards. No major issues in safeguards were identified.

Project Number: 44483-023, 44483-026
Project Name: Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2)
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Maintaining key specialists even after major institutional changes helps keep institutional memory within the executing agency and is important for successful project implementation. During project implementation, the government’s economic reform caused institutional changes in the road sector. Despite the change, key members of project management unit remained unchanged, which helped minimize delay.

Project Number: 44483-023, 44483-026
Project Name: Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2)
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Bid evaluation criteria and contractor qualifications should be carefully set, referencing historical financial performance and contracts of similar nature and size to ensure the selection of high quality and experienced contractors. The initial contractor selected for tranche 1 could not complete the work and left the project; therefore,

Project Number: 44483-023, 44483-026
Project Name: Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2)
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High quality detailed designs, ensured through the engagement of competent consultants, will facilitate advance procurement thus allowing projects to start up without delay as intended by the advance procurement actions. With advance procurement action, the executing agency succeeded in shortening the time for procurement after loan effectiveness. Despite the positive effect, the detailed design was not prepared correctly, resulting in the technically qualified bidder’s financial proposal being higher than the cost estimates.

Project Number: 44483-023, 44483-026
Project Name: Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2)
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Continued engagement with the government on macroeconomic and structural reforms will maximize program benefits. This program was an integral part of ADB’s overall country support activities and backed the government’s strong commitment to state-owned enterprise reform and structural macroeconomic reform. Particularly through technical assistance to strengthen economic management, it supported macroeconomic stability, sustained growth, and project preparation.

Project Number: 54160-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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The Shah Deniz Gas Field Expansion Project is transformational. It has expanded the development of one of the largest gas fields in the world, which will help (i) more than double gas production from the field; and (ii) increase the country’s gas production by 67% during the same period. This will help strengthen the Azerbaijani economy and create more fiscal space for economic diversification.

Project Number: 49451-002
Project Name: Shah Deniz Gas Field Expansion Project
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