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Local government units (LGUs) are important as facilitators of housing projects, but should not be overburdened with housing production or housing loans. LGU-driven projects are important and strategic for targeting the urban poor. LGUs can have a crucial role in provision of land, particularly land that has been proclaimed by the President of the Philippines for social housing purposes. However, there needs to be additional innovation to make the urban poor bankable.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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the components should be better prepared and formulated to facilitate their successful implementation

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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Proactively treating geological hazards before cutting and excavating the earthworks proved to be more effective and cost-efficient than reactively handling the issue when excavation had been completed.

Project Number: 32336-013
Project Name: Western Yunnan Roads Development Project
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To effectively utilize consulting services, a clear and specific terms of reference for each consultant needs to be prepared with the expected outputs before consultants' mobilization to the project.

Project Number: 32336-013
Project Name: Western Yunnan Roads Development Project
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Plantation and landscaping work for slope protection immediately taken after earth excavation proved to be an effective practice to ensure water conservation and environment protection.

Project Number: 32336-013
Project Name: Western Yunnan Roads Development Project
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Rigorous due diligence should be carried out on the various proposed components, to ascertain their viability and increase the likelihood of their implementation in practice by obtaining firm upfront commitments from the parties that champion their promotion;

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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The 11 escape ramps built by the project to deal with the over 30 km of continuous decline of the expressway proved to be an effective safety feature.

Project Number: 32336-013
Project Name: Western Yunnan Roads Development Project
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The focus and selection of project components should take into consideration the developmental context of the country and its absorptive capacity;

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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Frequent ADB missions throughout the implementation period, particularly visits to provinces, had a positive effect and facilitated timely decision making.

Project Number: 31367-013
Project Name: Provincial Roads Improvement Sector Project
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The division of projects into many phases consumes additional time and resources and causes delays in project implementation.

Project Number: 31367-013
Project Name: Provincial Roads Improvement Sector Project
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The executing and implementing agencies believed that implementation of the EMDP should not have been their responsibility, was outside their area of expertise, and interfered with project implementation. They said that it should have been carried out through other more suitable agencies, such provincial committees on ethnic minorities or women's unions.

Project Number: 31367-013
Project Name: Provincial Roads Improvement Sector Project
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The views of the provinces on requirements in the road classification and design - for instance, their preference for paved shoulders over earthen shoulders to better accommodate larger, two-way traffic - should have been adequately addressed at project conceptualization and or at project design and formulation stage.

Project Number: 31367-013
Project Name: Provincial Roads Improvement Sector Project
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Repackaging the road contracts to make them larger and more financially attractive to bidders was successful and made contract management easier for the provinces.

Project Number: 31367-013
Project Name: Provincial Roads Improvement Sector Project
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The absence of official records on land ownership made it difficult and time consuming to pay compensation to and rehabilitate people affected by the project. The PDOTs should approach the responsible local administrations well in advance of this kind of project either themselves or through specialized agencies to ensure that records are available to implement resettlement when construction begins.

Project Number: 31367-013
Project Name: Provincial Roads Improvement Sector Project
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The bid value of the project consultant was found to be at lower side. Road design should have been the sole responsibility of the project consultant and he should not have been subcontracted and fully passed the task on to a less experienced and capable provincial consulting firms with low subcontract value. This resulted in poor quality of surveys and detailed design works and a need to correct the design during implementation but also in substandard designs at certain locations.

Project Number: 31367-013
Project Name: Provincial Roads Improvement Sector Project
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