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Lesson
More resources should have been allocated prior to appraisal for the preparation of the feasibility study to verify that the project was both technically and economically viable. The small-scale feasibility study did not provide sufficient time or resources to collect important design data such as rainfall records, land tenure status, crop budgets (including realistic figures on crop inputs), yields, and prices for the with- and without-project situations. This additional information would have enabled the appraisal report to provide a more informed assessment of major project risks.

Project Number: 24076-013
Project Name: Bukidnon Integrated Area Development Project
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Lesson
The feasibility study should have included a detailed value-chain analysis to trace the flow of produce from the farm to its final use and to identify all risks involved at different stages. Effective, feasible remedies should be recommended at each stage. A critical oversight in assessing risks was linking the investment project to the purchase of tomatoes by the tomato-processing factory.

Project Number: 24076-013
Project Name: Bukidnon Integrated Area Development Project
Report Date:
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The project should have supported a detailed market study to identify the demand for various high-value crops in different markets at various times of the year. This information could have been made available to farmers to guide them in their timing and choice of planting different crops. A market information system, linking farmers with major buyers for their commodities, could also have been provided to ensure that farmers receive the best prices for their crops.

Project Number: 24076-013
Project Name: Bukidnon Integrated Area Development Project
Report Date:
Lesson
The high cost of providing water to crops, such as tomatoes, using drip irrigation can only be justified in situations where there is assurance of high yields and prices for farm produce. In the project design, insufficient attention was paid to ensuring that the farmers would be able to secure the resources to fund the purchase of high levels of farm inputs or that the marketing arrangements would remain in place for them to obtain high prices.

Project Number: 24076-013
Project Name: Bukidnon Integrated Area Development Project
Report Date:
Lesson
The water availability for the irrigation schemes appears to have been underestimated at the design stage. In particular, it was found that the Sagayon communal irrigation system or CIS (if implemented) would have been able to provide irrigation water to less than 35% of the area planned.

Project Number: 24076-013
Project Name: Bukidnon Integrated Area Development Project
Report Date:
Lesson
Procedures for project implementation at the local level need to be established at an early stage. More attention needs to be given to establishing an ongoing dialogue among ADB, national-level government agencies, and the provincial- level executing agency (EA) and implementing agencies (IAs) on the documentation required for the smooth flow of funds. More attention should have been given to capacity building of the EA and IAs in the early stages of project implementation.

Project Number: 24076-013
Project Name: Bukidnon Integrated Area Development Project
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Lesson
Greater attention should have been given to the impact of the project on the budget resources of the province.

Project Number: 24076-013
Project Name: Bukidnon Integrated Area Development Project
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 29229-023
Project Name: Microfinance Sector Development Program (Investment Loan)
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 29229-013
Project Name: Microfinance Sector Development Program (Program Loan)
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 32189-013
Project Name: Coastal Fisheries Management and Development Project
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Lesson
An ambitious, complex program or project should not be launched without being fully equipped with adequate TA and other requisite resources, particularly when the design does not provide the option of accessing funds under the loan.

Project Number: 32238-013
Project Name: Governance Reform Program
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Lesson
ADB must recognize that on-the-ground conditions in the borrower country may change substantially while a program or project is under preparation, especially if the preparatory process is long and the nature of unrest borders on social conflict and violence.

Project Number: 32238-013
Project Name: Governance Reform Program
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Lesson
If a program or project runs against both (a) and (b) above, there should be flexibility in implementation plan to reduce the scope and focus on the essential core of the program or project. The policy matrix should clearly identify such core issues beforehand.

Project Number: 32238-013
Project Name: Governance Reform Program
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 33062-013
Project Name: Road Rehabilitation (Sector) Project (Loan 1798-INO)
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 34337-013
Project Name: Sindh Devolved Social Services Program
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