Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project

Use advance actions. The project experienced delays of 24 months for several reasons. The absence of borrower's advance action largely contributed to these start-up delays and affected project implementation. ADB has been emphasizing this issue through its country and tripartite portfolio review meetings, and has included in most ADB-assisted projects provisions for advance action for selection of consultants, selection of subprojects, stakeholder consultation, and preparatory work for land acquisition and resettlement, if applicable.