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Delayed and insufficient government counterpart funding disrupt and delay project implementation. Timely provision of counterpart funding to support relevant project activities, as required under the loan agreement, was not experienced in this project, necessitating changes in financing arrangements. Although ADB accommodated the changes, the lack of timely counterpart funding disrupted implementation and contributed to delays, cancellations, and loss of project benefits. Counterpart funding issues have a high potential to negatively impacts other similar projects in PNG.

Project Number: 44375-013
Project Name: Maritime and Waterways Safety Project
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In terms of project design, in-depth analysis of various loan modality options and risks assessment, taking in consideration the ountry’s huge capacity and institutional gaps, can help design an appropriate loan modality. For example, a sector lending, which can also run for a decade and sustain capacity support to the sector, requires a sector analysis that covers a thorough analysis of the factors that affect the performance of the sector, including policy, institutional or regulatory frameworks, as well as the sustainability of the investment.

Project Number: 40173-044
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - MFF and Project 3
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With climate change exerting new and increasing demands on road and bridge networks, future economic analyses for transport projects should take a broader perspective in calculating economic benefits. The economic analysis for this project compared with-project and without-project scenarios to derive its economic benefits. The definition of the with-project scenario assumed time and vehicle operating cost savings from less traffic congestion and improved traffic flow. The benefits from less congestion accounted for 93% of the total net benefits.

Project Number: 43200-024
Project Name: Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project
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Close and consistent supervision by ADB is crucial in ensuring quality road works and effective project implementation. The quality of construction supervision (including bridge design) and close, regular supervision by ADB since 2017 were critical in ensuring the quality of bridge construction and installation under this project. Despite delays and issues in financial management and procurement, the project achieved high-quality bridge construction, which contributed to project effectiveness.

Project Number: 43200-024
Project Name: Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project
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Augmentation of the resident mission’s (RM) staff complement may be necessary to strengthen ADB support for weak areas in executing agency (EA) project management and implementation capacity.

Project Number: 40173-043
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 2
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Robust safeguards implementation is valuable not only in preserving natural, social, and cultural resources but also as a tool to engage well with communities and facilitate project execution.

Project Number: 40173-043
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 2
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The multitranche financing facility (MFF) is well-suited for procurement advance actions.

Project Number: 40173-043
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 2
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Larger institutional issues can pose challenges to the sustainability of projects.

Project Number: 40173-043
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 2
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Working with the project team leader could help improve compliance with loan covenants.

Project Number: 40173-043
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 2
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The PPMS should be developed and established prior to the start of project implementation. This would ensure that all implementation activities are effectively monitored and causes of delays and mitigating actions described clearly. Benefit monitoring and evaluation is essential to measuring project impact and outcome indicators so as to measure achievement. This should not be left to the executing or implementing agency and should be undertaken by qualified monitoring and evaluation specialists, including the collection of primary and secondary data.

Project Number: 40037-013
Project Name: Lae Port Development Project
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ADB resident mission should be more proactive in monitoring project implementation. It is contingent on the resident mission to assist the executing agency in identifying corrective measures and even use its technical resources to assist in resolving issues. The delay due to unresolved resettlement issues took too long to solve resulting in increased project cost. With local knowledge and experience, the resident mission would be in a good position to identify options in resolving such issues.

Project Number: 40037-013
Project Name: Lae Port Development Project
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The incompatibility of undertaking project implementation and institutional restructuring at the same time. Staff movements to the newly created state-owned enterprises affected the implementation process. NAC had to recruit new supervisors for the civil works contracts due to the institutional changes, which required some period for the new staff to familiarize themselves with their new responsibilities in the PIU.

Project Number: 43141-023
Project Name: Civil Aviation Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Need for more frequent monitoring and coordination meetings with the executing agency by ADB in the early stages of project implementation to resolve issues before they worsen. Strict compliance with loan covenants pertaining to financial management systems, reporting, and project coordination meetings should have been the priority concern after loan effectiveness.

Project Number: 43141-023
Project Name: Civil Aviation Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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