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Sound planning reduces delays in implementing procurement activities, especially for projects with interdependent components. Specifically, sufficient preparation for procurement planning, scheduling, and costing, given project-specific requirements, are vital in the timely procurement of goods and services. A well-planned procurement leads to a better management of procurement-related activities (e.g., bids, contracts, and others), which in turn, facilitates the timely completion of project components.

Project Number: 38164-013
Project Name: Natural Gas Access Improvement Project
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Undertaking a rigorous risk assessment, including possible mitigation measures during project preparation, helps minimize implementation delays and cost overruns, both of which could undermine the realization of expected project results. A thorough assessment of potential risk factors such as the soundness of supply and demand projections; adequacy and sources of O&M expenditures, including other possible cost-recovery measures; and financial arrangement among borrowers and development partners helps strengthen project preparation.

Project Number: 38164-013
Project Name: Natural Gas Access Improvement Project
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ADB’s active intervention upfront as a project financer could help resolve potential implementation issues and avoid any complications in project implementation.

Project Number: 45174-001
Project Name: Dhaka–Chittagong Expressway Public–Private Partnership Design Project
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A well-programmed procurement plan and design could help avoid unnecessary costs and delays.

Project Number: 45174-001
Project Name: Dhaka–Chittagong Expressway Public–Private Partnership Design Project
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Successful mainstreaming of gender equity and its achievement lies on the consistent support from the government and gender experts.

Project Number: 40515-013
Project Name: Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project
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A well-designed GAP can effectively increase the project’s benefits for women.

Project Number: 40515-013
Project Name: Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project
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On physical investments, high-quality project preparatory TA reports are important to ensure that long implementation timeline and different sets of subprojects are considered in preparing project cost estimates.

Project Number: 32234-013, 32234-053
Project Name: Railway Sector Investment Program (Multitranche Financing Facility and Tranche 3)
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For projects involving reforms, effective project steering committees can bring in critical restructuring options to the higher level of government including the cabinet to determine the workable and acceptable option to pursue.

Project Number: 32234-013, 32234-053
Project Name: Railway Sector Investment Program (Multitranche Financing Facility and Tranche 3)
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In-depth analysis of various loan modality options and risk assessment, taking in consideration lessons from past interventions, can help design an appropriate loan modality.

Project Number: 32234-013, 32234-053
Project Name: Railway Sector Investment Program (Multitranche Financing Facility and Tranche 3)
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In-depth analysis of various loan modality options and risk assessment can help in designing an appropriate loan modality.

Project Number: 32234-023, 32234-043, 32234-063
Project Name: Railway Sector Investment Program (Tranches 1, 2, and 4)
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Another project level lesson is related to the analysis of financial performance of the executing agencies.The PCR analyzed the performance against three major criteria business risk, financial risk and financial flexibility and liquidity. Adding 10-year financial projections of the state gas companies to the performance analysis would provide (i) an understanding of threats and risks, (ii) guidance for policy initiatives, and (iii) measures needed for securing energy supplies through future investments.

Project Number: 35242-013
Project Name: Gas Transmission and Development Project
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Unrealistic and overambitious indicators in the DMF should have been raised during the implementation for corrective actions.

Project Number: 40517-013, 40517-042
Project Name: Public–Private Infrastructure Development Facility
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Decentralized and community-based training ensures relevance of skills in demand by the labor market in a particular district.

Project Number: 31309-013
Project Name: Post-Literacy and Continuing Education Project
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The allowable size of civil works contracts should consider contractor technical and financial capacity, geographic proximity of the projects and ease of supervision by the implementing agency. While a smaller contract size encourages competition and hypothetically lower prices, this may discourage technically and financially capable contractors from participating. This may also result in poor quality of work that would require more frequent supervisory visits and rectification.

Project Number: 40559-013
Project Name: Second Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project
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Energy use and supply optimization can only be accomplished effectively if Bangladesh plans generation capacity optimally. This is an ongoing effort, and the government has been supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to develop and update the power sector master plans.

Project Number: 44192-013
Project Name: Bangladesh–India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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