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During the feasibility study stage, the estimate of consultant inputs is based on the assessment of existing institutional capacity to carry out certain activities. In this project, about $7.2 million worth of international consultants inputs were not used. The absence of such a significant amount of international expertise could have contributed to the project’s underperformance. The lesson here is that before making a decision to cancel consultant inputs, careful consideration should be taken as to its impact on project performance.

Project Number: 29637-013
Project Name: Employment-Oriented Skills Development Project
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A more effective project management could have avoided, or at least minimized much of the implementation problems related to coordination, conflict resolution, scheduling, and monitoring and reporting. The position of project manager is the bridge between the key policy and decision makers and the people involved in implementing the different activities. Thus, the selection process should ensure that the candidate is able to deal effectively with those at the top and those on the ground.

Project Number: 29637-013
Project Name: Employment-Oriented Skills Development Project
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It is essential that adequate compensation mechanisms are built into the project design and implemented. If this had been undertaken, it might have preempted the need for a protracted and expensive system for redressing grievances. Rapid compensation is highly desirable. If compensation is delayed, land values may increase and resettlers may no longer consider defined compensation rates to be adequate.

Project Number: 24268
Project Name: Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project (Stage III)
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Project Number: 40909-014
Project Name: Equity Investment in Bank of Hangzhou
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Project Number: 39905-014
Project Name: Municipal Natural Gas Infrastructure Development Project
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The validation concurs with these issues and would also add that uncertainty remains regarding the Afghanistan private sector‘s overall ability to absorb credit even when available. Another uncertainty is AIB‘s ability to make up, through increased regular lending to private customers and investing in alternative assets overseas, for the inevitable loss of special situations of the sort (e.g. a sharp reduction in the US army deposits), which had provided AIB some measure of its financial success vis-à-vis very wide interest spreads gained by investing idle US Army cash balances in 12+%.

Project Number: 37903-014
Project Name: Equity Investment in Afghanistan International Bank
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The project-commissioned monitoring inadequately reported the actual implementation issues at field level. Third party monitoring on an annual basis would improve project performance. The reporting could be in the form of back-to-office notes that outline issues in need of attention and make recommendations.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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The government needed to review and include interim milestone dates in the contract documents to ensure timely work completion and avoid extensions. The government also needed to institutionalize a safeguard system within the organizational framework of the project, particularly during implementation, for effective monitoring and supervision of and timely compliance with safeguard covenants.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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There were some difficulties in contract administration between the DOC and UNCTAD. Although the contract for the ASYCUDA was signed between DOR and UNCTAD, DOC was the main agency to supervise UNCTAD’s work. DOC felt that it was less effective in the UNCTAD contract implementation because it was not a party to the contract. Contract provisions should have clearly stated the role, responsibilities, and implementation arrangements of DOC.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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The practice of international joint venture partners not actively participating in the implementation of the contracts awarded was observed during project implementation. To ensure involvement of all joint venture partners in contract administration, it would be necessary for each partner to issue a guarantee against the collateral for their individual and joint liability. Issuance of individual and joint liability along with a performance bond would ensure liability for the work among all joint venture partners.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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Project Number: 35337-013
Project Name: Guangxi Roads Development II Project
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An additional lesson identified by this validation relates to regional projects: all parties should agree on uniform standards covering, in this case, vehicular movements across international boundaries. Both Thailand and the PRC have higher legal axle load limits than the Lao PDR. This creates enforcement issues on permissible axle load limits and should have been resolved early on in project preparation.

Project Number: 34231-013
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Greater Mekong Subregion: Northern Economic Corridor Project
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Project Number: 33459-013
Project Name: Xi’an Urban Transport Project
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Project Number: 31341-013
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Northern Area Rural Power Distribution Project
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Project Number: 28191-013
Project Name: Provincial Power Supply Project
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