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Tsunami risk in the Indian Ocean is now better understood and should be considered in similar major infrastructure investments along coastal and low-lying areas.

Project Number: 31501-013, 31501-023, 31501-033
Project Name: Secondary Towns and Rural Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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In consultancy-dependent projects, job specifications and cost–quality ratio are to be ensured to adequately attract and retain competent staff with clear guidance and performance evaluation metrics.

Project Number: 40555-012
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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While politically attractive and easily disbursable, new constructions (e.g., dormitories and new training facilities) should only be done once alternative options have been explored, including better utilization of existing facilities and whether the government or training institutions are best placed to build, operate, and maintain housing facilities; and

Project Number: 40555-012
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Insist on a baseline done either prior to or immediately after project start, and ensure better evaluability of outcomes and impacts than what a purely before-and after analysis allows (e.g., comparison groups using randomized control trial techniques).

Project Number: 40555-012
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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No additional lessons

Project Number: 36107-013, 36107-023
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Development Program
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Where counterpart staff has insufficient capacity, institutions are weak, and where there are few examples of supply and works contracts that form the basis of cost estimates, there is need for a more thorough appraisal process.

Project Number: 37078-013
Project Name: Power Transmission and Distribution Project
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In FCAS situations in particular, the project design has to be based on a fair assessment of security conditions but needs to include contingencies for addressing new security risks during project implementation.

Project Number: 37078-013
Project Name: Power Transmission and Distribution Project
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Early delegation of project administration to the resident mission can result in closer working between ADB staff and counterpart officials.

Project Number: 37078-013
Project Name: Power Transmission and Distribution 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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Joint donor support in a small country can provide a significant incentive for reform. Joint support provides an incentive because of its potential significance in overall GDP. Nevertheless, it is still important that reform is country-owned. In Kiribati, the government could see the cost of maintaining its existing fiscal policy because of its negative impact on the RERF, so the external shock also provided an incentive to reform.

Project Number: 47314-001
Project Name: Kiribati: Strengthening Fiscal Stability Program
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Limit the policy matrix to a few critical actions. While Kiribati had an incentive to reform, the country also has limited reform capacity. It needs to focus on a few critical actions and to be clear on the development outcome of each prior action, including identifying an indicator that can be monitored. The requirement where the five largest SOEs were to submit audited accounts may have underestimated the institutional capacity that was required to achieve it.

Project Number: 47314-001
Project Name: Kiribati: Strengthening Fiscal Stability Program
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Clarity between the policy matrix and the DMF is important for monitoring and evaluating results. A clear line between the prior actions and the overall development outcome is important so that the program achievements can be judged consistently.

Project Number: 47314-001
Project Name: Kiribati: Strengthening Fiscal Stability Program
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TA support is important. If a TA grant is not directly provided to support reform implementation, it is important to link reforms to existing areas of technical assistance. ADB helped support SOE reforms before and after grant release, so there was existing support in the area, which would continue after the PBL. The program also benefited from the government and development partners creating a joint policy matrix, which listed a series of policy actions that preceded grant release and supported a post-partnership framework.

Project Number: 47314-001
Project Name: Kiribati: Strengthening Fiscal Stability Program
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Sufficient attention should be paid to gender issues during project implementation in compliance with the requirement for subprojects to be selected by local authorities inter alia on the basis of gender criteria.

Project Number: 35201-013
Project Name: Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project
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Additional consideration should be given to check and review the cost estimates by consultants during PPTA, and this needs to be more regularly conducted in India’s norm. Alternatively, a review of cost estimates by an independent contractor could be undertaken before approval, or as soon as the PMU consultant firm is fielded.

Project Number: 32254-013, 32254-023
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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