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The rehabilitation or reconstruction of damaged infrastructure should be evaluated and implemented using simplified but transparent procurement procedures to reduce processing time and to restore normal living and livelihood conditions existing before the disaster. It is essential the rehabilitation or reconstruction of damaged infrastructure should be appropriately designed for disaster risks and climate resilience.

Project Number: 43001-012
Project Name: Emergency Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project
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Given the frequency and severity of natural calamities, the government needs to have in place a fully functioning national disaster management system, including monitoring of hydrological and geological conditions, to identify vulnerable locations with a high probability of possible disasters, so that appropriate mitigation can be planned. This should have been one focus of project identification activities to prioritize projects mitigating or preventing the occurrence of natural disasters.

Project Number: 43001-012
Project Name: Emergency Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project
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Gender impact assessment should include more holistic impact on gender equity or mainstreaming in the project design, and not just limited to employment opportunities from project construction.

Project Number: 42382-013
Project Name: Liaoning Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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Projects intended to provide demonstration effects should include measurable performance indicators in the DMF at appraisal to ensure best practices in project design and implementation, including environmental and resettlement safeguards.

Project Number: 42382-013
Project Name: Liaoning Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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The project’s comprehensive and well-executed monitoring framework provides a good model for similar infrastructure-focused investments. It had clear, measurable indicators linked to each planned output and outcome that were critical for assessing both physical and institutional progress to provide some prognosis of sustainability.

Project Number: 40641-013
Project Name: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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The project’s programmatic approach, which allowed flexible identification, selection, design, and modification of subprojects in the early years under the sector loan modality, was an effective approach that should be replicated in other cities of the PRC.

Project Number: 40641-013
Project Name: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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The need for robust evidencing mechanisms that can track outcomes and impacts credibly. Core issues of poverty reduction, income generation, and increased productivity require careful monitoring, preferably including a comparable group of nonbeneficiaries to assess the real impact of the project.

Project Number: 40086-013
Project Name: Water Resource Management Sector Project
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ADB staff need to be trained in economic analysis, specifically the identification, quantification, and valuation of economic benefits. This would improve the credibility of EIRR calculations.

Project Number: 39019-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project
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Since capacity building components of projects are rarely on the critical path to project completion, such as the institutional reform and corporate governance improvement component of this project, capacity building could be undertaken as a stand-alone technical assistance to avoid implementation delays caused by other components of the project.

Project Number: 39019-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project
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The DUDES, TCC, and PCC, need to provide additional support for investments in the urban sector to ensure adequate funding to maintain, build capacity and public awareness, and improve access to urban services. The government’s policy calls for Thimphu and Phuentsholing city governments to outsource maintenance rather than to develop in-house capacity.34 This requires the DUDES, TCC, and PCC to enhance skills in project and program management and outsourcing.

Project Number: 38049-013
Project Name: Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Before approving new MFF tranches, it is necessary to ensured that all covenants of the first tranches have been met. This needs to be a condition for the disbursement of new funds, because at a later stage, ADB does not have much leverage.

Project Number: 37139-043
Project Name: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program–Tranche 3
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When revising the project scope, ensure that mistakes made during the design phase are not repeated. Before approving new MFF tranches, ensure that all covenants of the previous tranche(s) are met. This needs to be a condition for the disbursement of new funds, as at a later stage, ADB does not have much leverage to enforce such covenants. Focusing on fast loan disbursements can lead to premature procurement and later cancellation, incurring unnecessary financial charges and IDC on the borrower.

Project Number: 37139-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program–Tranche 2
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Information on implementation of environmental and social safeguard measures at other hydropower projects in the province enhances an understanding of the adequacy of safeguard measures.

Project Number: 36352-013
Project Name: Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project
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Wide consultations during preparation, update, and implementation of an REMDP help build acceptance of the project by the local community.

Project Number: 36352-013
Project Name: Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project
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The implementation of the project was initially delayed by the bankruptcy of the originally selected contractor’s parent firm. This bankruptcy occurred prior to mobilization and as such no additional costs were incurred. However, the additional procurement process led to significant delays and additional costs for both ADB and the borrower. It would be useful to learn more about the contractors and to review procedures for assessing their financial sustainability.

Project Number: 42107-033
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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