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Project Number: 38492-013
Project Name: Power Grid Transmission (Sector) Project
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The number of projects and subprojects to be implemented under any assistance package must consider the absorptive capacity of local contractors, availability of construction materials, and local labor. Close attention must be given to the quality of the facilities and infrastructures built. Utilizing local contractors and labor have their trade-offs, such as implementation delays and deficiency in financial resources, but the quality of the completed facilities is nonnegotiable. This would require closer supervision, frequent monitoring, and faster processing of payments.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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Although the supporting TA addressed issues related to budget preparation and execution, continued support for the entire PFMR process is needed. The expectation that the TA could achieve its outcome within 24 months was too optimistic based on capacity constraints, which should have been identified at appraisal.

Project Number: 41041-013
Project Name: Public Finance Management Reform Project
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Project-level lesson: Assistance provided in response to a crisis should only include essential conditions for disbursement. ADB’s Project Administration Instructions stated that the use of conditions for withdrawal should be limited to the extent possible. In this program, four disparate conditions were included as conditions for disbursement without discussion or justification in the RRP.

Project Number: 49083-001
Project Name: Countercyclical Support
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Project Number: 42189-012
Project Name: Nurek 500 kV Switchyard Reconstruction Project
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Having a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team in MID would have drawn attention to implementation issues early on as well as provided information needed for economic and financial analyses that would have facilitated the proper assessment of project effectiveness and efficiency.

Project Number: 41171-022
Project Name: Transport Sector Development Project
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Engage national contractors who have some staff experience in safeguard issues especially for category A or B projects and encourage construction supervision staff to oversee that safeguard issues are well handled without lapses. According to the PCR (para. 9) national contractors lacked experience in environment management and engaged national environment consulting firm to prepare site specific EMPs. The lapses that occurred in the initial pre-construction stage were addressed with ADB’s support and advice (para. 25).

Project Number: 41682-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Highway Expansion Project
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Communication between ADB and the government needs to be strengthened. Despite fielding 13 missions, ADB failed to learn of the government’s efforts to undertake component 3B, indicating a possible lack of communication, which needs to be improved.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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Risks of combining emergency assistance projects with the more standard assistance packages. Providing fiscal resources was clearly urgent to ensure uninterrupted service and to reconstruct houses after the political disturbances. However, providing funds for undamaged but old water supply and sanitation systems was not as urgent and should have been completed as a separate project.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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Outcome indicators need to be properly defined and linked to the reform program actions.

Project Number: 44252-013
Project Name: Financial Market Development and Integration Program
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Technical difficulties of reform actions should be carefully weighed in and properly sequenced.

Project Number: 44251-013, 44251-034
Project Name: Financial Sector Deepening Program
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