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Designing lesser complex projects in urban development may lead to better success rates.

Project Number: 32300-013
Project Name: Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project
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The government should do proactive or advanced land acquisition as early as possible in the project cycle, and where feasible, before loan effectiveness to help minimize project delays.

Project Number: 32300-013
Project Name: Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project
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Limited understanding of safeguard policies and the lack of ability to identify risks and mitigation strategies significantly affect the success of projects; therefore, more rigorous due diligence and measures to address the capacity constraints of executing and implementing agencies are imperative.

Project Number: 41598-013, 41598-023
Project Name: National Capital Region Urban Infrastructure Financing Facility
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The time required for selecting the appropriate technology and the completion of detailed design should be incorporated into the implementation schedule and reflected in the DMF.

Project Number: 41462-013
Project Name: Comprehensive Socioeconomic Urban Development Project in Viet Tri, Hung Yen, and Dong Dang
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While public-private partnerships (PPPs) can help improve service delivery, this is a greenfield for Uzbekistan in view of the newly drafted PPP law. Thus, simpler management contracting could have been the more viable option.

Project Number: 42489-043
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program – Tranche 3
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Efficient and effective utilization in terms of reallocations of project financing is imperative to maximize the achievement of project outputs.

Project Number: 42489-043
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program – Tranche 3
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Critical elements of the outcome must be identified as early as possible and addressed either through additional funding or technical assistance prior to loan closing.

Project Number: 42489-043
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program – Tranche 3
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An increasing block tariff system has two advantages: (a) supporting poorer households by reducing their water bills compared to a single average pricing policy; and (b) limiting high volume water use by the more affluent households, valuable in situations of limited water availability.

Project Number: 38189-002
Project Name: Dili Urban Water Supply Sector Project
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In a context where gender equality is an issue, and where government prioritizes the equal participation of women, more emphasis pn this is required in projects.

Project Number: 40031-023
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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A well-functioning project steering committee could have played a role in identifying and addressing the consultant selection issues at an earlier time. It could have also identified issues relating to agencies’ capacity to engage in PPP preparation.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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Projects require close monitoring in the start-up phase, particularly on the initial procurement packages.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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The program should have had a much narrower sectoral focus and clearer criteria on the types and size of projects to be considered.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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