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A least-cost generation planning study is necessary to provide a sound plan for a schedule of investments in generation that optimizes efficiency of the country’s scarce resources.

Project Number: 46455-002
Project Name: Electricity Supply Security and Sustainability Project
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Better use of consulting services should be considered a primary concern during the preparation and review of bidding documents. Less than 15% of the budget for consulting services in the OCR loan was utilized. Input from additional experts would lower the possibility of rebidding, and project implementation would proceed according to schedule.

Project Number: 35242-013
Project Name: Gas Transmission and Development Project
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Ambitions of the National Highway Authority to undertake new projects demanding substantially more human and financial resources than its institutional capacity must be rationalized and tempered based on realistic expectations.

Project Number: 40075-023
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Successful implementation of the gender action plan (GAP) had measurable changes in women’s status; therefore the formulation of a GAP may be mainstreamed for similar projects with distribution system components.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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Considering the lack of commercial skills in the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority to facilitate private sector investment, better results were possible with the allocation of more international experts and person-months of consulting services.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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The diversification of generation mix helps lower the risk of supply outages during the low river flow season.

Project Number: 39595-023, 39595-033
Project Name: Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Project
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The design of transmission and distribution projects at appraisal are usually preliminary and only finalized at the start of implementation; the multitranche financing facility (MFF) modality provides the flexibility needed to adjust the scope and latitude of these projects, if the program is built on a long-term plan by the implementing agency

Project Number: 32298-013, 32298-073
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 6 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Power transmission projects require right of way (RoW) clearance that almost always impact rural communities.

Project Number: 42039-035
Project Name: Power Transmission Investment Program – Tranche 2
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Social and environmental safeguards policies need to be properly applied in this type of operations, including a proper assessment of RoW areas, consultation with and outreach to impacted communities, and appropriate compensation to affected households, both in time and amounts.

Project Number: 42039-035
Project Name: Power Transmission Investment Program – Tranche 2
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Future support to developing public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Indonesia would benefit from a clearer identification of the obligations, incentives, and cost-sharing arrangements among government agencies. A more thorough political economy analysis will identify constraints.

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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It is important that ADB and development partners, in general, understand not only the formal but also informal institutional settings, particularly how government officials at different levels interact. A more thorough political economy analysis will identify constraints.

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 use of cross-subsidy and innovative technologies for renewable energy and electricity storage are effective in rapidly expanding electricity access for remote communities. This is critical in countries having mountainous terrain and archipelagos that require large investment to expand the distribution network.

Project Number: 37399-013
Project Name: Green Power Development Project
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More stringent monitoring needs to be employed related to associated assets, such as transmission lines and power generation, as they affect implementation substantially. Associated infrastructures should be implemented earlier and potentially include them as covenants for the borrower to ensure the proper and timely execution of the project. As mentioned in para. 10, the substation was mostly unused at the time of PCR preparation.

Project Number: 37139-043
Project Name: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program–Tranche 3
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More thorough due diligence needs to be conducted related to the feasibility of realization of associated infrastructure that serves as a prerequisite to the project outputs; e.g., transmission lines directly connected to a planned power plant. The uncertainties about their successful implementation need to be reduced or eliminated, if possible, before approving loan disbursements and procurement activities, even if this leads to disbursement delays. This will reduce the risk of loan proceeds being spent unproductively and the burden of financing charges and IDC.

Project Number: 37139-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program–Tranche 2
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Need for an in-depth examination of GSE’s financial performance to ensure that the risk of large investments in the 400 kV and 500 kV transmission system can be managed. Also, consideration must be given to include in contracts the benefits from power transit and their associated market risks in neighboring countries and investment. This is in view of GSE being unable to manage the risk if the revenue from power transit is linked only to the power flow (footnote 15).

Project Number: 44183-013
Project Name: Regional Power Transmission Enhancement Project
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