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Due diligence was deficient by failing to properly assess the political risk. Political stability and support for the achievement of objectives at all levels were explicit in the assumption statements of the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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Incorporating capacity development (whenever and wherever needed) as an integral part of project design results in a more holistic development approach. At the beginning of the project, the MEW was institutionally weak, and the Hari Rud RBA did not exist. The project spent $7.5 million in loan and grants funds for capacity development.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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The project experiences have illustrated the potential financial gains from improved environmental management and conservation. The project has demonstrated enhanced coordination in public finance allocation across institutions in charge of the environment and natural resources. Given the likelihood that such operations will grow in the region, the experience of this project will be valuable.

Project Number: 39321-013
Project Name: Shaanxi Qinling Biodiversity Conservation and Demonstration Project
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Water supply subproject should include comprehensive end-to-end solutions to maximize benefits, such as 24/7 water supply and 5–10 years of O&M by contractors, subject to capacity of the asset operator.

Project Number: 41116-013
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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The program demonstrated that a holistic consultation process can ensure effective diagnosis of the issues, leading to a relevant policy matrix that prioritizes reform measures in collaboration with the development partners. The program was developed in close consultation with the government and development partners including the IMF, the World Bank, AFD, and the United Nations Development Programme, and was designed through a holistic approach.

Project Number: 51350-001
Project Name: Economic Management Improvement Program: Subprograms 1 and 2
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Building a robust power transmission grid that connects diverse sources of power generation to different regional load centers would not only reduce transmission losses but also benefit from the integration of higher amounts of low-carbon and intermittent energy resources like wind and solar, and storage batteries.

Project Number: 39630-013, 39630-034
Project Name: National Power Grid Development Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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The West Bengal state government’s experience in formulating and implementing MTEFs supports the view that these frameworks are valuable tools in helping governments translate development priorities into planned multiyear budget expenditures. Over time, MTEFs can contribute to the improvement of budget transparency, predictability, and expenditure efficiency.

Project Number: 49209-001
Project Name: Second West Bengal Development Finance Program
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3. Achieving durable reforms in public finances require a sustained commitment over time, which involves a combination of policy and legislative reforms, institutional change and strengthening, and the introduction of new technologies. The decade-long partnership between the West Bengal state government and ADB indicates a time frame and a level of commitment required to achieve results.

Project Number: 49209-001
Project Name: Second West Bengal Development Finance Program
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A financially sound institution dedicated to finance projects in renewable energy subsector, with the national government’s support, signals country’s strong commitment to achieve its goals in the subsector. This, together with favorable regulatory environment, is instrumental in providing the right incentives to attract private investors and other development partners and foster the rapid deployment of renewable energy in a country.

Project Number: 46268-002
Project Name: Clean Energy Finance Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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In-depth review of each social welfare program effectiveness is needed for consolidation and possible termination. The review could assess whether the targeting mechanisms adopted have ensured that the benefits go to the poor and vulnerable population or misused. Social welfare spillovers could result in suboptimal outcomes. Otherwise, a more sophisticated targeting approach could be undertaken.

Project Number: 50302-001
Project Name: Social Welfare Support Program Phase 2
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Having an infrastructure financing strategy at the local government level will contribute to self-sustainable service provision when project-created infrastructure assets are transferred.

Project Number: 40031-033
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Effective management of infrastructure assets critically hinges on an adequate infrastructure financing strategy that ensures a self-sustainable service provision.

Project Number: 40031-013, 40031-053
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Provide mechanisms to ensure connections to the sewerage network in areas where the network is expanded is important and will help guarantee the utilization of the infrastructure, the generation of revenues to contribute to financial sustainability, and the realization of project’s economic benefits.

Project Number: 40031-033
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Including sanitary landfill sites in solid waste management program interventions is critical to ensure that collected waste is adequately disposed and does not pose a risk to the population or the environment.

Project Number: 40031-013, 40031-053
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Water supply program interventions need to consider service reliability (hours of water supply per day) in addition to quantity and quality of water delivered, as it affects the benefits that households obtain from the services.

Project Number: 40031-013, 40031-053
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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