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The imposition of sewerage tariffs needs to be carefully thought out and based on a thorough study, as these could discourage low-income households from connecting to new sanitation services. Sewerage tariffs were proposed based on the “user pays” principle as one of two means to increase resources for the operation and maintenance of project facilities. However, sanitation services are overall viewed as a public good not suited to the "user pays" principle. Moreover, given the dire pre- project sanitation situation in South Tarawa, the principle may not work.

Project Number: 43072-013
Project Name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project
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Well-planned integrated urban development investments—possibly including a South Tarawa-wide sewage collection and disposal system along with subsidized toilet and flushing facilities for low-income households— are necessary to substantially address the sanitation issue in South Tarawa. It was recognized from the outset that the project could only be the start of a comprehensive solution to the serious sanitation problem in South Tarawa.

Project Number: 43072-013
Project Name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project
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Inadequate staffing levels and frequent staff turnovers make training efforts less effective and sustainable. Under their existing structures, all the key project agencies faced challenges due to the perennial shortage of key personnel, made worse by high staff turnover. Therefore, it has been essential for ADB to continually review staff skills and capabilities and corporate structures, and implement measures to fill capacity gaps.

Project Number: 43072-013
Project Name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project
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The government needs to do more to provide leaderahip and guidance to infrastructure projects in Kiribati. The Project Steering Commitee, renamed in 2016 as the National Infrastructure Development Steering Committee, was set up to guide several other infrastructure projects aside from this one. Therefore, it can provide only limited support to the ADB project. Achieving the intended impacts of a major project such as ADB's requires regular and proactive direction from senior government representatives through all phases of the project.

Project Number: 43072-013
Project Name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project
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To maximize impacts, community engagement components along with sufficient budget and post-project continuity plans need to be embedded in the design of projects that entail behavioral change. This project's community engagement component was designed and implemented as a broad-based outreach program to encourage behavioral change in personal waste disposal and hygiene, especially handwashing with soap, across all communities in South Tarawa.

Project Number: 43072-013
Project Name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project
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Collection of both quantitative and qualitative data on gender impacts need to be incorporated in the design of future community engagement initiatives. Such data should provide indications on how and to what degree the initiative reduces women's time poverty, improves their well-being, and boosts their ability to engage in productive activities.

Project Number: 43072-013
Project Name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project
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In addition to continuing technical assistance (TA), it is important that professional advisors work closely with the government of Kiribati to try and ensure reform momentum.

Project Number: 47322-001, 47322-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Reform Program: Subprograms 1 and 2 Completion Report
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A stand-alone policy-based grant would have been preferable for this project rather than a programmatic approach.

Project Number: 47322-001, 47322-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Reform Program: Subprograms 1 and 2 Completion Report
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Project procurement and implementation guidelines and procedures should be firmed up prior to project start-up especially in cofinanced projects where each financing institution has its own procedures and guidelines to follow.

Project Number: 44281-013
Project Name: Kiribati: Road Rehabilitation Project
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A thorough evaluation of the implementation schedules of foreign and locally-funded projects in South Tarawa should have been determined and reviewed, overlaps identified, and coordination established between the projects and the implementing agency.

Project Number: 44281-013
Project Name: Kiribati: Road Rehabilitation Project
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There is a need for more nuanced and layered approaches to address gender.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Outcome statements should be more carefully worded to be consistent with the DMF and the theory of change.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Unreliable cost estimates can significantly hamper the smooth and timely completion of projects.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Flexibility in project schedule to address unforeseen delays is critical to the successful completion of projects.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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First-time executing and implementing agencies need handholding on ADB processes and requirements.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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