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Weather needs to be carefully considered in the selection of pavement types.

Project Number: 42145-023
Project Name: North-South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Project and procurement readiness need to be worked out during project preparation to minimize completion delays.

Project Number: 42145-023
Project Name: North-South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 1
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ADB needs to provide first-time users of FIDIC contracts with technical assistance (TA) support to ensure that they are properly implemented.

Project Number: 42145-023
Project Name: North-South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Asset management and road maintenance have to be included in capacity building and elevated into a sector reform agenda to ensure the sustainability of road infrastructure investments.

Project Number: 42145-023
Project Name: North-South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 1
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The introduction of a lease contract for water service delivery was innovative in the Armenia and former Soviet Union state context, which provides a model for other countries to consider.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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There is a need to determine if public financial reforms should be undertaken within the context of sector investments or separately.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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Technical assistance (TA) strengthens the capacity of government to ensure the timely completion and sustainability of reforms.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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Focusing on the core elements of government reform agendas strengthens ownership and the success potential of Asian Development Bank (ADB) policy-based loans (PBLs)

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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Lesson
The introduction of a lease contract for water service delivery was innovative in the Armenia and former Soviet Union state context, which provides a model for other countries to consider.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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There is a need to determine if public financial management reforms should be undertaken within the context of sector investments or separately.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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Successful reform programs transcend political considerations.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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Intensive consultation and knowledge sharing among ADB relevant units enhances program/project preparation and implementation.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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The Ministry of Transport and Communications and Armenian Roads Directorate should give importance in operationalizing the PPMS, which seems to have been overlooked. The measurement of impacts and outcomes was not given due importance and the quality of the PCR report suffered. For example, the conduct of the traffic surveys was insufficient and the results were conflicting. No explanation was given as to why the post-construction traffic deviated from the forecast.

Project Number: 40610-013
Project Name: Rural Road Sector Project
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The skills in project management of the executing and implementing agencies’ staff, including the management of consultants, needs to be upgraded. Considering that this was the first ADB loan for the transport sector in Armenia, the agencies were not familiar with ADB policies, systems, and requirements and would need to have sufficient capacity development in these particular skills.

Project Number: 40610-013
Project Name: Rural Road Sector Project
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At appraisal, ADB overestimated Armenian Roads Directorate (ARD's) capability to procure consultant services for subproject preparation and construction supervision. For future projects, a more detailed capacity assessment of the executing and implementing agencies is needed during project processing.

Project Number: 40610-013
Project Name: Rural Road Sector Project
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