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Lesson
For projects that encounter collapsible loess, sufficient budget should be allocated to design of foundation treatment and its construction, which is much more economical than to remedy deformation of road when inappropriately treated loess settles at a later stage.

Project Number: 33469-013
Project Name: Ningxia Roads Development Project
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The costs of construction materials were underestimated. The price for some construction materials, such as cement, steel, stone, and sand increased substantially during project construction. Although there was a price escalation clause in the contracts, price negotiations and contract variations and approval of the variations took considerable time and caused delay in the financial closure of the project.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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Lesson
Careful and adequate analysis of properties of collapsible loess at project site is necessary, because different types of collapsible loess behave differently while some treatment methods are more effective than others for certain types of loess.

Project Number: 33469-013
Project Name: Ningxia Roads Development Project
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Lesson
There has been a continuing process of adaptation of the project to the latest construction and operation technology and more environmentally friendly solutions. This has demonstrated that such innovation and reform can improve cost effectiveness, efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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Lesson
To protect and restore wetlands, strong political support, including funding for nature reserves, is important. To disseminate lessons learned more widely and to help high-level decision making, executing agencies must publish policy briefs.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Lesson
Monitoring methods and frequencies need to be defined and agreed upon by the government and ADB at the beginning of a project, and followed during implementation by the executing or implementing agencies, to ensure the reliability and replicability of the monitoring data and the effectiveness of the project completion evaluation.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Performance targets and indicators for impact, outcome, and outputs should be realistic and measurable through local efforts, particularly when a target or an indicator has a global perspective. Baseline indicators and targets for project performance, including environmental management, should be developed during project preparation.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Lesson
The consulting services for project implementation designed during project preparation did not meet the needs during implementation. This usually happens because needs change over time. To avoid having to undertake contract variations to correct this balance, an approach used in European Union contracts would have allowed greater flexibility; bidders for consulting services are typically evaluated on a small number of long-term key experts; while short-term expertise is not defined in the bidding but decided upon during implementation based on agreed work plans and government demands.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Lesson
The steering committee established under the project effectively acted as an inter-agency working committee, with authorization from and representation across various sectors such as land, water, fisheries, and agriculture to coordinate wetland protection efforts. To ensure coordination on inter-sector activities in future projects, such a committee or similar agency should be established before project start-up.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Lesson
The most successful elements of the project were those that had been discussed with the relevant authorities at an early stage so that plans developed under the project could feed into government plans. This provided a lasting and replicable impact from the project. Examples are the work with the water authorities on water allocation for the nature reserves, and the work with the tourism authorities on ecotourism development.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Lesson
The actual energy savings achieved of the tranche 1 project are much higher than the anticipated energy savings at appraisal. More elaborate methods of energy saving estimates should have been used. The key is to establish an accurate baseline and design a customized measurement and verification method for verifying the energy savings achieved at the outset. It is also important to consistently use the same methodology for ex ante and ex post energy saving calculations.

Project Number: 39653-023
Project Name: MFF: Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Lesson
The financial intermediary loan modality was adopted, and the loan proceeds were relent to support implementation of more energy saving and emission reduction projects. Separate evaluations of technical feasibility of the subprojects and the financial viability of the candidate subborrowers were conducted by the efficiency power plant project management office and Guangdong Finance Trust Company independently to ensure that the technical merits and financial status of each subproject were assessed.

Project Number: 39653-023
Project Name: MFF: Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Lesson
Measurement and verification. ADB Independent Evaluation Department's report noted that the Guangdong provincial government had incorporated appropriate measurement and verification (M&V) of energy savings for the multitranche financing facility investment program implementation. Third-party M&V agencies ensured fair assessment of achievements of energy savings and emission reduction. The measured and verified results of each subproject provided a solid basis for computing the energy efficiency benefits and achievement of the project.

Project Number: 39653-023
Project Name: MFF: Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Lesson
Strong government ownership is critical to the successful construction of the project and important to facilitate effective implementation and delivery of development results in ADB-financed projects. The Dagushan Hydropower Company (DHC) was consistently proactive and took initiative in solving problems, including the provision of design documents, timely delivery of equipment, approach to dealing with issues, and other areas. DHC's initiative guaranteed appropriate procedures and timely action for key tasks.

Project Number: 39652-033
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program - Project 2: Dagushan Hydropower Project
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Lesson
No additional lessons

Project Number: 32327-013
Project Name: Hebei Province Wastewater Management Project
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