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Proactive approaches to improve procurement readiness, combined with timely effectiveness, will reduce the risk of implementation delays.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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ADB internal financial management needs to be improved to ensure that audit opinions are provided covering both financial statements and the use of grant and loan proceeds.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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It is important that ADB commit to a long-term engagement in Afghanistan’s water sector to achieve critical performance and reform milestones.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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It is essential that the project design acknowledges women’s role as clients, users, or potential beneficiaries with a gender action plan (GAP) and with target indicators in the design and monitoring framework (DMF).

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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Close adherence to the enhanced project delivery approach approved by the government of Afghanistan and ADB, including having a detailed security management arrangement, is necessary for the successful implementation of projects in the country.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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Project administration by resident missions is effective in enabling prompt responses to implementation issues.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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A thorough assessment of the institutional capacity of governments and participating agencies is especially needed in preparing projects for countries in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS).

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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The use of design-and-build contracts could be ineffective for complex water resource subprojects (with hydraulic structures) especially when relying on local contractors.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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Procurement is critical in infrastructure projects, requiring preparation by project/program design consultants and close supervision by consultants, the government and executing agencies, and ADB. Subprojects suffered major delays because of weak procurement, leading to substantive time and cost overruns. Program implementation team from ADB should have been more proactive in assisting in the implementation of startup activities such as consultant recruitment and preparation of engineering designs.

Project Number: 34339-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program
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The involvement of communities at all stages of planning and implementation raises their awareness and encourages cooperation. In locations with no reliable electricity supply, people are highly motivated and strongly support the implementation of development projects and programs. During the program implementation, community members stressed the importance of capacity building to support the partial independence of the O&M of the RE system.

Project Number: 34339-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program
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Benefit from ADB-sponsored training and workshops on procurement, safeguards, and financial management. The program demonstrated that the executing agencies have the capacity to undertake major construction projects related to the augmentation and rehabilitation of generation (especially small HPPs), transmission, and distribution infrastructure. Nonetheless, their staff could In addition, ADB should ensure that the executing and implementing agencies fully understand ADB’s end-to-end procurement processes from project/program inception.

Project Number: 34339-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program
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The MFF modality was not the best approach because separate physical investment projects (tranches) could have been financed more effectively through a project-based loan that included reform actions.

Project Number: 34339-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program
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Knowledge transfer ensures the sustainability. As the newly built grid connected HPPs are using advanced technology, technicians will require new skills to ensure proper O&M. Therefore, further onsite training will be needed to ensure the sustainability of the program’s operational life, preferably within the defect liability period.

Project Number: 34339-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program
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Readiness filters during program processing can ensure better implementation. Subprojects suffered from weak readiness, as demonstrated by the substantial cost, time overruns, and initial delays.

Project Number: 34339-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program
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The cost overruns indicate the importance of sound engineering design and value engineering that can (i) support more accurate cost estimates; (ii) preclude or minimize minor changes in the project’s scope or variations to contracts during construction; and (iii) set a more reasonable and realistic implementation schedule. Factors that contributed directly to the cost overruns include the higher cost of labor and materials than estimated at appraisal, the significant JPY depreciation, the inadequate program preparation, and the incomplete engineering design.

Project Number: 34339-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program
Report Date: