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Community contracting not only generates local employment but also strengthens community capacities and ownership of projects.

Project Number: 48326-001
Project Name: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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An integrated reporting system is necessary for effective project performance monitoring.

Project Number: 48326-001
Project Name: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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Addressing in the project design the security and various other constraints inherent in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS) is critical to the successful implementation of projects in such situations.

Project Number: 48326-001
Project Name: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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Advance actions, firm administrative follow-up, and close monitoring are critical in ensuring timely project startup.

Project Number: 48326-001
Project Name: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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Using the existing project management offices (PMOs) of government agencies in Afghanistan will help ensure adequate technical and supervision capacity for ADB-financed projects in the country.

Project Number: 48326-001
Project Name: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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The TCR could have elaborated on the need for consultants to ably navigate (or be supported to navigate) the consultant management system to ensure timely closure of TA accounts.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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The TCR could have TCR could have provided further details about the national agenda/initiatives from India, Indonesia, and the PRC (Green Finance Initiative) brought about by the experience in developing this regional AMF. Based on the wrap-up workshop brief, staff from the East Asia Deparment, Central and West Asia Department, Office of the Special Project Facilitator, South Asia Department, and Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, were present. Such details and other lessons from the Manila wrap-up workshop could have been mentioned in the TCR as well.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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The TCR could have further discussed the benefits or disadvantages of having government agencies as local partners, such as the Policy Research Bureau of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, facilitate workshop organization and implementation.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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Engaging national contractors in Afghanistan would help minimize project delays due to security issues.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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All ADB-financed projects in Afghanistan need to be informed by a detailed assessment of the security condition in each project site and supported by adequate security arrangements and budgets.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Frequent changes in ADB project staff need to be avoided to minimize institutional knowledge loss.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Ensuring procurement readiness and taking thorough account of safeguard issues minimize the risk of implementation delays.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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The strategic oversight of funds is enhanced when their governance structure includes some form of third-party engagement. The original Board paper outlined the governance structure of CCF and included at its apex ADB and external financing partners, whose function would be to provide strategic direction to the CCF and to meet ADB for annual consultations and to review progress, administration, and the annual work program. Since there are no external financing partners, ADB sits alone at the apex of the governance structure.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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Technical assistance with a narrow focus, immediate policy relevance, and carried out with national champions with financial and/or planning authority was key to the successful integration of climate technologies in country investment plans. Careful and realistic planning is required for the production and dissemination of outputs, since this involves multiple institutions within a given timeframe.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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Institutional capacity development on climate change in ADB’s DMCs requires long-term engagement. Just over half of CCF resources went toward capacity development. The lack of basic climate data, technical expertise, and qualified local staff in many DMCs means that some processes, especially baseline studies, vulnerability assessments, and cost–benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation measures, have to be adjusted to reflect realities on the ground.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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