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Rebuilding model schools provides opportunities to demonstrate their usefulness to the larger school program and to communities particularly in building disaster-resilient schools, and to develop knowledge and skills in disaster risk management. It also provides a space for greater social inclusion and increased ownership as local authorities and communities are mobilized for rebuilding and reconstruction.

Project Number: 49202-001
Project Name: Disaster Risk Reduction and Livelihood Restoration for Earthquake-Affected Communities
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Subsidized credit when sourced from a grant may be used as an immediate and emergency response to the financing needs of those severely affected by disaster. However, it is not sustainable over time when grant funds are no longer available. It is basically a stop gap measure in an emergency. There are costs to the delivery of financial services that need to be considered in product pricing to help financial institutions sustain their operations and continue serving targeted households. These institutions need to price their loan products to allow for full cost recovery.

Project Number: 49202-001
Project Name: Disaster Risk Reduction and Livelihood Restoration for Earthquake-Affected Communities
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Design flexibility is essential in the smooth implementation of an emergency response project. It allows the executing agency and project teams to make necessary changes in the project scope and helps in the alignment of project activities with the realities on the ground. The preparation of technical design and approval processes for an emergency assistance project needs to be developed on time to meet the immediate needs of households and communities for recovery.

Project Number: 49202-001
Project Name: Disaster Risk Reduction and Livelihood Restoration for Earthquake-Affected Communities
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Project management teams need to have enough flexibility to adjust the project scope as opportunities or challenges arise during implementation.

Project Number: 38347-022
Project Name: Information and Communications Technology Development Project
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Championship, training, and awareness-building facilitate the transition to new, information technology-based business processes and systems.

Project Number: 38347-022
Project Name: Information and Communications Technology Development Project
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Consultation with service agencies during project design stage is best, as their hands-on experience and knowledge of the sector would enhance project availability and allow them to align with the proposed project.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Information Highway
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Multilateral and bilateral agreement would be more helpful if undertaken before loan approval as it would indicate buy-in and commitment by participating countries.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Information Highway
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For projects involving many stakeholders, maximum consideration should be given in the project design to efficient and streamlined implementation arrangements. Also, in the design of projects in highly time-sensitive sectors, an institutional set-up is needed that will help to expedite implementation schedules, provide flexibility in adapting to market changes, and engage private sector stakeholders who are generally more active in such sectors.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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In a highly time-sensitive sector such as ICT, high project readiness could help prevent start-up delays and enforce the commitment of the executing agencies.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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Regional projects, wherein overall project outputs are achieved through the interconnecting outputs of individual countries, should provide for an overarching, hands-on, and flexible mechanism to ensure timely execution of project activities within all the countries as well as coordination across countries.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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In designing the desired outputs that are linked to higher-level results, it is important to be consistent within particular operations and across operations that form the program.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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Strengthening PFM systems at subnational levels requires delineation of key institutional arrangements of the chosen federal system, careful selection of intervention, attention to connecting subnational PFM to the main PFM reform agenda, and productive engagement of key national agencies to reduce unhealthy competition in achieving reforms.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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Strengthening public financial management )PFM) in a country that is undertaking peace building and state restructuring is challenging; therefore, working toward a long-term horizon, in a flexible way, and with attention to sequencing and overall coherence, is essential.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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Information technology (IT) can be used to standardize and enhance the quality and accessibility of service delivery.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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Reforms have to be carefully sequenced by first setting the prerequisites right, followed by focused and gradual implementation that considers the varying speed of absorption at different tiers of the government.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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