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In addition to continuing technical assistance (TA), it is important that professional advisors work closely with the government of Kiribati to try and ensure reform momentum.

Project Number: 47322-001, 47322-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Reform Program: Subprograms 1 and 2 Completion Report
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A stand-alone policy-based grant would have been preferable for this project rather than a programmatic approach.

Project Number: 47322-001, 47322-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Reform Program: Subprograms 1 and 2 Completion Report
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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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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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The two project components—addressing port sector policy, institutional, and regulatory issues; and preparing the technical and economic feasibility study for the SHDP— were combined into one consultancy contract. Of the total 288 person-months, 12 person-months (less than 5%) were directly allocated for JCT business reorganization and corporatization. The bulk (225 person-months) was allocated for PPP and/or engineering works or what could also be considered as PPP transactional services.

Project Number: 33019-013
Project Name: Colombo Port Efficiency and Expansion Project
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Although the completion of the TA loan was delayed by 6 years, the TA loan is still considered a success given its significant contribution in facilitating the development of the first large-scale PPP transport infrastructure project in Sri Lanka. The extensions in completion time allowed adjustments to be made to ensure successful of implementation.

Project Number: 33019-013
Project Name: Colombo Port Efficiency and Expansion Project
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The government had explored the possibility of setting up a special purpose vehicle to construct the breakwater using private sector financing, but this was found to be problematic for the following reasons: (i) the breakwater would not generate revenue, (ii) the construction skills required for building breakwaters and terminals are very different, (iii) revenues would only be generated from the operations of the container terminal, and (iv) it would be difficult to attract private sector investment for the breakwater.

Project Number: 33019-013
Project Name: Colombo Port Efficiency and Expansion Project
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To mitigate the risk of lack of private sector participation, the selection of a private sector BOT concessionaire was a loan effectiveness condition for the ensuing loan. This ensured the selection of a credible private sector party to implement the BOT concession.

Project Number: 33019-013
Project Name: Colombo Port Efficiency and Expansion Project
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Given that this is the first large-scale PPP project in the transport sector, the TA loan was effective in providing continuous support to government agencies, allowing them to carry out the necessary preparations for the PPP, including preparation of the procurement documents, bid evaluation, and BOT concession agreement negotiations. To minimize professional liability, the MSC was subsequently single-sourced to act as construction supervision consultants for the ensuing loan to implement the HIW works.

Project Number: 33019-013
Project Name: Colombo Port Efficiency and Expansion Project
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For similar projects in the future, it may be beneficial to require reforms to be demonstrated as a project readiness criterion before project approval and implementation. Alternatively, if included in loan covenants, such institutional and regulatory reforms could be defined at a higher level - rather than as specific outputs - to allow the government more flexibility during implementation.

Project Number: 33019-013
Project Name: Colombo Port Efficiency and Expansion Project
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The adequacy and appropriateness of project design have to be tailored to the project’s ultimate objectives and complexities. The PCR provided weak justification of the relevance of the extension and the insufficiency of indicators.

Project Number: 39662-012, 39662-022
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Each new outbreak of disease confronts projects such as this one, as well as the implementing partners and global community, with a fresh challenge, because its early spread outpaces the gathering of scientific evidence needed to formulate containment policies. Each successive outbreak is followed by an initial opaque period characterized by a frustrating lack of scientific evidence on which to base policies and technical guidance.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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The rapid launch and accelerated implementation of the project made necessary by the threat that avian influenza would become a pandemic made it difficult to define verifiable indicators for a number of the outputs under the regional capacity building and regional coordination components. A mid-term review of the project would have facilitated a review and updating of the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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The project supported the One Health concept, which emphasizes the links between animal health and human health and emerging animal and human diseases. One Health provided a platform for unprecedented integration of animal, human and ecosystem health issues to fight the threat of avian influenza. The systematic collaboration of technical agencies across disciplines, such as FAO (veterinarians) and WHO (medical doctors) and civil society organizations (community health workers) supported by the project has promoted this concept since the beginning of the project.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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ADB's high-level steering committee demonstrated ADB's institutional support, which enhanced coordination between development partners. The committee, comprising the heads of all regional departments and the Strategy and Policy Department and chaired by the director general of RSDD, provided prompt policy guidance and expedited decisions and actions. It also ensured that the needs of the countries were ascertained and that they had adequate access to project resources.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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