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Lesson
Policy dialogue with the government is crucial for improving capacity in the areas of road asset management, road safety, and traffic monitoring. (i) If the road asset management tools developed under the project were used as envisaged, this would improve the performance of the road sector in the long term. (ii) It is essential that investment in road safety is based on knowledge of road safety conditions, which need to be measured so remedial actions can be proposed and assessed.

Project Number: 28261-023
Project Name: Fiji: Third Road Upgrading (Sector) Project
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There is a need for more nuanced and layered approaches to address gender.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Outcome statements should be more carefully worded to be consistent with the DMF and the theory of change.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program – Tranche 1
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An ambitious target for rehabilitation of 60% of significantly damaged schools by July 2018 was set under the program. The Ministry of Education did not have the capacity to implement construction projects on such a large scale. This necessitated the establishment of a construction implementation unit within the executing agency, the MOE, for management of construction contracts.

Project Number: 50181-001
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery from Tropical Cyclone Winston
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The lack of a definite schedule for disbursement required ADB to maintain close coordination with the government. This ensured timely disbursement when required. The government did not draw down the proceeds of the loan until after the award of a substantial number of contracts for rehabilitation of schools, although it had earlier withdrawn the DPL to meet financing requirements for the HFH scheme.

Project Number: 50181-001
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery from Tropical Cyclone Winston
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Early processing of the EAL by ADB and close alignment with the DPL of the World Bank gave the Government of Fiji the necessary confidence to proceed with support to the poor and vulnerable families and homeowners, and to commence a relatively large-scale rehabilitation program for public buildings, including schools. The implementation of an emergency assistance loan is similar to that of a policy-based loan, except that processing is expedited to support the financing of early recovery efforts following a disaster.

Project Number: 50181-001
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery from Tropical Cyclone Winston
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The project could have benefited from more careful preparation. The project was prepared through a sequence of four processing missions, without the benefit of dedicated project preparatory TA. In retrospect, given the weaknesses in the DMF, the four departures from the original scope of work, and the methodological shortcomings in the EIRR calculation, the project could have benefited from more careful preparation.

Project Number: 32525-013
Project Name: Fiji Ports Development Project (Loan 1902-FIJ)
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Lack of baseline data hampered evaluation. Higher priority should have been given to ensuring that baseline data was collected and reported during project implementation. The data that should have been collected includes (i) benchmarking data, to provide MPAF management with objective reference points for impact evaluation corresponding with the needs of the port users and consumers; (ii) benefit monitoring data, to ensure that the project benefits actually accrue to the port users; and (iii) post-project performance evaluation data, to assess overall effectiveness of the project.

Project Number: 32525-013
Project Name: Fiji Ports Development Project (Loan 1902-FIJ)
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More rigorous risk assessment during project processing would have allowed for better monitoring of key assumptions during implementation. Related to the above lesson on better consultation, the project should have done a better risk assessment. A key impact assumption overlooked was elimination of the port service charge by shipping agents and companies.

Project Number: 32525-013
Project Name: Fiji Ports Development Project (Loan 1902-FIJ)
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More thorough stakeholder consultation during project processing could have led to a better project design. The project processing missions could have consulted the key project stakeholders more effectively. For example, a decrease in the port service charge by 50% in 2009 and its elimination by 2010 was cited as a project benefit, but this would have required agreement of the shipping agents and shipping companies to implement. The same applies to the Lautoka reclamation component, which should have been undertaken only after commitments by shipping companies and agents had been obtained.

Project Number: 32525-013
Project Name: Fiji Ports Development Project (Loan 1902-FIJ)
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Technical cooperation has required the use of best-practice systems and highly experienced professional staff from more developed countries. The development of regional expertise will take many years and require additional resources, if Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) expect to localize these positions. This environment requires flexibility in PASO staffing and structure to enable adjustments.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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The project is unique among ADB interventions in the Pacific. It involved setting up a regional organization from scratch, using a regional loan guaranteed by four Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) members. While the concept was innovative, the first lesson is that a regional project can raise a variety of new issues. Inception was delayed by lengthy procedures for parliamentary approval of two of the guarantees. As of 2011, there is a risk that the organization could eventually fail unless a secure funding basis can be established in the near future.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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Institutional lessons arise from the need for cooperation on the part of governments, airlines, and international agencies in reforming and harmonizing the regulatory and legislative environment. ICAO has already recognized PASO as a legitimate international organization and will exercise quality control through the regular Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program and Universal Security Audit Program in each country. Governments need to ensure continuing cooperation between aviation ministries and other ministries responsible for drafting and enacting legislation and for providing finance.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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The concept of regional cooperation in technically demanding sectors is sound. The project concept of developing the coordinated provision of technical services to small and poorly resourced states has been proven. The project has helped develop similar regional activities in Asia and Africa by demonstrating feasibility to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and other international organizations.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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The introduction of new aviation systems into regional and national organizations needs to be subjected to in-depth systems analysis to ensure that the systems are appropriate to the environment. Also, it is necessary to provide sufficient, continued capacity development and training to retain the use of the system and improve it.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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