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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loan until after the award of a substantial number of contracts for rehabilitation of schools, although it had earlier withdrawn the DPL to meet financing requirements for the HFH scheme.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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Ensuring quality higher education requires more than just improving school infrastructure and physical environments.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Adequate time has to be allotted to monitoring and evaluation.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Unreliable cost estimates can significantly hamper the smooth and timely completion of projects.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Flexibility in project schedule to address unforeseen delays is critical to the successful completion of projects.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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First-time executing and implementing agencies need handholding on ADB processes and requirements.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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The need to confirm the executing agency’s commitment in terms of capacity and resources at appraisal. A more rigorous stakeholder analysis would have identified potential weaknesses and more emphasis could have been given to capacity development from the outset.

Project Number: 32200-013, 32200-023
Project Name: Fiji: Suva–Nausori Water Supply and Sewerage Project
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Project performance monitoring and evaluation capacity building would have been helpful, possibly enhancing overall project performance; and

Project Number: 32200-013, 32200-023
Project Name: Fiji: Suva–Nausori Water Supply and Sewerage Project
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The PMU-R had defined procedures for organizational empowerment and accountability, but the PMU-R was not available throughout the project to guide implementation of these measures. Continuation of the TA (which was implemented from 2003 to 2006) on capacity development would have been helpful.

Project Number: 32200-013, 32200-023
Project Name: Fiji: Suva–Nausori Water Supply and Sewerage Project
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No additional lessons

Project Number: 43110-013
Project Name: Republic of Fiji: Emergency Flood Recovery (Sector) Project
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