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The development partner assistance was ambitious. Its timeliness and the volume of ADB's Comprehensive Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (CPRO) financial assistance were well-received by the government. However, this led to a rushed design and inadequate attention to monitoring of implementation, particularly regarding existing capacities to collect gender-disaggregated data in the absence of any existing digital social security systems.

Project Number: 54243-001
Project Name: Health Expenditure and Livelihoods Support Program
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A comprehensive social welfare framework can greatly strengthen the impact of emergency response measures and programs that were intended to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the most vulnerable households. As intended, the program helped to successfully mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizens and businesses. It was aligned with ADB's Strategy 2030 and the Pacific Approach.

Project Number: 54243-001
Project Name: Health Expenditure and Livelihoods Support Program
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Project administration missions with poor monitoring of the quality of the design and implementation of the project performance management system can negatively affect assessments of the project’s development results.

Project Number: 46044-002
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development and Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Reliable small hydropower plants and economically efficient renewable energy sources can contribute to decarbonize island-state economies. Other renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaic, floating solar photovoltaic, wind and ocean energy complement the existing SHPs and help to diversify generation mix. It also helps to lower the cost of electricity production and improve utilities’ financial performance

Project Number: 46044-002
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development and Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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The flexibility of EAL allows the design and monitoring framework (DMF) to be enhanced during implementation. This was not fully maximized in this project. Other than adding project outputs under the additional financing, outcome indicators remained to have attribution issues. Outcome indicators for improved transport infrastructures could have helped provide data to calculate EIRR at completion (para. 13). Quality review, including interdepartmental review at appraisal, can provide guidance in this regard.

Project Number: 49319-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam Road Reconstruction Project
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Projects designed as emergency assistance loan (EAL) require stronger project performance monitoring system (PPMS) to closely monitor progress and achievements. Since EAL is usually designed fast, there is greater chance that project scope, design, and targets are fluid and call for a very robust monitoring system to ensure that baselines and targets are developed and monitored during implementation and at completion. These include a strong support to measure project benefits that are crucial for EIRR calculations.

Project Number: 49319-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam Road Reconstruction Project
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A clear implementation arrangement with respect to technical, institutional, and scope of work helps to avoid prolonged and lengthy implementation delays, especially for projects involving multiple cofinanciers and implementing agencies.

Project Number: 47320-001
Project Name: Samoa Submarine Cable Project
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Prior to commencement, implementation arrangements should be agreed by all participating agencies to avoid unnecessary delays.

Project Number: 47320-001
Project Name: Samoa Submarine Cable Project
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A sector or project loan modality is more appropriate for post-disaster projects requiring detailed design services and longer-term reconstruction.

Project Number: 49319-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam Road Reconstruction Project
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An ongoing commentary on critical path cumulative delays needs to supplement the time management mechanisms of the FIDIC works contract.

Project Number: 49319-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam Road Reconstruction Project
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Differences in the works contract forms of the Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) could cause inefficiencies and confusion during contract administration.

Project Number: 49319-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam Road Reconstruction Project
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Effectively managed public communication and consultation plans help ensure smooth project implementation.

Project Number: 49319-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam Road Reconstruction Project
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Retaining the services of the design supervision consultant (DSC) until the end of the defects liability period may work well for projects.

Project Number: 49319-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam Road Reconstruction Project
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The use of existing government units for project implementation has multiple benefits.

Project Number: 49319-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam Road Reconstruction Project
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The use of single source procurement method does not always save time.

Project Number: 49320-001
Project Name: Cyclone Pam School Reconstruction Project
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