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No new lessons

Project Number: 36343-013
Project Name: Rural Cooperative Credit Restructuring and Development Program
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Some form of incentive may be necessary to attract staff to project management units and new units or sections within executing agencies specifically established for project activities.

Project Number: 37056-013
Project Name: Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Project
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Project preparation should consider the capacity of local civil works contractors and ensure that eligibility criteria for bidding are not so prescriptive that they preclude participation by all but large contractors who may not be interested in smaller-scale works.

Project Number: 37056-013
Project Name: Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Project
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Where principles and approaches proposed under a project are innovative in the context of the prevailing institutional framework, capacity building of implementing agencies should be undertaken in advance to ensure ownership of those principles and the capacity to implement projects dependent upon them. Effective ADB supervision can help to overcome limitations in implementing institutions' capacity.

Project Number: 37056-013
Project Name: Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Project
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There should be a dedicated budget for gender action plan (GAP) implementation

Project Number: 38254-033
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program, Tranche 1
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Community development activities have proved to be a major asset to this project and have led to enhanced acceptance of the project and associated behavioral changes. Commencing these activities retroactively prior to loan approval will enable community involvement in the project during the design and implementation phases as well.

Project Number: 38254-033
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program, Tranche 1
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Project designs should include greater focus on ensuring the provision and delivery of service and maintenance of assets. This can be done by incorporating a stronger institutional development component specifically targeted at creating/ strengthening maintenance units within the ULBs and institutionalizing O&M procedures, through adequate training and capacity-building measures.

Project Number: 38254-033
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program, Tranche 1
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Ensuring continuity of staff at the program directorate builds institutional memory and supports the successful implementation and sustainability of the reforms.

Project Number: 44453-014
Project Name: West Bengal Development Finance Program
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A program design of this nature should avoid numerous and complex policy actions, and focus on the core elements of the government's reform agenda. Policy actions must be prioritized thoroughly based on a clearly defined, time-bound roadmap. Policy-based programs should be supported by an accompanying TA to meet all targeted policy actions in a timely manner, and strengthen the government's capacity to ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of the reforms.

Project Number: 44453-014
Project Name: West Bengal Development Finance Program
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The effective use of IT-based e-governance systems not only strengthens the government's capability and efficiency in tax administration, expenditure, and debt management, but also enhances the quality and accessibility of public service delivery at affordable costs to many different segments of society, including the poor. IT-based public sector reforms are also very effective at standardizing processes and preventing leakage, fraud, and corruption, and thereby improving accountability and governance at all levels of public administration.

Project Number: 44453-014
Project Name: West Bengal Development Finance Program
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Policy-based programs targeting fiscal consolidation should not sacrifice economic growth by insisting on rapid and drastic fiscal adjustment in the short-term. Instead, fiscal space must be created gradually through carefully sequenced and multifaceted reforms that promote a sustainable fiscal trajectory along with economic growth. To achieve this balanced approach, revenue collection should be augmented with more efficient tax administration and an expansion of tax base instead of tax rate increases, which might hinder economic growth.

Project Number: 44453-014
Project Name: West Bengal Development Finance Program
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The sustained commitment by the GOWB ensured that reforms transcended short-term political considerations. For a policy-based program to be successful, sufficient resources must be devoted to cultivate dialogue with all stakeholders and institutionalize ownership of reforms.

Project Number: 44453-014
Project Name: West Bengal Development Finance Program
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Construction schedules for sewerage contracts should be realistic to avoid the repeated need for contract extensions.

Project Number: 38254-033
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program, Tranche 1
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There is a need to develop a database of reliable consultants for executing agencies. KUIDFC can prepare a performance evaluation report of the consultants, which can be input into this database. Furthermore, to ensure better performance, consultancy contracts can be developed with bonus and penalty clauses based on deliverables achieved.

Project Number: 38254-033
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program, Tranche 1
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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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