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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 32298-033
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 37328-013
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh State Roads Sector Project II
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Lesson
Considering the large capacity development needs of the GOWB and other states in India in areas such as modernization of public financial management and information technology systems, future programs should consider longer-term support efforts in this area. Moreover, state-level reform programs of this same nature could consider a sector development program modality with a program loan component accompanied by a project loan, rather than an attached TA, as a suitable option.

Project Number: 44453-014
Project Name: West Bengal Development Finance Program
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Lesson
This program, like others that ADB has supported in India starting in the mid-1990s, came about as a result of a looming fiscal crisis. While most programs have helped states undertake urgent fiscal adjustment and reforms; this experience raises the question of whether more proactive processes can be adopted to help states make ongoing, incremental adjustments and reforms so as to avoid major crisis-driven response efforts.

Project Number: 44453-014
Project Name: West Bengal Development Finance Program
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Lesson
Frequent changes of key government personnel—including program consultant specialists and project-level engineers—affected project continuity. Thus, ways to retain key government personnel for the project implementation period and beyond needed to be agreed with the government while excessive consultant staff turnover could carry more stringent contract penalties.

Project Number: 38254-033
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program, Tranche 1
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Cost estimation—most of the reasons provided for the cost escalation were predictable, such as (i) higher bid premiums for civil works packages relative to engineering estimates, (ii) bidder concerns over timely payments (as the implementing agencies were small municipalities), (iii) difficulties in mobilizing resources for interior towns, and (iv) more thorough review of possible price risks was required.

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