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Lesson
If this project is to be replicated elsewhere, (i) group mobilization, (ii) social preparation by facilitators who come from within the communities, and (iii) downloading of funds that fosters full accountability by all recipients are key ingredients that must be included in its design and format.

Project Number: 34112-013
Project Name: Poor Farmers’ Income Improvement through Innovation Project
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A project performance monitoring system (PPMS) was not required, since an existing system was already in place at Directorate General of Highways. However, ADB did require the conduct of surveys and collection of data for specific performance indicators identified at appraisal, which should have been finalized during the early stage of project implementation.

Project Number: 34159-013
Project Name: Road Rehabilitation-2 Project
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The procurement process for consultancy services and civil works was too long in spite of approval by ADB to advance corresponding action. ADB and the executing agency should have agreed on the length of the procurement process, which was already set in the ADB procurement guidelines. The delay in core team consultant procurement led to national consultants being tapped to proceed with the project and avoid delays.

Project Number: 34159-013
Project Name: Road Rehabilitation-2 Project
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More in-depth involvement by the borrower, executing agency, and implementing agencies in the preparation of the project design is important. The cancellation during the implementation of two subcomponents, which were essential to project sustainability, seemed too late since resources have already been committed. Agreeing to the changes should have triggered the revision of the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 34159-013
Project Name: Road Rehabilitation-2 Project
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Lesson
Indicators to measure the achievement of project outcome need to carefully consider the scope of all activities carried out under all outputs.

Project Number: 34152-013
Project Name: Community Water Services and Health Project
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Lesson
Project management has significant roles in achieving project objectives. The weak project management and insufficient capacity of project stakeholders prevented the delivery of optimum project benefits.

Project Number: 34152-013
Project Name: Community Water Services and Health Project
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Lesson
Covering a large number of remote villages spread over four provinces may not be an effective way to maximize the use of resources. The effectiveness of the investment in generating development impact, as well as project efficiency, would have improved in a focused geographic approach.

Project Number: 34152-013
Project Name: Community Water Services and Health Project
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Lesson
More attention should be given to operation and maintenance (O&M) planning and management, including awareness of resource requirements for O&M measures and sound financial and reporting systems.

Project Number: 34152-013
Project Name: Community Water Services and Health Project
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Community facilitators and consultants must be qualified and committed; sufficient time should be allocated for community empowerment - ensuring that community members are sufficiently involved in prioritizing their needs, developing investment proposals, and making decisions.

Project Number: 34152-013
Project Name: Community Water Services and Health Project
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Lesson
Involving beneficiaries at all stages of planning and implementation of upgrading activities and promoting inclusive community empowerment are critical in ensuring pro-poor investments and sustainability.

Project Number: 34152-013
Project Name: Community Water Services and Health Project
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Lesson
There may be merit in carefully reviewing donor coordination mechanisms to determine if there are more effective ways to coordinate structural and sector programs. If alternative approaches to achieving the same high level of coordination could be formulated, such techniques may allow more resources to be dedicated to each donor's programs and thereby increase the likelihood they will succeed.

Project Number: 43211-013
Project Name: Sixth Development Policy Support Program
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Lesson
Numerical targets such as gross domestic product growth rate and poverty incidence should be used with caution, as a global financial crisis can adversely and unexpectedly affect achievement of these targets, as was the case under Development Policy Support Program - 6.

Project Number: 43211-013
Project Name: Sixth Development Policy Support Program
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Lesson
The program framework has proven successful in enabling the use of a flexible medium term framework that promotes ownership by the government, as was evident in the Development Policy Support Program (DPSP) series. In addition, the medium-term framework allows changing government priorities to be successfully incorporated, as occurred under DPSP-6.

Project Number: 43211-013
Project Name: Sixth Development Policy Support Program
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