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Prioritize the areas of interventions. In a post-conflict context, it is important to prioritize the areas of intervention so that funds are used judiciously. For Phase 1, the areas of interventions were appropriate—roads, power, and port. These are high-priority areas, and the joint assessment mission correctly chose these sectors for funding through the TFET.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Flexibility in project design. In a post-conflict scenario, there is no certainty of the accuracy of field data, specific nature of requirements, or institutional arrangements before the start of the construction activity. This requires flexibility to be built into the project design, resulting in a project that enables a series of interventions that are customized to the requirements. Such flexibility could be in the form of nature of civil works as well as the scope of rehabilitation activities.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Design realistic projects with balanced expectations. Post-conflict rehabilitation is a complex process covering all sectors simultaneously. Although there are good intentions to fit in lot of different components in a project due to its emergency nature, the implementation has been found to be difficult—time and resource-intense.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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In a post-conflict situation, generally governance suffers. It is admittedly more difficult to implement policies. This leads to issues such as lack of accountability. In the absence of a sound administrative structure, setting up an accountability mechanism can be difficult. This was apparent during the early years immediately after independence of Timor-Leste. However, the need for good governance and for ensuring accountability in all decisions needs to be highlighted during policy dialogues between development partners and the government.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Design simpler and realistic projects. Emergency assistance projects, especially post-conflict ones, need to be designed in a way that the outputs can be achieved expeditiously. This requires simpler and more realistic designs. The design of Phase 1 could be seen as complex since it covered three different sectors. Yet given the need for immediate restoration, this could be rationalized as appropriate. Phase 2 was relatively simple and focused on roads only. However, Phase 1 covered the entire country, resulting in high transaction costs.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Policy dialogue. Timor-Leste has experienced a series of conflicts since it became independent in 1999. The setting up of a governing administration took time, which is typical for a post-conflict country. During this transition, development partners had a unique opportunity to conduct policy dialogue with the emerging government on issues that create long-term sustainability, especially on infrastructure development, maintenance, and ensuring basic services in rural areas.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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ADB has provided the TA for infrastructure project management (footnote 39) for capacity development within the government. Expanding the scope of such TA projects to cover private sector contractors could help build the local industry and enable better implementation of projects. Such capacity development for private road contractors is being undertaken in other countries, such as the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, to strengthen their project implementation capabilities.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Village management committees for power sector. The experience of Phase 1 shows that the VMCs were not effective in maintaining and operating the power plants because (i) they did not have sufficient ability to ensure consistent collections, (ii) they did not have sufficient revenues to pay for the fuel to operate the diesel generator sets, and (iii) they lacked the technical expertise to operate and maintain these sets. The TFET water sector projects had similar conclusions, indicating that this structure needs to be improved.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Post-conflict intervention designs. The interventions funded by the TFET were focused on infrastructure development, which was useful and appropriate for the economic recovery process. However, peace in the country must continue. While parallel efforts by the United Nations and other partners are ongoing, ADB project designs could have included softer elements to complement these parallel efforts.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Developing institutional capacity is crucial for development effectiveness in Timor-Leste. One area where the project had only partial value addition was in developing institutional capacity through continued training of project staff. Although there were several studies undertaken to develop new institutions, Phase 1 did not have any specific capacity development component and could not be expected to do so since there were no institutions in place at appraisal. Phase 2 had on-the-job training, which was a step in the right direction but not sufficient enough.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Frequent and closer monitoring of project implementation. Both Phase 1 and Phase 2 showed that early and frequent supervision by ADB is crucial to ensuring efficient project implementation. In a post-conflict situation, the government lacks adequate resources, and ADB’s value addition in this area could deliver better results. Para. 126 shows that despite frequent review missions there remained areas for improvement in ADB’s supervision of the project.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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In the case of Timor-Leste, the flexibility in assistance during Phase 2 could have rehabilitated the roads by upgrading them from the currently unmaintainable condition and setting up a road maintenance planning and implementation system. Similarly, in the power sector, the power plants need to be upgraded and interconnected through a grid. Unless a system of regular maintenance of these power plants is put in place and implemented, the power plants will not be able to improve their service levels.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, Phases 1 and 2
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Measures ensuring government commitment to implement institutional development and provide counterpart funds should be carefully reviewed and tied to the release of funds.

Project Number: 34234-013
Project Name: Rural Area Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The success of a financial crisis response is highly contingent on the government's ability to quickly put together its own anti-crisis plan. ADB intervention can be in the form of financing for the anti-crisis plan. In the case of the KCSL, the government already had its employment-generation program (EGP) in place, and was able to use the KCSL funds immediately to finance the EGP. However, since the KCSL is a budget support instrument, it is difficult to track and link the financing with specific development results (e.g., which public works project it funded).

Project Number: 43300-013
Project Name: Countercyclical Support Loan
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Project targets should be achievable. Cost estimates should be based on thorough and professional assessments as part of a feasibility study, instead of aspirational or subjective considerations alone.

Project Number: 34234-013
Project Name: Rural Area Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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