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Road maintenance funds could be prudently raised by exploring the wider use of road user charges, ringfencing revenues from road or fuel taxes, and/or by including provisions for maintenance in road reconstruction contracts. Incorporating a performance-based maintenance contract for road routine maintenance could improve the funding sustainability of road maintenance. This concept is useful in assisting agencies with low level of institutional and financial capacity to help preserve road assets’ maintenance and reduce the cost of future rehabilitation and reconstruction works.

Project Number: 43439-023, 43439-033, 43439-013
Project Name: CAREC Corridor 2 (Mangystau Oblast Section) Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Greater consideration on the road safety and maintenance during planning and design stage increases the benefits of a road project and enhances its sustainability over time. For instance, building the capacity of implementing agencies to better implement road safety action plans and programs contributes to enhancing road safety policies and facilitate a more effective road programs and safer road environment. Ensuring that road safety regulations and standards are well implemented is also crucial in strengthening the road quality management

Project Number: 43439-023, 43439-033, 43439-013
Project Name: CAREC Corridor 2 (Mangystau Oblast Section) Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Indicators that measure medium-term lending and sustainability could provide better measurements toward initiating a more sustainable access to SME medium-term lending.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Regulatory bottlenecks need to be appraised rigorously and continuous policy dialogue with relevant government agencies should have been undertaken by ADB.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Constraints to small and medium enterprise (SME) financing should have been fully identified at appraisal and addressed in the design.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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No additional lessons

Project Number: 43439-023
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 (Mangystau Oblast Sections) Investment Program, Project 1
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A well-defined design and monitoring framework (DMF) is crucial to assessing a project’s overall effectiveness.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Using commercial banks as sole channel for onlending could crowd out smaller SMEs.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Holistically addressing supply-side constraints will foster the sustainability of ADB investments in small and medium enterprise (SME) development.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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No new lessons

Project Number: 44060-023
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program Tranche 1
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Traffic forecasts should be much more realistic, and reflect impacts of follow on projects on expected usage. Similarly, more effort should be taken to establish sustainable asset management systems, supported by credible sources offunding.

Project Number: 41121-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) [Western Europe–Western People’s Republic of China International Transit Corridor] Investment Program (Project 1)
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No new lessons.

Project Number: 34234-013
Project Name: Rural Area Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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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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Delayed payments to contractors adversely affect implementation. ADB and the government should work together to ensure timely disbursements.

Project Number: 34234-013
Project Name: Rural Area Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Detailed design engineers and supervision and implementation consultants should be recruited in advance of project approval, to increase project readiness. The project implementation schedule should be realistic.

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