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Lesson
Often, not enough consideration is given to developing DMF impacts and outcomes that can be easily assessed in post-project evaluations.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Terms of reference should be agreed by all pertinent stakeholders well before implementation to avoid costly delays, especially when there are complex issues to be resolved.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Contracts need to be carefully packaged (the initial Toktogul HEPP contract should have been broken into separate lots, while the two separate KESC packages for server hardware and MDM/AMDA software packages should have been combined to improve compatibility)

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Supporting policies need to have clear guidelines on tax incentives.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Access to formal finance in Nepal’s rural areas needs to be strengthened.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Matching grants help build investor confidence.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Farmers need to adopt climate-resilient infrastructure and technology.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Nepal’s capacity to effectively monitor food quality needs to be strengthened.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Multi-stakeholder platforms are important informal institutional mechanisms for facilitating business-to-business linkages.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Limited availability of local inputs and technical know-how affects project implementation and sustainability.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Project readiness should be ensured before project approval.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Lesson
This validation also offers these lessons: 1. In DMF design, it is most favorable if quantitative indicator targets are described with sufficient context to clearly rationalize the target values. This provides a transparent and logical basis and facilitates the assessment of the validity of the targets. Lack of information on how targets were set and then revised hinders validation.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
This validation also offers this lesson: Shifting government priorities is a common risk in projects and should be identified in the TA report. Further, risk mitigation measures should be identified to smoothen the implementation of a TA.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
The lesson also does not talk about constraints encountered. To be a useful knowledge product, it is essential to comment on the constraints and the mitigation strategies deployed by the project so that others can learn from it.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
No TCR lessons. In finalizing this validation report, NRM added a new lesson: Continued engagement and dialogue with the government on changes in priorities is crucial in determining the most appropriate type of assistance, financing modality and project design. Scope changes in the TA have financial implications, which may require original output targets to be adjusted. In this case, the numbers of corridors and commodities to be mapped were reduced as resources had to be diverted to undertake policy review for the program loan.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
Report Date: