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As the Kyrgyz Republic is a mountainous country and the project area is known for its slope instability, these challenges should have been taken into account during project preparation. Careful and rigorous technical design and appropriate advance actions would have contributed to a higher degree of project readiness for implementation.

Project Number: 36257-013
Project Name: Southern Transport Corridor Road Rehabilitation Project
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The project required close attention to many details, and it could have immediately and effectively performed many administrative tasks if the resident mission had had more capacity to assist the project.

Project Number: 30313-012
Project Name: Agriculture Area Development
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Although this was the first agriculture investment project with MAWR the 3-year extension could have been avoided had the bidding documents been prepared, the management consultants and PMU staff contracted, and target farms identified earlier.

Project Number: 30313-012
Project Name: Agriculture Area Development
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Comprehensive and integrated projects can be successful. The success of this project can be attributed to the initial emphasis on the project management unit (PMU) obtaining a clear understanding of the project, an initial focus on process and procedures, minimum turnover of key PMU staff, good oversight by Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MAWR), good partnerships with other donors, and successful contracting and supervision of local civil works and agriculture extension firms.

Project Number: 30313-012
Project Name: Agriculture Area Development
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The project design included 2,559 person-months of national consultants, approximately 35 people for each year of the 6 year implementation period. Despite the national consultant inputs appearing to be recruited through a firm/s on a quality- and cost-based selection basis, such a large requirement of consulting input could have potentially been difficult to effectively manage.

Project Number: 31196-013
Project Name: Southern Agriculture Area Development Project
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Clearer understanding between ADB and government of the key development objectives at the time of project design avoids costly changes in scope during project implementation.

Project Number: 31196-013
Project Name: Southern Agriculture Area Development Project
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The project performance report (PPR) ratings were inconsistently applied over the period of project implementation. The ratings are 'satisfactory' and 'highly satisfactory' until November 2008, and are then rated 'at risk' and 'potential problem' for the month December 2008. The ratings then revert to 'satisfactory', before the project is again rated 'at risk' and 'potential problem' in December 2009.

Project Number: 31196-013
Project Name: Southern Agriculture Area Development Project
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The ownership and rationale of policy reforms should be carefully assessed at appraisal. In assessing ownership, it is important to remember that policy actions affect many stakeholders, even within the government. In this case, the legislative branch was not enthusiastic about adopting complex new laws pertaining to the regulation of capital markets that would then be interpreted by agencies outside their direct control.

Project Number: 34172-013
Project Name: Banking Sector and Capital Market Development Program
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Implementation of the program demonstrated that consistent government support is critical to success. The effective implementation of the banking sector component is attributable to the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic's (NBKR) strong commitment and ownership of the proposed reforms. In contrast, the capital market component lacked a clear champion as a result of political developments. Therefore, despite intensive policy dialogue, and awareness and capacity-building efforts, the pace of reforms did not proceed as well as anticipated.

Project Number: 34172-013
Project Name: Banking Sector and Capital Market Development Program
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The process of translating drafts of the Law on the Securities Market from English into Russian and back into English affected its readability in English. Achieving a reasonable and consistent standard of translation into both Russian and English remained a problem. Once the final version of the draft law has been adopted, it would be desirable if an official English translation could be produced for the benefit of ADB, foreign investors, and other interested parties.

Project Number: 34172-013
Project Name: Banking Sector and Capital Market Development Program
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Community participation in all stages of implementation, from identification to design to construction processes, is critical for the success of investments.

Project Number: 31197-013
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project
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A multisector project requires a strong executing agency that can coordinate multiple implementing agencies. Major reforms also require strong leadership from the executing agency. The Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic as the executing agency contributed enormously to the project's success despite the major regime change in the middle of project implementation.

Project Number: 32143-013
Project Name: Community-Based Early Childhood Development Project
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Procurement problems can be reduced by introducing prior review of procurement documents. In a sector project with many small subprojects, contracts should be grouped into larger packages to reduce the number of civil works contacts. This will help the PMUs as well as ADB to concentrate more effectively on fewer contracts. Use of clear and stringent evaluation and qualification criteria in selection of contractors should be mandatory, and establishing consortia of contractors should be encouraged.

Project Number: 31197-013
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project
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Establishing a joint project management unit at sector level can be a more efficient and cost-effective solution and help ensure a harmonized approach among the financing institutions.

Project Number: 31197-013
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project
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Improving the quality of the feasibility study will minimize uncertainty in identifying subprojects and lead to more precise cost estimates. When subproject cost estimates are uncertain, adequate physical contingencies should be provided in sector projects to mitigate against potential cost overruns.

Project Number: 31197-013
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project
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