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Promoting customs reform at the regional level is advantageous to developing better understanding and a common vision of customs modernization.

Project Number: 45260-001
Project Name: SASEC Trade Facilitation Program
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Aligning the program design to existing capacities and country−specific requirements minimizes the risk of the program being ambitious in scope and timeframe.

Project Number: 45260-001
Project Name: SASEC Trade Facilitation Program
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Including in the program scope the delivery of outputs that are contingent on nonprogram activities can pose implementation risks to the program.

Project Number: 45260-001
Project Name: SASEC Trade Facilitation Program
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Need for periodic review of investment ceilings, supply and buying contracts as well as the required membership fees. This would ascertain the risks and sustainability of the members’ commitment to the CAA. When funding permits, outsourcing of engineering services for infrastructure subprojects should also be considered.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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The timely design and execution of a results-based monitoring system is an important means of collecting and reporting project outputs and outcomes in a disaggregated way during project implementation, and carrying out an objective impact evaluation upon completion.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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Designing the project with mechanisms for communication and coordination between existing government institutions in project districts and project management structures can facilitate smooth project implementation and monitoring. This also ensures that sector offices will provide beneficiaries with follow-up services after project completion.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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The project may be able to secure the involvement of larger processors and traders by making large financial contributions to their business plans, as smaller contributions are not helpful.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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Women and disadvantaged groups often do not have enough time to participate fully in project implementation and capacity development activities and thus benefit from the project. Designing the project to include targeted interventions such as intense mobilization, training, and the facilitation of access to finance, extension services, and inputs optimizes the possibility of visible improvements to their livelihoods.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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Enterprises operated by farmer groups, especially those composed of women, the poor, and disadvantaged people, should be provided with refresher skills training, access to finance, follow-up services, and ways to maintain market links to sustain operations and benefits. The provision of land lease financing serves as a good way to reach poor and landless families by helping them access productive resources and benefit from commercial agriculture.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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The government needed to review and include interim milestone dates in the contract documents to ensure timely work completion and avoid extensions. The government also needed to institutionalize a safeguard system within the organizational framework of the project, particularly during implementation, for effective monitoring and supervision of and timely compliance with safeguard covenants.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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There were some difficulties in contract administration between the DOC and UNCTAD. Although the contract for the ASYCUDA was signed between DOR and UNCTAD, DOC was the main agency to supervise UNCTAD’s work. DOC felt that it was less effective in the UNCTAD contract implementation because it was not a party to the contract. Contract provisions should have clearly stated the role, responsibilities, and implementation arrangements of DOC.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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The practice of international joint venture partners not actively participating in the implementation of the contracts awarded was observed during project implementation. To ensure involvement of all joint venture partners in contract administration, it would be necessary for each partner to issue a guarantee against the collateral for their individual and joint liability. Issuance of individual and joint liability along with a performance bond would ensure liability for the work among all joint venture partners.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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The project-commissioned monitoring inadequately reported the actual implementation issues at field level. Third party monitoring on an annual basis would improve project performance. The reporting could be in the form of back-to-office notes that outline issues in need of attention and make recommendations.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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The absence of international joint venture partners in the implementation of international competitive bidding (ICB) contracts awarded to them was observed during project implementation. To ensure involvement of all joint venture partners in contract administration, it would be necessary for each individual joint venture partner to issue a guarantee against the collateral for their individual and joint liability. Issuance of individual and joint liability along with a performance bond would ensure liability for the work among all joint venture partners.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
Report Date:
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The government needs to institutionalize a safeguard system within the organizational framework of the project, particularly during implementation, for effective monitoring and supervision of and timely compliance with safeguard covenants.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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