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Provision of seed capital and business support services can optimize the use of acquired skills from livelihood training programs.

Project Number: 30232-013, 38426-023
Project Name: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project
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The pros and cons of voluntary land donation need to be carefully weighed during project preparation.

Project Number: 30232-013, 38426-023
Project Name: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project
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Focusing on a few geographic areas will optimize the impact of ADB-assisted programs/projects in Nepal.

Project Number: 30232-013, 38426-023
Project Name: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project
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Partnering with nongovernment organizations is advantageous for projects undertaken during conflict or post-conflict situations.

Project Number: 30232-013, 38426-023
Project Name: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project
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A differentiated subsidy policy for similar interventions creates confusion and adds to the complexities of project sustainability.

Project Number: 41022-022
Project Name: Second Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The role of water users and sanitation committees (WUSCs) needs to be reviewed in the context of rapid changes.

Project Number: 41022-022
Project Name: Second Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Limiting the number of policy actions and reform areas could help to tighten future policy-based loans and adopt deeper policy actions. It would also allow sufficient time to implement the attached TA effectively, further strengthening potential impact. The program included a large number of policy actions, spread over five different reform areas, and some of its policy actions lacked the depth required to bring about structural change.

Project Number: 35174-082
Project Name: School Sector Program
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A policy-based loan needs a clearly articulated policy matrix and performance indicators with direct linkages to the design and monitoring framework (DMF) to allow results to be attributed to policy actions. In many instances, it was difficult to attribute reported achievements to policy actions supported by the program. This affected the understanding of the program’s effectiveness. The results chain of a policy-based loan should be explicitly presented in the project documents and the DMF indicators should fully reflect intended outcomes of the selected policy actions.

Project Number: 35174-082
Project Name: School Sector Program
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Results-based lending may be more suitable than policy-based lending for sector-wide approach, as they require a broad range of interventions implemented step by step and with appropriate incentives. When the program was approved, results-based lending was not yet available at ADB. The decision to opt for a policy-based lending modality was adequate, as it was the most suitable modality available at the time. However, the School Sector Reform Plan involved different types of initiatives, ranging from policy reforms to specific ground-level interventions.

Project Number: 35174-082
Project Name: School Sector Program
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The intensive involvement of the resident mission is crucial to the successful implementation of a program supporting a sector-wide approach (SWAp). Close coordination with development partners and regular consultations with government counterparts take on greater importance in a SWAp, as was illustrated under the program. Appointing a focal person at the resident mission can help in addressing issues as they emerge, and in ensuring ongoing participation in policy dialogue and joint review meetings.

Project Number: 35174-082
Project Name: School Sector Program
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In designing the desired outputs that are linked to higher-level results, it is important to be consistent within particular operations and across operations that form the program.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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Strengthening PFM systems at subnational levels requires delineation of key institutional arrangements of the chosen federal system, careful selection of intervention, attention to connecting subnational PFM to the main PFM reform agenda, and productive engagement of key national agencies to reduce unhealthy competition in achieving reforms.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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Strengthening public financial management )PFM) in a country that is undertaking peace building and state restructuring is challenging; therefore, working toward a long-term horizon, in a flexible way, and with attention to sequencing and overall coherence, is essential.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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The rehabilitation or reconstruction of damaged infrastructure should be evaluated and implemented using simplified but transparent procurement procedures to reduce processing time and to restore normal living and livelihood conditions existing before the disaster. It is essential the rehabilitation or reconstruction of damaged infrastructure should be appropriately designed for disaster risks and climate resilience.

Project Number: 43001-012
Project Name: Emergency Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project
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Given the frequency and severity of natural calamities, the government needs to have in place a fully functioning national disaster management system, including monitoring of hydrological and geological conditions, to identify vulnerable locations with a high probability of possible disasters, so that appropriate mitigation can be planned. This should have been one focus of project identification activities to prioritize projects mitigating or preventing the occurrence of natural disasters.

Project Number: 43001-012
Project Name: Emergency Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project
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