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Lesson
The country’s restructuring affected GESI institutional structure adopted through GESI operational guidelines and requires revision of GESI operational guideline to align with federal structure. Although MOUD has instituted GESI operationally, other structures do not exist after restructuring of MOUD and its department to align with the country’s new federal structure.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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Financial management staff’s inclusion in review missions will be key to ensuring improved financial performance of future projects. Neither the ADB project team nor PCO could decipher financial management requirements and covenant quantifications due to the absence of financial management staff in review missions. The team failed to follow up on audit opinions and recurrent issues, leading to recurrence of the same issues and delays in submitting the APFS. This improved only after inclusion of a financial management staff toward the end of the project.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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Continuous community consultation, benefit sharing, and interagency coordination are vital to create social acceptance for SLS construction. The Nepalgunj SLS construction was successful due to continuous community engagement, cooperation among political leaders, and early implementation of a community development program targeted to community living near the SLS. The SLSs in Janakpur and Siddharthanagar had to be dropped, however, as nearby communities did not allow their construction.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development 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
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:
Lesson
No TCR lesson. In finalizing this validation report, the NRM added a new lesson: The involvement and coordination among development partners during the transition to a new form of government enhances the groundwork for complementary interventions and co-sharing opportunities. Nepal has a well_x005F_x0002_functioning development partners group on agriculture, which meets regularly on a monthly basis. The TA concept, and subsequent change in scope were presented to the group and their feedback incorporated, as appropriate.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
Report Date:
Lesson
This validation also offers this TCRV lesson: When changes are made to a TA's scope, it should be made explicit the extent to which originally planned results would not be achieved as a result of the new approach. Under this TA, it was not fully clear that the originally foreseen concept for a stand-alone investment project would not be produced due to the shift in the TA's scope. Project scope should be undertaken with care. It is essential to go back to the design board and re-adjust the indicators and consult with stakeholders if changes are made.

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