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It is critical for ADB to negotiate with the governments the streamlining of emergency assistance procedures to fast track the implementation of emergency assistance loans (EALs)

Project Number: 49038-001
Project Name: Flood Emergency Reconstruction and Resilience Project
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Levying tolls on major roads and ring-fencing maintenance funds can foster sustainability up to the designed life of the project roads.

Project Number: 49038-001
Project Name: Flood Emergency Reconstruction and Resilience Project
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Women’s participation adds significant value to projects and is critical to their success.

Project Number: 49038-001
Project Name: Flood Emergency Reconstruction and Resilience Project
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Institutional reforms in irrigation management have to be robust and built on lessons from previous projects and other relevant experiences.

Project Number: 37231-013
Project Name: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program
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Early involvement of relevant EA units in project implementation increases ownership and facilitates smooth takeover of the operational phase.

Project Number: 37231-023, 37231-044
Project Name: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program -Tranches 1 and 4
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Aligning institutional and operational changes with the overall reform environment enhances the success potential of irrigation modernization schemes.

Project Number: 37231-023, 37231-044
Project Name: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program -Tranches 1 and 4
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Transformational irrigation management reforms at the provincial and system levels in Punjab need further evaluation.

Project Number: 37231-013
Project Name: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program
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Capacity assessment of the local construction industry needs to be undertaken before rolling out contract packages.

Project Number: 37231-013
Project Name: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program
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Efficient counterpart fund transfer procedures facilitate the smooth implementation of projects.

Project Number: 37231-033
Project Name: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program – Project 2
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Effective packaging of civil works contracts, based on a thorough market analysis, will help minimize procurement delays.

Project Number: 37231-033
Project Name: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program – Project 2
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The project supported the One Health concept, which emphasizes the links between animal health and human health and emerging animal and human diseases. One Health provided a platform for unprecedented integration of animal, human and ecosystem health issues to fight the threat of avian influenza. The systematic collaboration of technical agencies across disciplines, such as FAO (veterinarians) and WHO (medical doctors) and civil society organizations (community health workers) supported by the project has promoted this concept since the beginning of the project.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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ADB's high-level steering committee demonstrated ADB's institutional support, which enhanced coordination between development partners. The committee, comprising the heads of all regional departments and the Strategy and Policy Department and chaired by the director general of RSDD, provided prompt policy guidance and expedited decisions and actions. It also ensured that the needs of the countries were ascertained and that they had adequate access to project resources.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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ADB was able to use its convening power effectively because it had the necessary in-house technical expertise. Public health experts on ADB's staff with knowledge of emerging infectious diseases were involved in designing and implementing the project. This in-house expertise made the dialogue with the technical and regional agencies to strengthen regional collaboration within and across the animal health and human health sectors possible.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Key lessons from previous projects incorporated in and validated by this project included: (i) area-based multi-sector community development projects need to be simple to be effective; (ii) institutions with built-in capacity should be used; (iii) a flexible, demand-driven approach to community development should be followed; (iv) civil works and effective social mobilization should be balanced; and (v) the focus should be on service delivery, rather than on policy reforms involving structural changes that are beyond the scope of an area-based development project.

Project Number: 37188-013
Project Name: Sindh Coastal Community Development Project
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Each new outbreak of disease confronts projects such as this one, as well as the implementing partners and global community, with a fresh challenge, because its early spread outpaces the gathering of scientific evidence needed to formulate containment policies. Each successive outbreak is followed by an initial opaque period characterized by a frustrating lack of scientific evidence on which to base policies and technical guidance.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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