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Lesson
Get the institutional framework right before scaling up.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 2 and the Multitranche Financing Facility)
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It is important for succeeding tranche loans to have clear provisions of clear conditionality in the program design and lending agreements.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 2 and the Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Benchmarks and indicators are needed to improve urban services delivery and utility performance.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program
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Ambitious program designs, usually underpinned by inadequate assessment of the program context and the institutional dynamics and capacities of relevant government agencies, are likely to encounter significant implementation difficulties.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program
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ADB had gained experience in Pakistan’s municipal services sector and these were recorded in past PCRs and country assistance program evaluations. Except for the successful Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project, available PCRs rated ADB’s interventions less than successful, including the recent experience with the Megacity Development Project in the Sindh province (footnote 28). Lessons from these experiences could have been applied to the design of this MFF.

Project Number: 37220-023
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Changing performance targets and due dates midstream is not warranted.

Project Number: 37220-023
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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An incremental, phased approach to implementing transformational reforms can help reduce political resistance and enhance the sustainability of reforms.

Project Number: 37220-023
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Effective institutional arrangements are critically important to the successful implementation of urban reforms.

Project Number: 37220-023
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Investing in comprehensive, integrated sector packages with a focus on priority cities have a strong impact in achieving urban sector reforms.

Project Number: 37220-023
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Lesson
Rigorous and fast-paced monitoring and evaluation, which is well suited to the implementation arrangements, is critical in urgently needed and large programs like this one, hence, it needs emphasis in the design of such programs.

Project Number: 40563-013
Project Name: Earthquake-Displaced People Livelihood Restoration Program
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Lesson
No additional lessons

Project Number: 29586-013
Project Name: North-West Frontier Province Barani Area Development Project (Phase 2)
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No new lessons

Project Number: 29603-013
Project Name: Malakand Rural Development Project
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Reconstruction led by communities can be expedited if house design options take into account the local skills, materials, tastes, geography, and culture. Also, innovative money-saving building techniques need local acceptance to be sustainable, but this may require more time and effort devoted to training.

Project Number: 40563-013
Project Name: Earthquake-Displaced People Livelihood Restoration Program
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Community involvement in owner-driven rehabilitation and reconstruction programs - through training, inspection responsibilities, and village committees - provides the human resources needed for major post-disaster housing reconstruction efforts. It also creates a greater sense of ownership, helps build capacity, reduce disputes and ensures the sustained use of seismic reconstruction techniques in the long term.

Project Number: 40563-013
Project Name: Earthquake-Displaced People Livelihood Restoration Program
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In situ housing reconstruction prevents disputes and increases efficiency, but it does not allow for improvements in historic patterns of rural, village, or town development; nor does it make possible the consolidation of housing sites and services. There is thus a trade-off between efficiency and overall effectiveness. On the other hand, outsourced reconstruction that allows household relocation by a third party may be more effective, but much less efficient and sustainable.

Project Number: 40563-013
Project Name: Earthquake-Displaced People Livelihood Restoration Program
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