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Support cannot be directed to the most vulnerable in a crisis in the absence of a social protection system that can be utilized or adapted for this purpose—which provides an additional reason for working with developing member countries to establish and strengthen such systems.

Project Number: 54346-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Rapid Response Program
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Given the flexibility of the multitranche financing facility, if necessary, regular updating and revisions of project design and monitoring frameworks, including baseline data, are expected; thus, proper documentation of these changes can help improve assessment at completion. In addition, assessment of project impacts critically depends on the collection and analysis of project and other data. The establishment of a project performance management system is crucial in this regard.

Project Number: 40173-044
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - MFF and Project 3
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In-depth analysis of the sector’s constraints and challenges both internally and externally, including the institutional arrangements and policies, can provide more realistic implementation of reforms focused on road maintenance.

Project Number: 40173-044
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - MFF and Project 3
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In terms of project design, in-depth analysis of various loan modality options and risks assessment, taking in consideration the ountry’s huge capacity and institutional gaps, can help design an appropriate loan modality. For example, a sector lending, which can also run for a decade and sustain capacity support to the sector, requires a sector analysis that covers a thorough analysis of the factors that affect the performance of the sector, including policy, institutional or regulatory frameworks, as well as the sustainability of the investment.

Project Number: 40173-044
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - MFF and Project 3
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More effective utilization of consultants helps improve project implementation. As the international consultants are selected based on the experience and expertise in engineering and project management, they are required to remain in close proximity to the project site and assist in the development and monitoring of project and subproject programs. They have the capacity for assuming a stronger advisory role for a project to be successful.

Project Number: 41504-023
Project Name: Town Electrification Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Properly defining technical parameters ensures successful project implementation. The required equipment for end terminals, estimated to cost $0.5 million, was omitted from the pertinent package; thus the $29.1 million investment was idle. The target annual power generation of 60 gigawatt-hours was an overestimate as it required securing agreements for purchasing 40% of the output of the private sector’s biomass power projects and an optimistic utilization factor of 70% of the run-of-river HPPs.

Project Number: 41504-023
Project Name: Town Electrification Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Well-formulated baseline data and indicators at appraisal permit more effective monitoring of project performance and achievements. Such benchmark data will help in facilitating the results assessment and improve the PCR’s clarity with respect to the project’s achieved outputs.

Project Number: 43200-024
Project Name: Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project
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Greater consideration of the capacity of the executing agency with respect to their investment planning, coordination, and implementation functions, as well as post-investment operation and maintenance activities, is crucial for a sector lending. Under the project, these factors were not adequately assessed in the sector analysis. This absence of sector analysis likely contributed to the low quality of project implementation and pertinent government agencies’ performance.

Project Number: 43200-024
Project Name: Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project
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The collection of data on project socioeconomic benefits allows better assessment of a project’s development results. Projects that establish project performance management systems are likely to assess the economic viability and development impacts of road projects more accurately.

Project Number: 40173-043
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 2
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Better estimation of generated traffic—based on “with-the-project” and “without-the-project” traffic forecasts—helps avoid the overestimation of vehicle operating cost savings. This is also a better approach in cost– benefit analysis and minimizes the overestimation of a project’s economic viability indicator (i.e., EIRR)

Project Number: 40173-043
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 2
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Weak entrepreneurial skills, lack of financial literacy, and lack of viable projects affect the bankability of potential microfinance clients. Business development skills training primarily aimed at capacity development, skills transfer, financial literacy, and business advice help in enhancing the bankability of clients as well performance and viability of their businesses.

Project Number: 44304-013
Project Name: Microfinance Expansion Project
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An adequate assessment of institutional implementation capacity during project preparation enables identification of suitable expertise and skills set needed to facilitate project implementation. In country context where there is weak implementation capacity, complex designs with multiple components require experienced experts to enable better quality of project implementation. For example, in selecting the consultant-specialists, rigorous vetting and screening process helps in ensuring that the selected consultant is the most qualified expert for the required technical expertise.

Project Number: 44304-013
Project Name: Microfinance Expansion Project
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Technical assistance with a narrow focus, immediate policy relevance, and carried out with national champions with financial and/or planning authority was key to the successful integration of climate technologies in country investment plans. Careful and realistic planning is required for the production and dissemination of outputs, since this involves multiple institutions within a given timeframe.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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Institutional capacity development on climate change in ADB’s DMCs requires long-term engagement. Just over half of CCF resources went toward capacity development. The lack of basic climate data, technical expertise, and qualified local staff in many DMCs means that some processes, especially baseline studies, vulnerability assessments, and cost–benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation measures, have to be adjusted to reflect realities on the ground.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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The strategic oversight of funds is enhanced when their governance structure includes some form of third-party engagement. The original Board paper outlined the governance structure of CCF and included at its apex ADB and external financing partners, whose function would be to provide strategic direction to the CCF and to meet ADB for annual consultations and to review progress, administration, and the annual work program. Since there are no external financing partners, ADB sits alone at the apex of the governance structure.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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