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Establishing a project steering committee is challenging where separate development partner committees already exist to oversee arrangements for Pacific countries.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Use conservative cost estimates and ensure sufficient funding. The funding allocation should be sufficient to cover project costs; if it is not, the project scope should be reduced or the funding allocation increased with no delay during implementation.

Project Number: 35087-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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An executing agency's ability to implement project activities within set timeframes is diluted where there is limited PMU capacity, a lack of experience with ADB procedures, and inadequate executive oversight.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Understanding the sector environment in new member countries is important. When engaging in a new sector or country, understanding the key sector participants and their agendas, as well as developments in the sector is important. This will improve the project design and increase the likelihood that the project will have strong government support.

Project Number: 35087-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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Efforts to strengthen routine surveillance and laboratory capacity will achieve only limited success where health information systems and laboratory services are weak.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Even if a project is aligned with regional strategies, designs need to incorporate sufficient national consultation and consider country absorptive and technical capacity and commitment.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Ensure the government understands the proposed project. Ensure that government agencies fully review and understand proposed projects. Reconfirmation with all relevant agencies is critical.

Project Number: 35087-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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At appraisal, the project was designed to cover two subsectors: roads and customs. Projects of this type, covering different administration sectors, need adequate guidance and coordination. A project coordination office may be established at the central government to coordinate project management and implementation activities between the concerned government agencies.

Project Number: 35457-013
Project Name: East-West Highway Improvement Project
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The project was cofinanced by several external aid agencies. This modality proved to be suitable for financing the rapid development of the road subsector. In future road projects financed by multiple aid agencies, the Azer Road Service Open Joint-Stock Company (ARS) needs to strengthen its project management capacity in the aspects of financial accounts, project scheduling, and quality control.

Project Number: 35457-013
Project Name: East-West Highway Improvement Project
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The contractor for the Gazakh-Georgian border section was perhaps not familiar with the country's situation at the start, and this caused mobilization delays and difficulty in finding suitable local subcontractors. In future road projects, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) needs to provide bidders with adequate local information at pre-bidding meetings, and publish information on the cost of locally available inputs (materials, equipment, and labor) on its website to allow bidders to submit sensible bids.

Project Number: 35457-013
Project Name: East-West Highway Improvement Project
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Azerbaijan experienced sharp increases in the prices of fuel, utilities, and major road construction materials between project appraisal and detailed design. These led to significant changes in the project scope and financing plan. In future road projects, greater due-diligence needs to be undertaken during project design and formulation, which includes carrying out adequate cost estimations, setting aside enough resources to cover contingencies, and shortening the interval between appraisal and implementation.

Project Number: 35457-013
Project Name: East-West Highway Improvement Project
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Lesson
The project was the first of the ADB-assisted road projects in Azerbaijan. Many lessons were learned during project preparation and implementation. The main lessons are summarized below:

Project Number: 35457-013
Project Name: East-West Highway Improvement Project
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The implementation delay for the local roads component resulted in the shifting of this component to subsequent ADB-assisted projects. As local road development can efficiently bring project benefits to rural areas, especially to the poor, in future road projects more attention should be paid to the development of local roads, an integral part of the country's road network.

Project Number: 35457-013
Project Name: East-West Highway Improvement Project
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Higher proportion of the budget should be attributed to nonstructural aspects, and these should be more closely monitored. It may be noted that the review missions, as typified by the midterm and the final reviews, have regarded these nonstructural measures as having been achieved, without looking beyond the simple passing of regulations.

Project Number: 35081-013
Project Name: Flood Mitigation Project [Loan 2068-AZE]
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