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Performance-based maintenance contracts and tolling are important steps toward ensuring the sustainability of road maintenance funding.

Project Number: 39176-023
Project Name: Road Network Development Program – Tranche 1
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Synchronized planning and implementation of local roads and motorways projects will optimize local community benefits and enhance in-land connectivity in Azerbaijan.

Project Number: 39176-023
Project Name: Road Network Development Program – Tranche 1
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The follow-on TA has road safety component to support the implementation of some findings of this TA which is costed at $1 million.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Weak executing and implementing agency (EA/IA) capacities, inaccurate assessment of contractor qualifications, and inadequate consideration of external factors that could affect implementation can lead to overly extended completion delays.

Project Number: 39176-023
Project Name: Road Network Development Program – Tranche 1
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Road safety requires a multi-disciplinary approach so actions on road safety needs to be taken at country level considering different approaches. Accordingly, the follow up TA (TA 9754: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Knowledge Sharing and Services in Transport and Transport Facilitation Phase 2) includes more national capacity development events to support DMCs was established and became an integral block of this program.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Road safety know-how in different countries are at different levels, and it isimportant to have regular meetings with government counterparts to ensure that the TA remains relevant to their needs, and to fine tune if their needs change. It is also important to build close relationships with other non-government stakeholders and determine if they have activities in the road safety sector to avoid duplication. The follow-up TA includes more regional, and national capacity development activities to support CAREC DMCs.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Highly unrealistic cost estimates in one project could undermine the relevance and impact of an entire MFF investment program.

Project Number: 39176-023
Project Name: Road Network Development Program – Tranche 1
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The training focusing on road safety engineering was aligned to ADB’s operations which led integration of road safety evaluation tools into CAREC road projects and consideration of road safety in the projects. The workshops featured practical trainings in blackspot investigation and road safety audit which was designed to assist road agencies in CAREC countries in providing safer roads.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lack of government project oversight and coordination could significantly deter projects from achieving their planned outputs.

Project Number: 39176-023
Project Name: Road Network Development Program – Tranche 1
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Clear delineation of country activities with transparent funding allocations in cross-border RCI TA projects involving several countries helps smooth implementation and increase project success. The transaction costs in cross-border RCI TA projects tend to be high both in terms of resources and the time required to achieve agreement among stakeholders in the participating countries. It takes much longer to negotiate and agree to a common proposal in a cross-border RCI TA project than in a usual TA project.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund, 2007–2019
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Active engagement of national stakeholders and ADB resident missions from the outset helps improve ownership and project success. The likelihood of success is greater when an RCIF TA project is designed with genuine consultation with concerned line ministries, national agencies, the private sector (if relevant), and ADB resident missions. Active engagement of in-country stakeholders helps ADB to identify binding constraints and solutions, and to internalize implementation challenges at the TA design stage. This makes clear the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund, 2007–2019
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Given the very limited number of consultants with the necessary experience in climate finance and the high demand for their services, it is recommended that allowances must be made in terms of consultant procurement (e.g., in rare instances of higher rates wherever justified).

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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In order to have greater flexibility to respond to emerging needs of DMCs contrary to usual practice, the TA did not specify upfront what target DMCs would be included. This allowed greater responsiveness once opportunities for mobilization of climate finance became clearer.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Promoting close involvement of DMC stakeholders in discussions with climate finance providers allowed government decision makers and DMC stakeholders the opportunity to interact with climate financiers first-hand and was an important contribution to increasing buy-in by all parties.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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The TA showed the benefits of employing a flexible approach to provision of support, including consultant terms of reference which were suitable for hiring consultants to carry out a broad range of activities. There are also benefits to work closely with the team of consultants ensuring timely delivery and quality of outputs.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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