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Timely and appropriate disclosure of ADB’s audited project financial statements enhances stakeholders' ability to meaningfully engage with ADB and promotes good governance. Timely disclosure of project financial performance needs to be ensured in future projects.

Project Number: 47182-001
Project Name: Southern Road Connectivity Project
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Delays in land acquisition could bar projects from proceeding with civil works as planned. Because of this experience with contract package (CP) 2, it was decided that at least 50% of the land requirement for C5 will be acquired before contract award. The strategy proved effective in minimizing Implementation delays and should be considered in future projects.

Project Number: 47182-001
Project Name: Southern Road Connectivity Project
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Informing utility agencies of project needs prior to the start of civil works could reduce the time required for utility shifting thus putting the project in a better position to timely meet its Implementation schedule. Early communication may also help to integrate utility agency requirements into road designs, thus ensuring the sustainability of assets.

Project Number: 47182-001
Project Name: Southern Road Connectivity Project
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Procurement usually takes extra time due to process-related issues that can be mitigated by (i) strengthening progress monitoring and quality assurance mechanisms during project preparatory work, including bid document Preparation; (ii) appointing dedicated committees and staff, including a technical evaluation committee for road projects, a procurement committee with enforced deadlines, and a staff in the project management unit to coordinate and manage procurement activities; and (iii) providingCapacity development training for the relevant committee.

Project Number: 47182-001
Project Name: Southern Road Connectivity Project
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Ambitious targets create potential issues and expose the project to higher implementation risks as the executing and implementing agencies must spread their meager resources to more outputs.

Project Number: 38357-013
Project Name: National Highways Sector Project
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The preparation of detailed designs for project roads at the pre-feasibility and project appraisal levels could be subjected to more thorough technical scrutiny.

Project Number: 38357-013
Project Name: National Highways Sector Project
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The absorptive capacity of the executing and implementing agencies, including the number of technical staff, their expertise, experience, and knowledge in project management processes and peculiarities, needs to be properly evaluated before setting the appropriate output targets.

Project Number: 38357-013
Project Name: National Highways Sector Project
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The number of projects and subprojects to be implemented under any assistance package must consider the absorptive capacity of local contractors, availability of construction materials, and local labor. Close attention must be given to the quality of the facilities and infrastructures built. Utilizing local contractors and labor have their trade-offs, such as implementation delays and deficiency in financial resources, but the quality of the completed facilities is nonnegotiable. This would require closer supervision, frequent monitoring, and faster processing of payments.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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It is best to allocate available local resources and assistance, including loans based on sector priorities, through a participatory process involving all stakeholders and beneficiaries.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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The performance-based maintenance (PBM) approach enhances the sustainability of road investments.

Project Number: 38357-013
Project Name: National Highways Sector Project
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Ensuring project implementation readiness can help prevent cost overruns and implementation delays.

Project Number: 38357-013
Project Name: National Highways Sector Project
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Having the necessary government support and participation and technical expertise, along with appropriate management information systems and innovative approaches, can facilitate the implementation of land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) activities.

Project Number: 38357-013
Project Name: National Highways Sector Project
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Agreement should be reached with the government at the central and provincial levels regarding the budgeting of funds for road maintenance. This agreement should cover all roads in the province rather than just project roads. This should ensure the sustainability of project roads and future roads financed by ADB, although it was not implemented at the time of the PCR.

Project Number: 39619-013
Project Name: Eastern and North Central Provincial Road Project
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ADB’s procurement and disbursement procedures are too complex for small entities.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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Decentralization improves local community and institutional ownership.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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