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Midterm review and appraisal for additional financing are opportune times to revise and enhance the project DMF indicators and baselines.

Project Number: 37381-013, 37381-023
Project Name: Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project
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Completion of detailed designs and safeguard compliances before loan processing will minimize the likelihood of cost overruns.

Project Number: 37381-013, 37381-023
Project Name: Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project
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Strong political will to adjust tariffs is crucial to ensuring the financial sustainability of water supply schemes.

Project Number: 37381-013, 37381-023
Project Name: Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project
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Fewer contracts and adequate contract management capacity in the executing and/or implementing agencies (EA/IAs) are vital to ensuring the efficacious completion of civil works.

Project Number: 37381-013, 37381-023
Project Name: Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project
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The project lacked focus as it included interventions in several key areas; a less ambitious results framework and reasonable implementation schedule would have brought more success.

Project Number: 39419-013
Project Name: Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
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During project appraisal, more attention needs to be given to preparing moderate base cost estimates and reflecting in the contingency provisions the currency and market risks/

Project Number: 39419-013
Project Name: Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
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Inadequate risk assessments can lead to unrealistic project schedules.

Project Number: 39419-013
Project Name: Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
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Creating new units within well-established organizations, especially government agencies, to support project implementation requires careful planning, a clear mandate, and institutional ownership.

Project Number: 39419-013
Project Name: Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
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Flexibility in design fosters the successful mainstreaming of new and innovative schemes.

Project Number: 39419-013
Project Name: Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
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Considering the lack of commercial skills in the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority to facilitate private sector investment, better results were possible with the allocation of more international experts and person-months of consulting services.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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Successful implementation of the gender action plan (GAP) had measurable changes in women’s status; therefore the formulation of a GAP may be mainstreamed for similar projects with distribution system components.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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A single point of contact in the EA/IA will facilitate ADB implementation support.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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It is advisable not to task new and/or under-resourced entities with managing complex project designs with myriad stakeholders and a requirement for multiple approvals.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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Careful assessment of the capacities of executing agencies (EAs) and implementing agencies (IAs) supports the formulation of realistic timetables.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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Tsunami risk in the Indian Ocean is now better understood and should be considered in similar major infrastructure investments along coastal and low-lying areas.

Project Number: 31501-013, 31501-023, 31501-033
Project Name: Secondary Towns and Rural Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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