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Partial rehabilitation of irrigation systems is less effective than complete rehabilitation. Two issues arose from the partial rehabilitation approach: (a) significant infrastructure constraints remained following the partial rehabilitation, limiting the effectiveness and efficiency of the investment; and (b) there were public misconceptions about the rehabilitation program, which contributed to the project complaints raised by nongovernment organizations (NGOs).

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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The Ministry of Water Resources and Land Reclamation (MWRLR) did not have the expertise to deliver the output of improved agricultural technologies. An alternative implementing agency such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development may have had more success in delivering this output.

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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Improving on-farm agricultural productivity is important for project efficiency and sustainability. Access to irrigation water is not the only constraint on improving crop yields. Higher farm incomes from yield improvements due to productivity gains make it easier to pay water use fees and sustain operation and mainetnance (O&M) of irrigation infrastructure.

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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There is a high project administration burden associated with a large number of civil works and equipment contracts.

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 34569-013
Project Name: Republic of Tajikistan: Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Rehabilitation Project (Phase I)
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No new lessons

Project Number: 32494-023
Project Name: Agriculture Rehabilitation Project
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Need for adequate advisory services to help prepare required legal and regulatory changes to speed up program implementation. The program also shows the benefits of integrated approaches to microfinance development support that promote capacity development of MFIs in conjunction with necessary reforms in the underlying policy environment.

Project Number: 33040-013, 33040-023
Project Name: Microfinance Systems Development Program [Loan 2000-2001-TAJ]
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Transparency and fairness in resource allocation. The use of objective, transparent (poverty index), and fair criteria in allocating assistance funds elicits trust and a positive response from the community.

Project Number: 37175-013
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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Rationalization of PHC institutions and provision of adequate health financing should go 'hand in hand'. Thus, the restructuring of health institutions should be accompanied by trained primary health care (PHC) staff, sufficient coverage of PHC facilities, adequate supplies of essential drugs and medical commodities, and health reform;

Project Number: 33036-013
Project Name: Health Sector Reform Project
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Complementary project inputs. The combination of the Education Sector Reform Project (ESRP) and the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) School Improvement Project was a demonstration of successful coordination of projects pursuing related objectives within the same organization.

Project Number: 37175-013
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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Where WUAs are expected to participate in designing irrigation and drainage schemes, it is important that they be established in advance of the design process to ensure ownership.

Project Number: 32494-023
Project Name: Agriculture Rehabilitation Project
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Holistic approach. The project design, which simultaneously strengthens three pillars of support the line ministry (MInistry of Education or MOE), the school, and the community proved to be a good model for future education projects.

Project Number: 37175-013
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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Engaging local expertise to undertake the survey and design of works expedites implementation, reduces costs associated with engaging international and national consultants for the purpose, provides the government with continuing access to project-relevant expertise, and builds national capacity for future projects.

Project Number: 32494-023
Project Name: Agriculture Rehabilitation Project
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Intensive information campaigns ensure a high degree of community participation in PHC management, sourcing of financing, co-sharing, contributions in kind, and other expressions of support that help to sustain health reform projects.

Project Number: 33036-013
Project Name: Health Sector Reform Project
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Sense of ownership at the higher level. Developing a strong sense of ownership at the higher level of the hierarchy is as important as developing it at the ground level.

Project Number: 37175-013
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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