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Both support facilities were critical to the crisis response of Bangladesh as no other development partners provided any crisis-related assistance or program support during the program period. However, the pricing (interest spread of 200 basis points above the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR) and maturity (5 years) of the CSF loan makes it is less suitable for a poorer country like Bangladesh.

Project Number: 43157-013
Project Name: Public Expenditure Support Facility Program and Countercyclical Support Facility Support Program
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Experience from the project demonstrates that prompt loan processing and disbursement is crucial to success of such budgetary support provided during a crisis situation. [Main text, paras. 10, 11, 54]

Project Number: 42166-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project
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Safety net programs are proven effective for mitigating critical food crises at times of price increases and natural disasters. Implementation of safety net programs requires experienced and committed human resources for food management, transparent identification of beneficiaries, and systematic and efficient distribution of food grains among beneficiaries. Finally, close monitoring oversight and evaluation are essential for improving the implementation and impact of safety net programs.

Project Number: 42166-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project
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As experienced in all past ADB-financed emergency assistance projects in Bangladesh, delegation of authority to the ADB resident mission in the borrower's country is essential for effective monitoring and immediate decision-making. [Main text, paras. 16, 29, 30, 56]

Project Number: 42166-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project
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For a complex multi-component project, regular monitoring of the implementation progress and pourashava performance by the executing authority is indispensable. Regular interaction between the borrower and ADB, and ADB and the pourashavas through the projec management office contributed greatly to the success of the project. The use of a sector modality proved highly appropriate for performance-based allocation of funds among the competing pourashavas. This approach should be followed in all future ADB assistance to the pourashavas.

Project Number: 29041-013
Project Name: Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector)
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For short-duration and emergency assistance projects, ADB should maintain better coordination with the executing agency throughout the whole project period and afterward to assess the project's impact in the next few years. [Main text, para. 55]

Project Number: 42166-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project
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The Local Government Engineering Department should have submitted withdrawal applications on time and ADB disbursements against the applications also had to be timely, to sustain the flow of funds. [Main text, para. 60(v)]

Project Number: 30209-013
Project Name: Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
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The quality of subproject planning and design depended on the quality of the consulting firms and their staff. National consulting firms for the feasibility studies and detailed design should therefore have been better managed by the Local Government Engineering Department. [Main text, para. 60(iv)]

Project Number: 30209-013
Project Name: Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
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Project delays could have been reduced significantly if the project director and other staff had been appointed on time, if competent consulting firms were managed for timely delivery and if the contracts had provided for price increases. [Main text, para. 60(iii)]

Project Number: 30209-013
Project Name: Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
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The project had significant positive impact through increased crop and fish production and through its micro-credit operations. [Main text, para. 60(ii)]

Project Number: 30209-013
Project Name: Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
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Information campaigns through subproject fact sheets as part of the member education program, and the project newsletter proved more successful than the nongovernment organization facilitator. Bylaws were well drafted by the executive committees of the water management cooperative associations. [Main text, para. 60(i)]

Project Number: 30209-013
Project Name: Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
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The establishment of the Integrated Water Resources Management Unit (IWRMU) in 2003 to monitor completed subprojects further enhanced the commitment of Local Government Engineering Department to the sustainable management of small-scale water resources subprojects. The current frequency of staff transfers and re-posting at the IWRMU, on the other hand, diminishes initiative and commitment to work. [Main text, para. 60(vi)]

Project Number: 30209-013
Project Name: Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
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Relocation of electricity poles and telecommunication lines was a common problem faced in almost all contract packages. Early identification and preparation - such as sufficient survey provision, accurate cost estimation, adequate and timely budgeting, and adequate coordination with concerned departments and state organizations - should be incorporated into future subprojects.

Project Number: 37066-023
Project Name: MFF - Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program (Subproject 1)
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Some of the construction delays were caused by nonavailability of the contractors, including lack of working facilities, mobilization of resources, and/or skilled and qualified staff. Also, some of the civil work packages were geographically spread out which made it difficult for the contractors to manage their resources, labor, and materials. In future project formulation, the size of contracts should be adjusted to the availability of contractors. Also, as a sector-wide issue, the capacity of the construction industry should be increased substantially.

Project Number: 37066-023
Project Name: MFF - Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program (Subproject 1)
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The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (Prime Minister's Rural Roads Program) roads usually generate new traffic and are sometimes being used as a shortcut if they provide a through route. Some field visits identified that some of the roads being used as shortcuts have already deteriorated. Consultation with communities also revealed that local residents were concerned about the quality of design and that it might not cater for future traffic.

Project Number: 37066-023
Project Name: MFF - Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program (Subproject 1)
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