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Lesson
More extensive advertisement of bids could help maximize the participation of qualified bidders, specifically for complex procurement and large contracts.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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ADB’s enhanced capacity building and proactive guidance and support to EAs/IAs help provide enough experience to deal with complex bidding processes and prolonged contract negotiations.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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Giving equal importance to the institutional and capacity support and infrastructure investments under a sector loan strengthens commitment, ownership, and accountability of the executing agency. The implementation of infrastructure component of the project, coupled with timely technical support and capacity building, is pivotal to ensuring project readiness and implementation progress in a highly challenging context.

Project Number: 39298-013
Project Name: City Region Development Project
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A holistic and in-depth assessment of project context and adequate stakeholder consultations are important to ensure project readiness in identification of candidate subprojects and to avoid unnecessary changes leading to delays. For example, change of the location for the solid waste management subproject due to unavailability of land in the originally proposed location.

Project Number: 39298-013
Project Name: City Region Development Project
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For sector loan projects where several past related interventions and investments were provided, building on progress achieved from them and duly taking account of relevant recommendations can optimize project design and fasttrack project implementation towards efficient fund utilization and satisfactory delivery of project outputs. In the case of this project, its design capitalized on the capacity of the implementing agencies strengthened through previous ADB projects and the flexibility of a sector loan to incentivize them to perform and compete for securing the investment funds.

Project Number: 39298-013
Project Name: City Region Development Project
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Undertaking a rigorous risk assessment, including possible mitigation measures during project preparation, helps minimize implementation delays and cost overruns, both of which could undermine the realization of expected project results. A thorough assessment of potential risk factors such as the soundness of supply and demand projections; adequacy and sources of O&M expenditures, including other possible cost-recovery measures; and financial arrangement among borrowers and development partners helps strengthen project preparation.

Project Number: 38164-013
Project Name: Natural Gas Access Improvement Project
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Lesson
Sound planning reduces delays in implementing procurement activities, especially for projects with interdependent components. Specifically, sufficient preparation for procurement planning, scheduling, and costing, given project-specific requirements, are vital in the timely procurement of goods and services. A well-planned procurement leads to a better management of procurement-related activities (e.g., bids, contracts, and others), which in turn, facilitates the timely completion of project components.

Project Number: 38164-013
Project Name: Natural Gas Access Improvement Project
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Lesson
Proactive guidance and support from ADB staff to executing agencies can significantly increase project performance.

Project Number: 42378-015
Project Name: Power System Expansion and Efficiency Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Lesson
Better coordination of activities for power generation capacity expansion and fuel supply pipeline improvement helps avoid delays in realizing the full efficiency gains from the investment.

Project Number: 42378-015
Project Name: Power System Expansion and Efficiency Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Lesson
Another project level lesson is related to the analysis of financial performance of the executing agencies.The PCR analyzed the performance against three major criteria business risk, financial risk and financial flexibility and liquidity. Adding 10-year financial projections of the state gas companies to the performance analysis would provide (i) an understanding of threats and risks, (ii) guidance for policy initiatives, and (iii) measures needed for securing energy supplies through future investments.

Project Number: 35242-013
Project Name: Gas Transmission and Development Project
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Lesson
Better use of consulting services should be considered a primary concern during the preparation and review of bidding documents. Less than 15% of the budget for consulting services in the OCR loan was utilized. Input from additional experts would lower the possibility of rebidding, and project implementation would proceed according to schedule.

Project Number: 35242-013
Project Name: Gas Transmission and Development Project
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Lesson
No additional lessons

Project Number: 36107-013, 36107-023
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Development Program
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Lesson
Energy use and supply optimization can only be accomplished effectively if Bangladesh plans generation capacity optimally. This is an ongoing effort, and the government has been supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to develop and update the power sector master plans.

Project Number: 44192-013
Project Name: Bangladesh–India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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Lesson
Acquisition of land early on and advance actions on contracts were appropriate in avoiding unnecessary delays and in facilitating project implementation.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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Lesson
No new lessons.

Project Number: 31296-013
Project Name: West Zone Power System Development Project
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