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Multilateral and bilateral agreement would be more helpful if undertaken before loan approval as it would indicate buy-in and commitment by participating countries.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Information Highway
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Consultation with service agencies during project design stage is best, as their hands-on experience and knowledge of the sector would enhance project availability and allow them to align with the proposed project.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Information Highway
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In a highly time-sensitive sector such as ICT, high project readiness could help prevent start-up delays and enforce the commitment of the executing agencies.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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Regional projects, wherein overall project outputs are achieved through the interconnecting outputs of individual countries, should provide for an overarching, hands-on, and flexible mechanism to ensure timely execution of project activities within all the countries as well as coordination across countries.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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For projects involving many stakeholders, maximum consideration should be given in the project design to efficient and streamlined implementation arrangements. Also, in the design of projects in highly time-sensitive sectors, an institutional set-up is needed that will help to expedite implementation schedules, provide flexibility in adapting to market changes, and engage private sector stakeholders who are generally more active in such sectors.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Information Highway Project
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The importance of strong project sponsors. The project clearly demonstrated the importance of strong and committed project sponsors to help ensure the success of a project. Telenor had the technical competence, managerial skills, and extensive telecommunications experience to run a world-class telecommunications operation in Bangladesh. Grameen Bank, for its part, had the brand recognition and distribution network to help market Grameenphone’s services in both urban and rural areas. Both companies have also observed high ethical standards.

Project Number: 37920-014
Project Name: Grameenphone Telecommunications Project and Grameenphone Telecommunications Expansion Project
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Need for thorough review of legal documents. The flaw in the wording in one of the agreements could have been avoided. ADB needs to thoroughly review all legal documents, particularly those that could cause it financial or reputational harm.

Project Number: 37920-014
Project Name: Grameenphone Telecommunications Project and Grameenphone Telecommunications Expansion Project
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