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Lesson
As experienced in all past ADB-financed emergency assistance projects in Bangladesh, delegation of authority to ADB's resident mission in the borrower's country is essential for effective monitoring and immediate decision making.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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Lesson
Experience from the project demonstrated that the adoption of simplified approval procedures for procurement and other project activities is effective and enabled timely implementation of the project, and catalyzes early restoration of people's livelihood in the project-affected areas.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
Report Date:
Lesson
In Bangladesh, the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and Roads and Highways Department (RHD) are still the two agencies that are reasonably capable of implementing ADB-assisted emergency projects. Implementation experience suggests that emergency assistance projects generally require adequate program for capacity building in the executing agencies, with strong institutional support regarding contract administration and fostering familiarity with ADB procedures for procurement and disbursement.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
Report Date:
Lesson
For complex multisector projects, monitoring of implementation through a central project steering committee (PSC) at a plenary ministry of the borrower is indispensable. Regular interaction between the borrower and ADB through the PSC contributed greatly to the success of the project. The use of a sector approach proved highly beneficial in identifying eligible subprojects spread over a wide geographical area, and enabled reallocation of loan funds from one component/sector to another based on a final needs assessment and performance.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
Report Date: