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Lesson
Consultants should be fielded early in project implementation.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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ADB and the government should jointly ensure project readiness before approval (e.g., all relevant studies, including the local feasibility studies should be completed before the start of the project).

Project Number: 34160-023
Project Name: Education Sector Development Project
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More capacity building needs to be provided to the staff of project management units (PMUs) and project implementaiton units (PIUs), particularly during early stages of implementation.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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For the sake of efficiency of resources, similar works should be packaged into bigger contracts suitable for international competitive bidding and more efforts is needed during the prequalification and bid evaluation stages to ensure that the selected contractors are fully familiar with the country norms and practices.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Initial implementation delays can be reduced by completing more works during project preparation such as (a) preparation of request for proposal for consulting services, (b) approval of feasibility studies by the government, (c) preparation of tender documents for the first contract package; and (d) advance actions for the procurement of consulting services or construction contracts.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Market-level compensation is necessary to attract and retain competent staff at PMU, PIUs, and vodokanals.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Local government counterpart funding should not be included in future projects because such funds were invariably delayed which resulted in implementation delays.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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ADB should be more proactive to ensure full compliance with the loan agreement and adherence to ADB procedures relating to procurement of goods and consulting services.

Project Number: 34160-023
Project Name: Education Sector Development Project
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Specifications for operation and maintenance (O&M) equipment should be prepared in consultation with the relevant agencies.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Inadequate allocation and delayed release of counterpart funds can jeopardize project outputs.

Project Number: 34160-023
Project Name: Education Sector Development Project
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For agriculture enterprise development to be successful, sufficient lead time and necessary information and data should be provided, preferably through demonstration farms, for farmers to be convinced of what types of machinery and equipment to procure; subloan procedures should be simplified and the processing time shortened.

Project Number: 31577-013
Project Name: Grain Productivity Improvement Project
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Project management staff benefits should match with those of comparable private sector institutions to prevent high turnover that constrains project management.

Project Number: 31577-013
Project Name: Grain Productivity Improvement Project
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While involving a number of government institutions and building their capacity is desirable for sustainability, enough resources should be provided for effective coordination.

Project Number: 31577-013
Project Name: Grain Productivity Improvement Project
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For water users' associations (WUAs) and other community-based organizations to be effective and sustainable, they should have a good source(s) of income and reasonable leverage to collect.

Project Number: 31577-013
Project Name: Grain Productivity Improvement Project
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The implementation period should be realistic, determined after a thorough analysis of activities and their inter-relations and sequence. As the design implementation period of the project was short, some targets, particularly those related to varietal development and testing, were ambitious.

Project Number: 31577-013
Project Name: Grain Productivity Improvement Project
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