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Need to improve access of local communities to the project road. This was noted by the PCR mission in its foray to the local communities. The secondary roads connecting local communities to A380 were not rebuilt to provide better and safe access to the main roadway. The provision for cattle crossings would have further enhanced road safety and should have been considered in the road design.

Project Number: 42107-023
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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No new lessons

Project Number: 39669-013
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Project
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Adequate due diligence needs to be undertaken to ensure that all participating commercial bank (PCBs) are financially sound. In addition to providing a credit line and capacity building through a TA project, policy dialogues should also be mainstreamed into the project to make the effort comprehensive and to sustain the project’s outcomes and outputs. If this was done, the microcredit organization component might not have been dropped from the project.

Project Number: 42007-013
Project Name: Second Small and Microfinance Development Project
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The capacity of national civil work contractors in technology and workmanship needs to be developed to ensure that the quality of civil works is on par with international standards. An environmental monitoring group (EMG) should be established in a timely manner with realistic mandates for monitoring environmental impact throughout project implementation, so that it can fulfill its responsibilities, including information sharing and coordination with the local authorities.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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Cofinancing by Global Environment Facility (GEF) is particularly useful for agricultural projects with environment- sensitive issues like water and soil salinity, and water logging.

Project Number: 37536-013
Project Name: Land Improvement Project
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The salaries of project management unit (PMU) and project implementation unit (PIU) staff should be comparable with prevailing market rates to prevent high turnover.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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On-farm works requiring consultation with and contributions from beneficiaries require considerable time, efforts, and resources. Hence, their design, schedule, resource allocation, and implementation arrangements need to be planned carefully.

Project Number: 37536-013
Project Name: Land Improvement Project
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The project should not engage individual national consultants for construction supervision if there are many project sites due to limited capacity, unless mitigation measure are adopted. Significant inflation affected contracts. However, the contract amount was not adjusted due to the absence of price adjustment provisions in the contract documents, even in cases where the contract period was extended beyond 18 months. Price adjustments should be considered for contracts of less than 18 months when high inflation is likely to occur.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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A thorough review of the project at the midterm review to identify key issues and prepare remedial measures was key to the adequate completion of the project.

Project Number: 37536-013
Project Name: Land Improvement Project
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Initial implementation delays were mainly attributed to delays in: (i) government approval of subproject feasibility studies, and (ii) the engagement of consultants, suppliers, and contractors. These delays could be minimized if government approval procedures involving various ministries are streamlined and approval authority, at least for smaller contracts, is further delegated to the executing agency.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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The project should take fully into account the condition of the power supply, which is critical for water supply services in the country. The availability of water supply relies exclusively on an uninterrupted power supply.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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The government's and beneficiaries' in-kind contributions included in the project cost estimates should be quantifiable to ensure the proper monitoring and audit of the project's financial statements.

Project Number: 37536-013
Project Name: Land Improvement Project
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The selection of appropriate institutions is crucial in targeting poor and low-income households. Commercial banks are constrained to reach large numbers of poor households due to inherent rigidities of bank regulations and policies.

Project Number: 33196-013
Project Name: Small and Microfinance Development Project
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The use of credit lines is not adequate in meeting long-term development needs and constraints of the sector.

Project Number: 33196-013
Project Name: Small and Microfinance Development Project
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The definition of microfinance at appraisal in the context of Uzbekistan should have been given upfront to provide overall guidance in the project design.

Project Number: 33196-013
Project Name: Small and Microfinance Development Project
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