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Strong demand from CAREC for similar TA projects is confirmed in annual TSCC meetings and there is also potential demand from South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) countries and other DMCs for similar TA projects which are being discussed in road safety workshops and conferences. The coordination of activities of this TA with relevantinternational development agencies, agencies in CAREC member countries, civil society and other stakeholders to avoid overlapping and to maximize the effectiveness of the project can be replicated in other TA projects.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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The follow-on TA has road safety component to support the implementation of some findings of this TA which is costed at $1 million.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Road safety requires a multi-disciplinary approach so actions on road safety needs to be taken at country level considering different approaches. Accordingly, the follow up TA (TA 9754: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Knowledge Sharing and Services in Transport and Transport Facilitation Phase 2) includes more national capacity development events to support DMCs was established and became an integral block of this program.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Road safety know-how in different countries are at different levels, and it isimportant to have regular meetings with government counterparts to ensure that the TA remains relevant to their needs, and to fine tune if their needs change. It is also important to build close relationships with other non-government stakeholders and determine if they have activities in the road safety sector to avoid duplication. The follow-up TA includes more regional, and national capacity development activities to support CAREC DMCs.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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The training focusing on road safety engineering was aligned to ADB’s operations which led integration of road safety evaluation tools into CAREC road projects and consideration of road safety in the projects. The workshops featured practical trainings in blackspot investigation and road safety audit which was designed to assist road agencies in CAREC countries in providing safer roads.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Providing women with livelihood skills training, aside from jobs during can construction, can maximize the gender benefits of ADB-assisted road projects.

Project Number: 42107-013
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program
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Detailed designs adequate for procurement have to be completed prior to the tender of civil works contracts.

Project Number: 42107-013
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program
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Project and contract durations need to consider all the factors that could affect implementation.

Project Number: 42107-013
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program
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Developing integrated road transport corridors will optimize regional economic impacts.

Project Number: 42107-013
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program
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The implementation of the project was initially delayed by the bankruptcy of the originally selected contractor’s parent firm. This bankruptcy occurred prior to mobilization and as such no additional costs were incurred. However, the additional procurement process led to significant delays and additional costs for both ADB and the borrower. It would be useful to learn more about the contractors and to review procedures for assessing their financial sustainability.

Project Number: 42107-033
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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There were issues associated with working with the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade (MFERIT) during the project. MFERIT is responsible for registering all construction contracts in the country, but it appears that there are slow processes within MFERIT, which delayed the process and led to significant detrimental effect on the progress of the contractor mobilization. ADB can work with MFERIT to improve processes generally, or at least identify a fast-track approach for externally funded projects.

Project Number: 42107-033
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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A number of the indicators in the DMF are framed inadequately. For example, the indicator related to road beneficiaries claimed that 4.5 million people would benefit. It was not clear how this was measured, as the area of the project itself is basically uninhabited. While it was also clear that some indicators were dropped during project implementation, such as the number of women expected to benefit from the project (para. 16).

Project Number: 42107-033
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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The original forecasts for traffic intensity on the road section may have not warranted a four-lane road improvement (para. 13). While the PCR listed an economic downturn in Uzbekistan for this, the validation notes that the methodology followed for the estimation of traffic intensity at initial appraisal, contract completion, and reappraisal was poorly structured. Estimating traffic based upon extremely short surveys is known to introduce significant potential inaccuracies. This appears to be a common issue, with insufficient emphasis being placed upon traffic surveys.

Project Number: 42107-033
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Detailed designs are essential to ensuring the efficacy of bidding and procurement processes.

Project Number: 42107-033
Project Name: CAREC Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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A realistic estimation of project and contract duration requires careful consideration of all the factors that could affect implementation.

Project Number: 42107-033
Project Name: CAREC Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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