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Implementation schedules, to be realistic, should be informed by EA/IA existing capacities and project-related experiences.

Project Number: 42361-013, 42361-014
Project Name: Medium-Voltage Sub-Transmission Expansion Sector Project and Additional Financing
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Learning from projects that run into a host of challenges but end up satisfactorily meeting all the safeguards requirements is particularly important to improve safeguards compliance in ADB-financed projects.

Project Number: 42361-013, 42361-014
Project Name: Medium-Voltage Sub-Transmission Expansion Sector Project and Additional Financing
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Clarity of all provisions in the loan and grant agreements and proactive assistance in consultant recruitment and other areas where executing and implementing agency (EA/IA) capacity is lacking will mitigate the risk of startup delays.

Project Number: 42361-013, 42361-014
Project Name: Medium-Voltage Sub-Transmission Expansion Sector Project and Additional Financing
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Lesson
Energy project designs need to carefully consider the rapid changes in technology and the economic environment in ADB member countries.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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Lesson
Project schedules have to be realistic, providing for a time lag between grant/loan approval and effectivity, incorporating doable timeframes for contract processing, and clearly indicating the target dates for the completion of all key activities.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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The delegation of project administration responsibilities to the resident mission during the project helped facilitate close working relationships between ADB staff and key government and EDC officials. The experience EDC gained from this project and the relationships that have developed between the resident mission and government counterparts should greatly benefit any future project.

Project Number: 37041-013
Project Name: Second Power Transmission and Distribution Project
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Lesson
There were implementation delays during the initial period of the project, especially in achieving loan effectiveness, recruiting implementation consultants, and awarding contracts. These delays occurred even though advance procurement action had been approved. To minimize delays in achieving loan effectiveness, it is recommended that the practicalities of achieving all proposed loan effectiveness conditions are reviewed and discussed with the borrower and the executing agency during appraisal.

Project Number: 37041-013
Project Name: Second Power Transmission and Distribution Project
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Lesson
The devolution of project administration responsibilities to the resident mission during the project helped facilitate close working relationships between ADB staff and key officials. The experience Electricite? du Cambodge (EDC) gained in this project and the relationships that have developed between the resident mission and counterparts should greatly benefit any future project.

Project Number: 34390-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project
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Lesson
There were implementation delays in the initial period, especially in achieving loan effectiveness, recruiting implementation consultants, and awarding civil works contracts. These delays occurred even though advance procurement action had been approved. The formation of a new government following loan approval was a major factor in this respect, as was the time taken for a new executing agency to climb the learning curve on use of ADB procurement procedures.

Project Number: 34390-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project
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