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ADB staff need to be trained in economic analysis, specifically the identification, quantification, and valuation of economic benefits. This would improve the credibility of EIRR calculations.

Project Number: 39019-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project
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Since capacity building components of projects are rarely on the critical path to project completion, such as the institutional reform and corporate governance improvement component of this project, capacity building could be undertaken as a stand-alone technical assistance to avoid implementation delays caused by other components of the project.

Project Number: 39019-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project
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Traffic forecasts could be more realistic considering the low traffic volumes in the XME’s and local roads’ initial years of operation. The PVR adds that stronger evaluation on economic efficiency aspects is needed to demonstrate the performance of the individual project components and how these contribute to the EIRR.

Project Number: 42018-013
Project Name: Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project
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Risk management needs to consider factors outside the control of the executing agency. The completion of the 4-kilometer link to another expressway (para. 15) could have been settled through a signed agreement between the two provincial governments to ensure the achievement of expected benefits.

Project Number: 42018-013
Project Name: Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project
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For a project with clear demonstration value, dissemination activities need to be encouraged. Dissemination techniques were discussed during loan review missions (knowledge products including videos and information being available on the regional knowledge hub established by ADB and Tongji University as examples) but the PCR was silent on these initiatives.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Impact indicators need not always be project-specific.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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To avoid significant delays (4 years) in agreeing on compensation, careful consideration needs to be given to the following: (i) the location of the proposed house relocation site need to be close to the original houses; (ii) compensation rates offered should be higher due to cost inflation of construction materials; and (iii) the relocation sites need to be comparable.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Review missions are opportunities for ADB to transfer best practices in project management. This includes giving the executing and implementing agencies guidance on how (i) to properly record and classify project cost categories to ensure transparency and correct representation of costs, and (ii) to assess the project’s economic and financial benefits.

Project Number: 42017-013
Project Name: Second Heilongjiang Road Network Development Project
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Realistic projections of traffic volume and economic development at appraisal. This validation adds another project-level lesson:

Project Number: 42017-013
Project Name: Second Heilongjiang Road Network Development Project
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In the absence of a positive financial return, yet with significant development impact, it is important that infrastructure road projects are well integrated in a road network plan to ensure government commitment to maintain the investment.

Project Number: 42017-013
Project Name: Second Heilongjiang Road Network Development Project
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Dialoguing to better understand existing regulations and policies is vital to ensuring project compliance with government requirements.

Project Number: 49232-001
Project Name: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Air Quality Improvement-Hebei Policy Reforms Program
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Policy action recommendations need to be backed by adequate technical and economic due diligence, including feasibility studies.

Project Number: 49232-001
Project Name: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Air Quality Improvement-Hebei Policy Reforms Program
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A realistic policy framework with manageable policy actions is needed to implement air quality reforms.

Project Number: 49232-001
Project Name: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Air Quality Improvement-Hebei Policy Reforms Program
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Strong commitment and coordination among development partners make the attainment of policy reforms more feasible.

Project Number: 49232-001
Project Name: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Air Quality Improvement-Hebei Policy Reforms Program
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Sustained engagement is important in undertaking policy reforms that may take many years to implement.

Project Number: 49232-001
Project Name: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Air Quality Improvement-Hebei Policy Reforms Program
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