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Apart from offering concessional interest rates,ADB and China National Investment and Guaranty Corporation (I&G) could explore providing enhanced value-added services for ongoing and future financial intermediation loan initiatives in air quality improvement or climate change programs. The global economic slowdown dampened enthusiasm for green investments, while the rise in euro interest rates and the reduction of yuan lending rates since 2022 presented additional challenges for green financing eligible subprojects within the greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region.

Project Number: 50096-002
Project Name: Air Quality Improvement in the Greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region—China National Investment and Guaranty Corporation’s Green Financing Platform Project
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Establishing a realistic resettlement implementation schedule and allowing adequate time to consult with affected persons are essential to reducing the resettlement risks in urban projects.

Project Number: 44021-013
Project Name: Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning
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Competitive market conditions are favorable to improving the quality of engineering designs and the accuracy of project cost estimates.

Project Number: 44021-013
Project Name: Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning
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Better envisioning scope changes and other likely causes of project delays will enable swift actions to be taken to minimize or avoid possible delays.

Project Number: 44021-013
Project Name: Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning
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The government’s commitment and ownership strengthen the project’s credibility. Providing timely response and adequate support from start-up to completion are critical in overcoming the implementation difficulties in various occasions. For instance, the PMO’s leadership could have helped ensurethat assistance was provided on time to implementing agencies. This, in turn, would help in easing delays in the procurement activities and implementation of subprojects.

Project Number: 42383-023
Project Name: Shanxi Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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A project’s medium-term review (MTR provides an opportunity to reassess and modify a project’s DMF, in terms of realistic performance targets, configuration of components and/or outputs, subprojects’ selection, and timeframe of implementation. Project team could strive to review all project’s aspects during an MTR in addition to focusing on project administration and changes in scope.

Project Number: 42383-023
Project Name: Shanxi Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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Dialogue is necessary so that studies and policies can be structured to comply with the government’s requirements. Had this been done during the design stage, the urban public transport promotion policy proposed under the project would not have been rejected.

Project Number: 49232-001
Project Name: Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Air Quality Improvement– Hebei Policy Reforms Program
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It is important to perform technical and economic due diligence and feasibility before policy actions are recommended and implemented.

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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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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Engineering design works could be further improved with more detailed on-site survey and adequate geological exploration to minimize contract variations during implementation due to unexpected geological conditions and missing items in the bill of quantities.

Project Number: 40051-013
Project Name: Gansu Baiyin Urban Development Project
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Procurement of civil works should take full consideration of LAR (land acquisition and resettlement) progress. Otherwise, even if procurement is completed quickly, it may not be possible to commence contract execution. Furthermore, disputes may also arise if land cannot be acquired and transferred to contractors on time.

Project Number: 40051-013
Project Name: Gansu Baiyin Urban Development Project
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