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A systematic and careful problem diagnosis at the project level strengthens the choice of appropriate operational option (i.e., an investment or a policy, or a combination of both) in meeting the development constraint. During a midterm review when project restructuring is required due to changes in scope, this permits necessary adjustments to project components while helping to ensure that a project remains relevant and its expected outcomes achievable.

Project Number: 43024-013
Project Name: Xinjiang Altay Urban Infrastructure and Environment Improvement Project
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A rigorous appraisal establishes the technical soundness of a project’s economic viability and its rationale. For a multisector project designed for remote regions, it is important to undertake a systematic project-level economic analysis to appropriately capture and value the diverse benefits from such a type of project. Such a critical assessment helps refine the methodology, assumptions, parameters, and numeraires of a project-level economic analysis.

Project Number: 43024-013
Project Name: Xinjiang Altay Urban Infrastructure and Environment Improvement Project
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Defining appropriate roles for institutions and working arrangements and building institutional capacity can help them respond flexibly to changes during implementation and make the necessary changes in project design and scope.

Project Number: 43025-013
Project Name: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Assessing uncertainties and risks thoroughly and taking appropriate mitigation measures are critical for project success. This applies more for urban infrastructure development projects with interrelated components. Adequate preparations to deal with adverse scenarios arising from financial and technical risks can help deal with cancellations and delays in project components.

Project Number: 43025-013
Project Name: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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More detailed onsite surveys and adequate geological explorations during project preparation will minimize the need for contract variations during implementation.

Project Number: 43025-013
Project Name: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Properly administered procurement and effective contract management are vital to ensuring high quality of works, equipment, and consulting services while keeping costs reasonable.

Project Number: 43025-013
Project Name: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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While they could cause implementation delays, scope and design changes can improve the overall performance of projects.

Project Number: 43025-013
Project Name: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Wastewater reuse can help combat land desertification.

Project Number: 43024-013
Project Name: Xinjiang Altay Urban Infrastructure and Environment Improvement Project
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Consolidation and simplification of component plans and monitoring and implementation instruments are crucial to efficaciously executing integrated project approaches with inherently complex designs.

Project Number: 43024-013
Project Name: Xinjiang Altay Urban Infrastructure and Environment Improvement 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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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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Land acquisition and resettlement policies, to be effective, have to be robust and flexible enough to respond changes in development policies.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Advance preparation of the bidding documents improve the reliability of cost estimates.

Project Number: 40642-014
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Extensive, participatory consultations were conducted during project design and implementation. The needs and requirements of the beneficiaries and affected people, mostly ethnic minority groups, were incorporated into the design. As ADB's first loan for urban development in XUAR, the project prioritized promoting inclusive growth and sustainable development in the region through introducing a new urban development perspective, which addressed social benefits, environmental protection, and public participation.

Project Number: 39228-033
Project Name: Xinjiang Municipal Infrastructure and Environmental Improvement Project
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