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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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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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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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The presence of ADB in such a consortium gives added credence to the project’s viability. Project-level lessons. The validation views that community-based routine rural road maintenance by women proved successful resulting in lower costs and improved work. The approach, using performance-based contracting, addressed the funding shortage to maintain rural roads and assisted poor women in rural communities. This approach to routine rural road maintenance should prove to be a model for similar activities in other provinces not only in PRC but also in other countries.

Project Number: 40626-013
Project Name: Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project
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There is a need for ADB projects to further strengthen the quality of economic analysis, particularly in the areas of quantification and valuation of economic benefits, and shadow pricing, to strengthen reporting on project performance. The methodology needs to be better understood by all, and more consistency is required by ADB staff, consultants, and the government in such analyses. Perhaps better and more explicit guidelines are called for.

Project Number: 40626-013
Project Name: Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project
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Combination of major expressway construction and link roads improvement, including national and provincial highways and rural roads, contributes to inclusive economic growth. On financing, ADB financed 13.2% of the project cost with the balance provided by the national and provincial governments including loans from the Bank of China and the China Construction Bank. Leveraging funds was a key aspect of ADB financing under the project.

Project Number: 40626-013
Project Name: Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project
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Good design, adequate implementation capacity, and strong ownership and dedication from the local government and implementing agencies are key to project success.

Project Number: 40626-013
Project Name: Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project
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Timely adjustments to address design loopholes and implementation issues enhance project performance.

Project Number: 40626-013
Project Name: Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 36455-013
Project Name: Central Yunnan Roads Development Project
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When establishing the project implementation team, it is better to mobilize staff with experience in ADB-financed projects under the same executing agency or implementing agency. The project was the fourth road project supported by ADB in Yunnan and YPDOT (Yunnan Provincial Department of Transport) was the executing agency for all previous projects. Unfortunately, only three working level staff of WKEC (Wukun Expressway Company Limited) had worked in the previous ADB-financed projects.

Project Number: 36455-013
Project Name: Central Yunnan Roads Development Project
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The land acquisition and resettlement costs should be budgeted adequately during project preparation. The resettlement costs for the project increased by over 300%, mainly because of the significant increase in land compensation rates resulting from the nation-wide resettlement policy reform in 2008. When budgeting for resettlement cost, the project team should assess whether the existing resettlement policies are outdated and compare the policies with the market prices to assess whether the policies are reasonable.

Project Number: 36455-013
Project Name: Central Yunnan Roads Development Project
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