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The traffic forecast at appraisal was optimistic regarding the first few years after project completion, particularly for freight traffic. Traffic increase assumptions should be carefully reviewed in future projects.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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The most successful elements of the project were those that had been discussed with the relevant authorities at an early stage so that plans developed under the project could feed into government plans. This provided a lasting and replicable impact from the project. Examples are the work with the water authorities on water allocation for the nature reserves, and the work with the tourism authorities on ecotourism development.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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To protect and restore wetlands, strong political support, including funding for nature reserves, is important. To disseminate lessons learned more widely and to help high-level decision making, executing agencies must publish policy briefs.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Monitoring methods and frequencies need to be defined and agreed upon by the government and ADB at the beginning of a project, and followed during implementation by the executing or implementing agencies, to ensure the reliability and replicability of the monitoring data and the effectiveness of the project completion evaluation.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Performance targets and indicators for impact, outcome, and outputs should be realistic and measurable through local efforts, particularly when a target or an indicator has a global perspective. Baseline indicators and targets for project performance, including environmental management, should be developed during project preparation.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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The consulting services for project implementation designed during project preparation did not meet the needs during implementation. This usually happens because needs change over time. To avoid having to undertake contract variations to correct this balance, an approach used in European Union contracts would have allowed greater flexibility; bidders for consulting services are typically evaluated on a small number of long-term key experts; while short-term expertise is not defined in the bidding but decided upon during implementation based on agreed work plans and government demands.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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The steering committee established under the project effectively acted as an inter-agency working committee, with authorization from and representation across various sectors such as land, water, fisheries, and agriculture to coordinate wetland protection efforts. To ensure coordination on inter-sector activities in future projects, such a committee or similar agency should be established before project start-up.

Project Number: 35289-013
Project Name: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
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Strong government ownership is critical to the successful construction of the project and important to facilitate effective implementation and delivery of development results in ADB-financed projects. The Dagushan Hydropower Company (DHC) was consistently proactive and took initiative in solving problems, including the provision of design documents, timely delivery of equipment, approach to dealing with issues, and other areas. DHC's initiative guaranteed appropriate procedures and timely action for key tasks.

Project Number: 39652-033
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program - Project 2: Dagushan Hydropower Project
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Project Number: 26459-013, 26459-022
Project Name: West Henan Agriculture Development Project
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Project Number: 33165-013
Project Name: Yellow River Flood Management (Sector) Project
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Project Number: 32327-013
Project Name: Hebei Province Wastewater Management Project
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Project Number: 35337-013
Project Name: Guangxi Roads Development II Project
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Project Number: 33459-013
Project Name: Xi’an Urban Transport Project
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Project Number: 33443-013
Project Name: Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Wastes Project
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Three years after loan approval, the government made the decision to double track a section of the Yichang-Wanzhou Railway which connects to the subsequent ADB-financed Chongqing-Lichuang Railway. During project implementation, the Ministry of Railways made the investment to increase the capacity of the congested alternative railway routes, which changed some key assumptions made at appraisal. This highlights the importance of incorporating the overall planning of the sector into the appraisal of a specific project.

Project Number: 35339-013
Project Name: Yichang-Wanzhou Railway Project
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