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The rapid urbanization and transformation of cities in the PRC means that resettlement safeguards are a critical element of urban projects throughout project preparation and implementation. This is particularly complex in the eastern coastal cities, such as Fuzhou, that experienced unplanned housing development.

Project Number: 35340-013
Project Name: Fuzhou Environmental Improvement Project
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Public announcement of the resettlement cutoff date and its notification to affected villagers should be supported by robust evidence of the established cutoff date such as unambiguous aerial photographs. Local authorities should also try to prevent people from building illegal structures and should rigorously enforce the cutoff date.

Project Number: 35340-013
Project Name: Fuzhou Environmental Improvement Project
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Roadside stations were introduced to promote community development along the local roads covered by the project by linking the roads with local community activities. However, in the current institutional arrangement, the Gansu Provincial Transportation Department (GPTD) does not have enough resources, including staff and funds, to operate the roadside stations. This brings their sustainability into question.

Project Number: 33470-013
Project Name: Gansu Roads Development Project
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Subproject selection criteria guided the selection, but the Fujian provincial government's active role in subproject selection contributed to the project's success. Most subprojects made significant progress during project implementation despite the global financial crisis in 2008.

Project Number: 33439-013
Project Name: Fujian Soil Conservation and Rural Development II Project
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If possible, pavement layers should be constructed after one year or more of settlement of earthwork, depending on the type of treatment of collapsible losses.

Project Number: 33469-013
Project Name: Ningxia Roads Development Project
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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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For projects that encounter collapsible loess, sufficient budget should be allocated to design of foundation treatment and its construction, which is much more economical than to remedy deformation of road when inappropriately treated loess settles at a later stage.

Project Number: 33469-013
Project Name: Ningxia Roads Development Project
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The costs of construction materials were underestimated. The price for some construction materials, such as cement, steel, stone, and sand increased substantially during project construction. Although there was a price escalation clause in the contracts, price negotiations and contract variations and approval of the variations took considerable time and caused delay in the financial closure of the project.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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Careful and adequate analysis of properties of collapsible loess at project site is necessary, because different types of collapsible loess behave differently while some treatment methods are more effective than others for certain types of loess.

Project Number: 33469-013
Project Name: Ningxia Roads Development Project
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There has been a continuing process of adaptation of the project to the latest construction and operation technology and more environmentally friendly solutions. This has demonstrated that such innovation and reform can improve cost effectiveness, efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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The holistic approach for rural development was not sufficiently emphasized in the project document. The original project design involved a large number of subprojects across 50 counties. This may have overextended loan resources. Reduced and focused geographic coverage would have eased project management pressure at the provincial level and amplified the effect of this holistic approach.

Project Number: 33439-013
Project Name: Fujian Soil Conservation and Rural Development II Project
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Having sufficient consultation and participation with stakeholders helps to promote ownership and responsibility. During implementation, a great number of consultation meetings were conducted on the design, construction, safeguards, job opportunities, ethnic minority culture protection, gender, and social mpacts. These included hundreds of participants including representatives of local governments, nongovernment organizations, potential customers, ethnic minority groups, and women's federations at town, county, and city levels.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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Private enterprises played an important role in advancing the agriculture sector through branding and marketing of farm produce, introducing quality standards and technology, investing to improve farm infrastructure, and providing extension services. Farmers also benefited from advice on agricultural inputs, credit services, and increased farm gate prices.

Project Number: 33439-013
Project Name: Fujian Soil Conservation and Rural Development II 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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