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Project management and monitoring during implementation, especially during the initial stages, is also important. This is because at these stages, more data and information on conditions become available and enable changes to be made to the design to mitigate unforeseen factors that may risk the outcome.

Project Number: 36673-013
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project
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The primary lesson is that emergency support requires additional focus on planning and thorough preparation despite the usual time constraints. Given that conditions in such a situation are often uncertain and unreliable, project design needs to be robust to be able to deliver critical relief to the affected population.

Project Number: 36673-013
Project Name: Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project
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No additional lessons

Project Number: 29629
Project Name: Ulaanbaatar Heat Efficiency Project
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There is no doubt that selecting hydro versus thermal power in Nepal provided a least-cost intervention given the country’s topography and relatively high costs of alternative energy such as diesel and oil. At feasibility study time, alternatives to the adopted design were investigated but ultimately rejected and it now appears when factoring in energy production (actual versus planned), down time due to mechanical problems in the turbines, that including considerations of operational costs into decision making process may have changed the design of the plant.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Project
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ADB should consider promoting complementary rural development initiatives in project-impacted areas with indicators of outcome derived from the impact assessment process. Agencies to be involved in implementing these initiatives should be preferably located at the district or village level. ADB should not rely on the “polluter pays” principle or on compliance mechanisms to implement its safeguards.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Project
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Consider projects with sufficient storage capacity to better address load shedding, which continues to affect economic growth and living standards. To consider such projects, greater knowledge of technical aspects, including geology, hydrology (including extreme events), and sedimentation, should be developed by financing agencies and/or developers.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Project
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Specific loan covenant must be included and strictly enforced. This lesson pertains to the whole subject of loan covenants: they should be more strictly enforced. During ADB Board of Directors’ meeting on 18 March 1996, the Board expressed a similar opinion.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Project
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Involve the Nepal Resident Mission to a greater degree so that problems may be diffused sooner, rather than relying on ADB review missions to react to them later.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Project
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Delays occurred frequently in meeting conditions of loan effectiveness, recruiting consultants, and awarding contracts.

Project Number: XXXXX
Project Name: Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Project
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Experienced foreign investors in power generation have access to private sector technical insurance that sovereign entities may not otherwise have. This is important when technical problems arise that cause major shutdown of operations, as was the case of AKL due to a 2004 fire. Private sector insurance enables unforeseen technical problems to be fixed along with compensation to the insured for revenue loss due to the incident. Foreign investors can leverage important insurance that is often difficult for sovereign entities to acquire.

Project Number: 34912-014
Project Name: AES Kelanitissa Power Project in Sri Lanka
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Close examination and assessment of real capacity is necessary in analyzing economic and financial benefits for private sector power plant projects supported by ADB. Nameplate capacity needs to be considered in the context of a plant’s capacity factor. No power plant runs 100% of the time, and power plants, like that of AKL, that run on auto diesel fuel will need to shut down routinely for scheduled maintenance. Routine maintenance combined with unscheduled shutdowns lower actual net capacity.

Project Number: 34912-014
Project Name: AES Kelanitissa Power Project in Sri Lanka
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Risk of lost revenues due to delayed commissioning and unplanned shutdown associated with mechanical failures can be mitigated by requiring expert power plant developers sponsored by ADB to provide more oversight and guidance to construction contractors.

Project Number: 34912-014
Project Name: AES Kelanitissa Power Project in Sri Lanka
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It is prudent for ADB to consider alternative fuels when appraising the cost and benefits of oil-fired generation plants. Alternative fuels consist of renewable energy sources and thermal fuels, including clean coal options. Private sector support to the power sector is optimized with a comparative analysis of real fuel options.

Project Number: 34912-014
Project Name: AES Kelanitissa Power Project in Sri Lanka
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No additional lessons

Project Number: 39905-014
Project Name: Municipal Natural Gas Infrastructure Development Project
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While it provides the benefit of flexibility (i.e., deferring subprograms wherein the program design cannot be fully defined at appraisal), care must be taken to maximize the achievement of critical objectives even if ongoing subprograms are canceled.

Project Number: 37752-013
Project Name: Power Sector Development Program
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