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During the surveys and preparation of road works design, more attention should be paid to the current and expected needs of pedestrians in road sections passing through villages.

Project Number: 40610-013
Project Name: Rural Road Sector Project
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The roles and responsibilities of road network development and management are unclear. Stronger government commitment is needed to develop the road sector.

Project Number: 40610-013
Project Name: Rural Road Sector Project
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An ADB review identified shortcomings on some road construction works and poor quality in engineer's cost estimates. These were caused mainly by inadequate designs or poor contractual works and materials. ADB needs to ensure strict compliance with contractors' contractual specifications. Contractors should be held accountable for poor contract performance or substandard materials before the defect liability period following the contract agreements.

Project Number: 40610-013
Project Name: Rural Road Sector Project
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Sufficient contingency is needed to cover cost increases. For future projects, design-build contracting can ensure better engineering and mitigate the risk of price escalation.

Project Number: 40610-013
Project Name: Rural Road Sector Project
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At appraisal, ADB overestimated Armenian Roads Directorate (ARD's) capability to procure consultant services for subproject preparation and construction supervision. For future projects, a more detailed capacity assessment of the executing and implementing agencies is needed during project processing.

Project Number: 40610-013
Project Name: Rural Road Sector Project
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National M&E remains a challenge due to lack of capacity and minimal regional support to assist participating DMCs. While regional evaluations of some activities have taken place, they need to focus on impact or outcome indicators rather than on the process of implementation.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Establishing a project steering committee is challenging where separate development partner committees already exist to oversee arrangements for Pacific countries.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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An executing agency's ability to implement project activities within set timeframes is diluted where there is limited PMU capacity, a lack of experience with ADB procedures, and inadequate executive oversight.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Efforts to strengthen routine surveillance and laboratory capacity will achieve only limited success where health information systems and laboratory services are weak.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Even if a project is aligned with regional strategies, designs need to incorporate sufficient national consultation and consider country absorptive and technical capacity and commitment.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Modifications to project design, the monitoring framework, and the assessment methodology would help future projects using this or a similar PRG modality and projects that combine sovereign, nonsovereign and cofinancing operations. The assessment criteria did not easily accommodate the unique structure of the project or the modality used.

Project Number: 38598-013
Project Name: Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility Project
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The capacity of Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) to promote new investment in Afghanistan and the availability of PRG cover to support such investment was poor because of staff turnover and an inadequate incentive framework. This should have been anticipated and technical assistance could have looked at ways to address this problem.

Project Number: 38598-013
Project Name: Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility Project
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Responsibility for the project was spread out within ADB, causing coordination issues with MIGA and other cofinanciers. For future projects combining sovereign, nonsovereign, and cofinancing operations, having a single focal point within ADB would improve project implementation and prospects for success.

Project Number: 38598-013
Project Name: Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility Project
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Close collaboration with Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), International Development Association (IDA), and Department for International Development (DFID) strengthened project design. It allowed for excellent exchange of experience with regard to PRGs, other insurance products, and how they can best be used to fill market gaps, especially in post-conflict countries.

Project Number: 38598-013
Project Name: Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility Project
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The availability of bankable political risk guarantee (PRG) cover for risks that are within the power of the government to mitigate is important to investors and their financiers. However, such targeted cover cannot address concerns about security and macroeconomic stability.

Project Number: 38598-013
Project Name: Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility Project
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