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Schedule for implementation and financing. The WMG should have increased the wastewater tariff to raise the required funding instead of requiring the WUDDC to borrow more from domestic banks. The WUDDC�s audited financial reports indicate that its short-term indebtedness is much higher than the typical for such an enterprise. The more timely reallocation of unused loan proceeds could have achieved full utilization of the loan proceeds including savings on interest during construction.

Project Number: 34472-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater Management
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Land acquisition and resettlement. Because of land use changes in updated urban development programs, the Luobuzui WWTP was relocated after the issuance of the land-use permit. Resettlement impacts were consequently different from those anticipated in the resettlement plans, and identification of a new WWTP site caused implementation delays and difficulties. The change mandated the adaptation of the associated wastewater collection system, which made resettlement more difficult.

Project Number: 34472-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater Management
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The required tariff was accurately estimated at appraisal and was made a loan covenant to assure the Wuhan Urban Drainage Development Company's (WUDDC) financial autonomy. During project implementation, the tariff was adjusted but was still insufficient to achieve the goal set for the WUDDC. The delay in the tariff increase was not only due to lack of support from relevant government agencies, but mainly because of the Wuhan municipal government's (WMG) concerns on social stabilities caused by inflation and overall prices increases in recent years.

Project Number: 34472-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater Management
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Initiating community awareness and participation program (CAPP) activities early on and continuing them beyond the end of the project enhances a project's effectiveness and sustainability.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Timely induction of counterpart staff and building up their capacity is critical to a successful handover of assets to urban local bodies (ULBs) and line agencies.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Providing awards and incentives to contractors for quality and timely delivery, as done by the UDD, helps foster a spirit of competition and better performance.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Achieving critical mass in the staffing of the PMU and project implementation units (PIUs) and retaining key staff members for the duration of the project are important factors in smooth implementation. A number of engineers involved in the project's design and familiar with packaging and contract conditions remained with PMU through implementation and greatly facilitated its execution.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Providing for price variation in the contracts of private operators reduces project risks and is a fair practice.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Including house service connections and door-to-door solid waste collection in the project scope ensures that the assets created will be used effectively.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Small investments can have large impacts and make a big difference to people's lives. Examples from this project include the hospitals in the project cities and the diversion channel for rainwater in Kota.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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A good project performance monitoring system is essential to avoid ad hoc or delayed decisions. Weekly contractor review meetings, a practice introduced by the Urban Development Department (UDD), can help get past implementation hurdles in a timely manner.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Involving specialist agencies for specific components�the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage for this project's heritage component, for example� leads to positive outcomes.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Information, education, and communication aimed at changing the behavior of urban residents are necessary to achieve design results.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Acting in advance to begin designs, package bids, and obtain all statutory clearances can help avoid delays. The cell for obtaining statutory approvals and clearances set up in the project management unit (PMU) at a later stage expedited clearances.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Advance action on the recruitment of project consultants can help avoid delays.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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