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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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Along with consultations related to project formulation and design, consultation with participating towns on cost recovery, tariffs, and user charges is crucial forsustainability.

Project Number: 29120-013
Project Name: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 42477-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Post-Conflict Recovery
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In a country where data is scarce, of relative poor quality, and thus hard to interpret, economic and social analysis and monitoring and evaluation of projects need to focus on individual subprojects rather than broad aggregations.

Project Number: 38618-012
Project Name: Road Sector Improvement Project
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ADB should consider a sector-wide approach rather than standalone maintenance contracts to make road investments sustainable. Timor-Leste needs a road sector maintenance program and this program must include an institutional set-up, a policy framework, programming, implementation capacity, and funding that are effective and adequate.

Project Number: 38618-012
Project Name: Road Sector Improvement Project
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By extending the benefits of national road development, ADB road sector projects will get more support and facilitate economic growth and poverty reduction more effectively. The coverage and quality of the maintenance that can be expected on project roads should be thoroughly assessed and spelled out upfront before future interventions in the country.

Project Number: 38618-012
Project Name: Road Sector Improvement Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 36318-013, 36318-023
Project Name: Assam Power Sector Development Program
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While funded as a separate project, TA activities were well integrated into the overall project, resulting in effective guidance being provided in achieving project outputs. Consultants served as lead resource persons and technical support in (i) various training activities, (ii) completion of IEM strategies and action plans, (iii) formulation and revision of 33 local laws and regulations, and (iv) implementation of 18 pilot sites.

Project Number: 36445-022
Project Name: Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation Project
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The importance of establishing a properly functioning M&E system, which must not only monitor the performance of PRC–GEF partnership and individual investment projects but also monitor for global environmental benefits. Without such an M&E system, it will not be possible to verify the impact of PRC–GEF partnership interventions with respect to combating land degradation, reducing poverty, and conserving biodiversity.

Project Number: 36445-022
Project Name: Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation Project
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Integrated monitoring and evaluation system–management information system for higher education institutions. There is ongoing development of an integrated monitoring and evaluation system backed up by a management information system at the Directorate General of Higher Education (DGHE) that is linked to individual higher education institutions.

Project Number: 31081-013
Project Name: Technological and Professional Skills Development Sector Project
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Institutionalizing linkages between educational entities and industries nationally and at the higher education institution level can be a good practice. For example, by having a forum through which employers can give advice on national and institution specific policies, plans and programs. Linkages between educational entities and industries by way of collaboration in curriculum design and partnerships in job orientation programs were observed during the IEM. However, the extent varies depending on the higher education institution.

Project Number: 31081-013
Project Name: Technological and Professional Skills Development Sector Project
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