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An effective monitoring system that uses clear criteria and indicators to track development, including a digital map monitoring system, contributed significantly to the successful implementation of the project.

Project Number: 34112-013
Project Name: Poor Farmers' Income Improvement Through Innovation Project
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Close coordination between the district governments, the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) and assessment institute for agricultural technologies (AIATs), and the village heads from the start of the project is crucial in ensuring their continuous support after project implementation to sustain the benefits gained from the project.

Project Number: 34112-013
Project Name: Poor Farmers' Income Improvement Through Innovation Project
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The mobilization of farmer groups is most effective with the active participation of village facilitators (50% of whom were women) who are village residents or respected village leaders (e.g., religious leaders), and the successful involvement of a consortium between a national nongovernment organization or NGO, local NGOs, and other civil society organizations.

Project Number: 34112-013
Project Name: Poor Farmers' Income Improvement Through Innovation Project
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Village-based planning, construction using local labors, and the operation and maintenance (O&M) of small- scale village infrastructure have leveraged local resources, as compared with contracting them to a third party. This strategy minimizes potential corruption.

Project Number: 34112-013
Project Name: Poor Farmers' Income Improvement Through Innovation Project
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The focus on very poor, remote villages where limited government programs were operating contributed to the success of the project. The villagers really valued the investments and were willing to provide significant contributions.

Project Number: 34112-013
Project Name: Poor Farmers' Income Improvement Through Innovation Project
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The participatory approach and the adoption of gender mainstreaming in village investment planning and implementation are key factors in the project's success. Poor farmers, including women, decided on the type of investments needed in their villages. That instilled in them a sense of ownership and responsibility that was critical to sustainability.

Project Number: 34112-013
Project Name: Poor Farmers' Income Improvement Through Innovation Project
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As experienced in all past ADB-financed emergency assistance projects in Bangladesh, delegation of authority to ADB's resident mission in the borrower's country is essential for effective monitoring and immediate decision making.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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Experience from the project demonstrated that the adoption of simplified approval procedures for procurement and other project activities is effective and enabled timely implementation of the project, and catalyzes early restoration of people's livelihood in the project-affected areas.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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In Bangladesh, the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and Roads and Highways Department (RHD) are still the two agencies that are reasonably capable of implementing ADB-assisted emergency projects. Implementation experience suggests that emergency assistance projects generally require adequate program for capacity building in the executing agencies, with strong institutional support regarding contract administration and fostering familiarity with ADB procedures for procurement and disbursement.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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For complex multisector projects, monitoring of implementation through a central project steering committee (PSC) at a plenary ministry of the borrower is indispensable. Regular interaction between the borrower and ADB through the PSC contributed greatly to the success of the project. The use of a sector approach proved highly beneficial in identifying eligible subprojects spread over a wide geographical area, and enabled reallocation of loan funds from one component/sector to another based on a final needs assessment and performance.

Project Number: 41657-013
Project Name: Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation (Sector) Project
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