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The PPMS report was prepared but not comprehensive. The project performance monitoring system (PPMS) should include all the technical and socioeconomic indicators that are essential to monitor the project's outcome and impact.

Project Number: 38074-013
Project Name: Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The inclusion of a resettlement specialist within consulting services is essential to ensure timely preparation of LARPs.

Project Number: 38074-013
Project Name: Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The quality of civil works for watertight structures, such as the underground and elevated water reservoirs constructed under the project, achieved the required local standards. However, local civil works contractors need further training on technology and workmanship for the construction of water supply facilities, in particular, watertight structures to reach international standards.

Project Number: 38074-013
Project Name: Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Highest priority should be given to international consultants that are qualified and familiar with local rules and regulations related to project implementation.

Project Number: 38074-013
Project Name: Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Adequate local counterpart funds should have been allocated to the PMU and the PIUs to enable them to undertake the basic socioeconomic survey at the start and end of the project.

Project Number: 38074-013
Project Name: Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The salaries of PMU and PIU staff should be comparable with prevailing market rates to prevent the high turnover of PMU and PIU staff.

Project Number: 38074-013
Project Name: Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The project management unit (PMU) and project implementation units (PIUs) should be staffed and consultants recruited in a timely manner to carry out the necessary work at an early stage, such as the preparation of subproject appraisal reports (SARs), land acquisition and involuntary resettlement plans (LARPs), detailed designs, and bid documents; the selection of contractors; and coordination with government agencies and other stakeholders.

Project Number: 38074-013
Project Name: Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Significant inflation during project implementation affected the project cost. The total project cost could have been less than that actually spent, if the initial 2-year delay in implementation had been avoided. Action should have been taken by all the parties concerned including ADB to ensure that the government was taking timely action.

Project Number: 38074-013
Project Name: Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Uninterrupted power supply and assured raw water availability are critical to ensure the sustainability of investments. Such infrastructure constraints that are outside the control of a particular project may reduce the project's benefits as well as accelerate the depreciation of the assets created.

Project Number: 35496-013
Project Name: Western Uzbekistan Rural Water Supply Project
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The midterm review should thoroughly review the project, including knowledge of ground realities, costs, and implementation progress, and come up with a revised project scope, if warranted, keeping in view the budgetary provisions, and a realistic implementation schedule.

Project Number: 35496-013
Project Name: Western Uzbekistan Rural Water Supply Project
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Market-level compensation is necessary to attract and retain competent staff at the PMU and PIUs.

Project Number: 35496-013
Project Name: Western Uzbekistan Rural Water Supply Project
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Consultants should be fielded early in the project implementation period.

Project Number: 35496-013
Project Name: Western Uzbekistan Rural Water Supply Project
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Initial implementation delays need to be reduced. To this end, more work should be completed during project preparation including (a) the preparation of a request for proposal for consulting services, (b) the approval of advance action for the procurement of consulting services and construction contracts, (c) the preparation of feasibility studies and their approval by the government, and (d) the preparation of tender documents for the first contract package.

Project Number: 35496-013
Project Name: Western Uzbekistan Rural Water Supply Project
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Subsidies for household sanitation will be offered, but will be very strictly and transparently targeted at those households measured as �poor level I� and �poor level II� using the Ministry of Planning's national Identification of Poor Households targeting mechanism. This is a proxy means test that measures easily observable household characteristics and assets and is implemented in all 24 provinces.

Project Number: 34382-022
Project Name: Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Recognizing the low capacity and high level of effort required for monitoring and evaluation (M&E), an international M&E firm has been engaged under RWSSP2 to work alongside MRD M&E officers to develop systems and build capacity; and

Project Number: 34382-022
Project Name: Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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