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Lesson
Thorough analysis of beneficiary preference, demand, and willingness to pay has to be conducted to ensure that preconceived notions of demand are verified, validated, and confirmed on the ground from the beneficiaries themselves. Very often project proponents from central government agencies have a different concept of needs and priorities from those at the field or local level. Local involvement in project conceptualization ensures greater project success, as there would be better ownership of project components and more accurate identification of needs of intended beneficiaries.

Project Number: 31243-013
Project Name: Integrated Development of Basic Urban Services in Provincial Towns Project
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More careful assessment of the capacity of the executing and implementing agencies should have been made as such programs need to be driven by the borrower and not by ADB or consultants.

Project Number: 36057-013, 36057-023
Project Name: Punjab Resource Management Program
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No new lessons

Project Number: 32336-013
Project Name: Western Yunnan Roads Development Project
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More attention should be given to the executing agency’s implementation ability and its commitment to and ownership of the project. The selection of consultants should have been anchored on better assessments their previous performance.

Project Number: 32058-013
Project Name: Road Sector Development Program
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No new lessons

Project Number: 32023-013, 32023-023
Project Name: Access to Justice Program
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There were no apparent incentives for project management to properly assess project impacts, so the collection and use of baseline data and strengthening of overall monitoring of beneficiaries need a stronger institutional push.

Project Number: 31361-013
Project Name: Rural Enterprise Finance Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 31324-013
Project Name: State Power Sector Reform Project
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The difficulty of enacting legislation in support of a project activity and within the time frame of a project is often underestimated.

Project Number: 30215-013
Project Name: Forest Resources Management Sector Project
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Lesson
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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Lesson
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: 38458-013
Project Name: Infrastructure Development
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Lesson
the components should be better prepared and formulated to facilitate their successful implementation

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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Rigorous due diligence should be carried out on the various proposed components, to ascertain their viability and increase the likelihood of their implementation in practice by obtaining firm upfront commitments from the parties that champion their promotion;

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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Lesson
The focus and selection of project components should take into consideration the developmental context of the country and its absorptive capacity;

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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