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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 32513-013
Project Name: Power Rehabilitation Project
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Lesson
Overreliance on the private sector for power generation investments when there are structural issues in the distribution sector that may not result in desired outcomes. Financial viability and cost recovery in the sector are important considerations for private sector investments in power generation in the absence of opportunities to sell electricity outside the state.

Project Number: 29473-013, 29473-023
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Development Program [Loans 1868/1869]
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Lesson
Restoring financial viability of the power sector in Madhya Pradesh requires a holistic approach encompassing technical, institutional, and governance measures. The Madhya Pradesh power sector has been suffering from structural problems such as persistently high level of ATC losses, increasing cost of generation and power purchase, and limited scope of tariff increase as industrial tariffs have already reached the cost of captive power generation.

Project Number: 29473-013, 29473-023
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Development Program [Loans 1868/1869]
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Lesson
Regulatory and institutional reforms alone are important, but they will not result in improved performance in the absence of accountability and incentives. The SDP was based on the premise that regulatory and institutional reforms will improve the performance of sector entities. Although the regulatory and institutional reforms were implemented as intended, the sector entities except for MPTransco showed no significant improvement in performance.

Project Number: 29473-013, 29473-023
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Development Program [Loans 1868/1869]
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Lesson
The design and supervision consultancy contract should ensure that the supervision services are made available during construction even if the mobilization of construction work is delayed by a considerable period.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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Lesson
The loan covenants should be clearly set during project design so that they can be monitored properly during project implementation.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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Lesson
The onlending facilities to the private sector through commercial banks worked well under the project. This modality may also be used in future for private sector financing.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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Lesson
The executing agencies should use the advance-action provision of ADB to their best. As a result, contracts could be signed immediately after loan effectiveness and the project could be successfully completed.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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Lesson
Timely acquisition of land is a fundamental requirement for successful completion of a project. The acquisition process should start earlier, maybe before appraisal, so that possession of land can be achieved before loan effectiveness.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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Lesson
Dependence on consultants for project preparation and implementation undermines the initiatives of executing agencies� staff for implementing projects on time and for maintaining satisfactory standards. Therefore, executing agencies should build in-house capability to prepare and implement projects.

Project Number: 35466-013
Project Name: Dhaka Clean Fuel Project
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