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No new lessons

Project Number: 34207-013
Project Name: Northwestern Rural Development Project
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This validation also considers lessons that can be drawn from the project relating to the problems of establishing viable private sector institutions in a transition economy. For instance, RBAC and the MTP were intended to be self-sufficient by project end. In practice, their ability to charge fees or recover loans has been limited, and neither organization is likely to be sustainable without continuing support from the government. The WUAs likewise are only able to collect 20% to 30% of their fees.

Project Number: 30458-013
Project Name: Ak Altin Agricultural Development Project
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There may be wider lessons that can be drawn about donor assistance that would effect major policy reforms in transition economies. While donors are keen to free up agriculture, and the government in principle agrees, it is nonetheless extremely cautious about reforms. The government continues to operate at its own pace, and is almost immune to international pressure. Thus, until a reform roadmap has been defined and fully endorsed by all stakeholders, including the upper levels of government, little is likely to be achieved.

Project Number: 30458-013
Project Name: Ak Altin Agricultural Development 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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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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To offer a more consistent, harmonized approach to nongoverment organization (NGO) support, the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has engaged one NGO to provide support for all provincial teams, instead of hiring individual NGO teams to support each provincial department of rural development (PDRD);

Project Number: 34382-022
Project Name: Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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RWSSP2 will only support the rehabilitation of non-functioning community ponds, rather than the construction of new ponds;

Project Number: 34382-022
Project Name: Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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To maximize cost effectiveness, the first emphasis of RWSSP2 is the rehabilitation of wells in disrepair;

Project Number: 34382-022
Project Name: Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (RWSSP2) is being implemented in a much more focused geographic area, and in a more holistic manner, covering all villages in each selected commune and aiming at 100% water supply coverage and 75% sanitation coverage in order to achieve the intended collective health benefits;

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