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Complex emergency projects require simple reporting and monitoring processes.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Small investments in livelihood restoration and water supply and sanitation schemes can have large social and economic impacts, especially on women and vulnerable populations.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Identification of the need for statutory (including environmental) clearances and obtaining such clearances early can help avoid delays in project implementation.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Adherence to sound design principles based on required surveys and studies can lead to more efficient outcomes and avoidance of delays.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Use of legal experts in areas like microenterprise insurance and exploring alternate insurance mechanisms may lead to more effective outcomes.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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The timing, methodology, and outputs of benefit monitoring and evaluation (BME) consultants at pre- and post- project implementation stages need to be carefully and stringently defined to obtain meaningful outputs with adequately quantified data.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Third party quality audit (TPQA) consultants can help improve project outputs and outcomes.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Targeted, specific, and minimal consultant inputs can not only save loan funds for more critical development work, but can also ensure speedy and effective capacity building of government staff through - learning by doing. -

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Without a proper personnel policy or transfer planning, states are unable to place into required positions staff trained in the implementation of complex projects. In planning for similar projects with inexperienced executing and implementing agencies, training needs to be assessed upfront.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Adequate tenure of key staff members in executing and implementing agencies is important for smooth and speedy implementation.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Coordination between donors, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and government departments in any disaster management project can be more easily achieved if there is one executing agency and PMU for all emergency projects at the state level.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Extended missions of ADB can play a critical role in building capacity and providing hand-holding support to executing agencies and implementing agencies without prior experience in complex, multi-sector projects.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Use of existing institutions for execution of emergency projects is beneficial as the time lag related to the induction of counterpart staff (experienced in most project management units or PMUs and project implementation units or PIUs) can be avoided and sector and location-specific institutional knowledge and resources are immediately available.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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The executing agency needs to monitor the project more closely. Without timely monitoring and evaluation, an opportunity to demonstrate improved sector performance was missed. Early mobilization of consultants is necessary for effective implementation of the project. Consideration could be given to a short, results-based consulancy to assist the executing agency and project implementation unit (PIU) agree on the baseline, commence procurement, and clarify any implementation issues, as well as short- to medium-term consultancies to implement specific project components.

Project Number: 37698-013
Project Name: Information and Communications Technology in Basic Education Project
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Assessment of the procurement capacity of the executing agency and ensuring development of adequate capacity of the PIU and executing agency would help implementation of the project and ensure efficient procurement and consultant engagement.

Project Number: 37698-013
Project Name: Information and Communications Technology in Basic Education Project
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