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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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In order for it to be efficiently implemented, a multisector area development project covering multiple districts must have (i) the Agency for Barani Areas Development (ABAD) as the executing agency, since it has the essential mandate; (ii) a decentralized project management model with dedicated staff and market-based salaries and benefits; (iii) flexible, demand-driven design of interventions; (iv) minimum beneficiary funding requirements; (v) fewer consultants and more regular staff; (vi) clear and realistic gender and development (GAD) targets; (vii) a duration of at least 8 years; (viii

Project Number: 34331-013
Project Name: Sustainable Livelihoods in Barani Areas Project
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The Ministry of Water Resources and Land Reclamation (MWRLR) did not have the expertise to deliver the output of improved agricultural technologies. An alternative implementing agency such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development may have had more success in delivering this output.

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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Improving on-farm agricultural productivity is important for project efficiency and sustainability. Access to irrigation water is not the only constraint on improving crop yields. Higher farm incomes from yield improvements due to productivity gains make it easier to pay water use fees and sustain operation and mainetnance (O&M) of irrigation infrastructure.

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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There is a high project administration burden associated with a large number of civil works and equipment contracts.

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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Infrastructure rehabilitation projects dispersed over a broad geographic area are harder to implement and have higher administrative burdens and management costs than more regionally concentrated projects.

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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Partial rehabilitation of irrigation systems is less effective than complete rehabilitation. Two issues arose from the partial rehabilitation approach: (a) significant infrastructure constraints remained following the partial rehabilitation, limiting the effectiveness and efficiency of the investment; and (b) there were public misconceptions about the rehabilitation program, which contributed to the project complaints raised by nongovernment organizations (NGOs).

Project Number: 33042-013
Project Name: Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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Retroactive financing and advance procurement action are needed to avoid start-up delays.

Project Number: 32249-013
Project Name: Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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A procurement plan needs to be prepared and agreed with the government during project design in order to define procurement requirements, create a sound financial justification for procuring these, and schedule those tasks by allocating time frames and resources.

Project Number: 32249-013
Project Name: Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Covenants should be realistic and achievable to ensure sufficient control and quality of project implementation.

Project Number: 32249-013
Project Name: Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The project confirms that mandatory 50% participation of women and representation of caste and ethnic minorities in user-committee and executive positions that are proportionate to their populations will ensure their equal access to project benefits. Women's social empowerment can be achieved through social mobilization and capacity building in the process

Project Number: 32249-013
Project Name: Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Simple technology and small systems are more sustainable, as operation and maintenance (O&M) responsibility for rural water supply is assigned to the community and VMWs are able to maintain these systems with limited technical skills.

Project Number: 32249-013
Project Name: Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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