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The project demonstrated that successful local government unit (LGU)-led, demand-driven, decentralized implementation is a viable delivery mechanism for the planning, development, and management of rural infrastructure. Examination of the reasons for the delayed start yield valuable lessons for future projects.

Project Number: 30552-013
Project Name: Infrastructure for Rural Productivity Enhancement Sector Project
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Involvement of committed local nongovernment offices (NGOs) and their continued involvement at least for a year after project completion can enhance project effectiveness and sustainability.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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Targeted awareness campaignsaimed at changing the behavior of urban residents are necessary to achieve design results.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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For institutional reform, use of a standardized set of systems and processes and a centralized control system at the state level helps to reduce implementation effort, time, and cost, and attain acceptable quality, irrespective of urban local body (ULB) capacity and location.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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Small investments in areas like micro-finance, SHG formation, low cost sanitation facilities, and skills upgrading training can have large social and economic impacts and help build local support for a project.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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House service connections for urban water and sewerage should be part of the project scope to ensure optimum utilization of outputs and timely delivery of benefits.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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Adherence to sound engineering design principles based on required primary surveys and validated secondary data can lead to more efficient outcomes and avoid delays. Adequate time needs to be allocated for surveys and engineering design.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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The project and contract schedule should be realistic, taking into account the technical complexities of the project components, the capacity of executing agencies, consultants and contractors, and the available working season in project towns.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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Advance actions for consultant selection, procurement, land acquisition, and statutory clearances can help in timely completion of projects.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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Adequate consultations with all stakeholders during project formulation and appraisal of the project, based on the primary data or validated secondary data, will ensure more locally rooted and systematic planning, help build local ownership, and lead to better project implementation and sustainability of project outputs.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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Fully staffed project management unit (PMU) and project implementation units (PIUs) and the complete involvement of the project authorities from project preparation is necessary to create ownership and commitment.

Project Number: 30303-013
Project Name: Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project
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Both support facilities were critical to the crisis response of Bangladesh as no other development partners provided any crisis-related assistance or program support during the program period. However, the pricing (interest spread of 200 basis points above the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR) and maturity (5 years) of the CSF loan makes it is less suitable for a poorer country like Bangladesh.

Project Number: 43157-013
Project Name: Public Expenditure Support Facility Program and Countercyclical Support Facility Support Program
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The project produced major insights into capacity building for regional government interventions, to be considered in the design of future projects: (i) securing the commitment, ownership, and understanding of the project's stakeholders at central, provincial, and district or city levels is key to ensuring smooth implementation and to meeting sustainability and institutionalization objectives; (ii) the introduction of information and communications technology (ICT) in regional government management has helped modernize business processes and made regional government more transparent an

Project Number: 35261-013
Project Name: Sustainable Capacity Building for Decentralization Project
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ADB's proactive participation in implementation, supervision, and monitoring, and its flexibility in addressing actual conditions in the project area and providing essential support to the federally administered tribal areas (FATA) Secretariat in a timely manner was also a central factor for the success of the project.

Project Number: 33268-013
Project Name: Federally Administered Tribal Areas Rural Development Project
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The active support of the borrower and the executing agency, through timely provision of counterpart funds, steering committee meetings convened for timely decisions and approvals, and consistent monitoring and supervision, helped ensure smooth and timely implementation.

Project Number: 33268-013
Project Name: Federally Administered Tribal Areas Rural Development Project
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