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Appointing qualified staff and retaining them for the duration of the project avoided delays in implementation.

Project Number: 33268-013
Project Name: Federally Administered Tribal Areas Rural Development Project
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The project was a success primarily because of its design, which accounted for actual conditions in the project area, applied lessons from previous interventions, and incorporated and adopted efficient and sustainable delivery mechanisms. The involvement of beneficiaries in the project through effective social mobilization was critical to its success. Training, awareness raising, and capacity building of beneficiaries was also instrumental in ensuring that the subprojects were owned and operated by the communities and were sustainable.

Project Number: 33268-013
Project Name: Federally Administered Tribal Areas Rural Development Project
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Performance of the Contractors. During implementation, significant delay in the completion of the contract was caused by poor performance of a joint venture contractor, who was awarded three contract packages. For future projects, the criteria for qualification of the contractors under a joint venture, and for the award of multiple contracts, should be strengthened. The contractual provisions related to contractor performance, such as mobilization, staffing, and deployment of equipment and funds, need to be strengthened so that poor performance by the contractor is discouraged.

Project Number: 32253-013
Project Name: East-West Corridor Project
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Project preparation and readiness. The construction of Surajbari Bridge encountered engineering problems, which significantly delayed project completion. Wherever required, a separate contract for such major bridges should be made, so that only qualified contractors are awarded the contracts for such specialized works. A thorough survey, investigation, and design should be carried out in initial stages in order to enhance project readiness. Such critical works should be started immediately upon the award of contract.

Project Number: 32253-013
Project Name: East-West Corridor Project
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The initial delay in project implementation was primarily caused by slow procurement, land acquisition, and resettlement activities. This is a common issue for all projects in India. Project implementation also experienced prolonged delays in clearance for cutting of trees. For ADB-funded projects, such constraints are now being addressed through a project readiness checklist and training and capacity building programs for the executing agencies. This will ensure that preconstruction activities are carried out in advance and only well-prepared projects are taken up for approval.

Project Number: 32253-013
Project Name: East-West Corridor Project
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No additional lessons

Project Number: 31287-013
Project Name: Coastal Resource Management Project
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The external monitoring group may have to be on board early on the land acquisition and resettlement plan (LARP) implementation. This is to allow sufficient time for the group doing the electricity market to understand the project and the LARP. Due to the highly specialized task of external monitoring group, it is true that not many groups such as those in the academe or non-government organization have actual experience doing the task.

Project Number: 36018-013
Project Name: Electricity Market and Transmission Development Project
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While the project as stated in the land acquisition and resettlement plan recognizes the importance of active participation of the different local stakeholders, the municipal, and barangay local government units (LGUs) have largely been credited only on organizing consultation meetings between Transco and the affected people. LGUs could have been likewise tapped as information disseminators and the ?first line of troubleshooters? in instances of grievance.

Project Number: 36018-013
Project Name: Electricity Market and Transmission Development Project
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As experienced in all past ADB-financed emergency assistance projects in Bangladesh, delegation of authority to the ADB resident mission in the borrower's country is essential for effective monitoring and immediate decision-making. [Main text, paras. 16, 29, 30, 56]

Project Number: 42166-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project
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For short-duration and emergency assistance projects, ADB should maintain better coordination with the executing agency throughout the whole project period and afterward to assess the project's impact in the next few years. [Main text, para. 55]

Project Number: 42166-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project
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Experience from the project demonstrates that prompt loan processing and disbursement is crucial to success of such budgetary support provided during a crisis situation. [Main text, paras. 10, 11, 54]

Project Number: 42166-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project
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Safety net programs are proven effective for mitigating critical food crises at times of price increases and natural disasters. Implementation of safety net programs requires experienced and committed human resources for food management, transparent identification of beneficiaries, and systematic and efficient distribution of food grains among beneficiaries. Finally, close monitoring oversight and evaluation are essential for improving the implementation and impact of safety net programs.

Project Number: 42166-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project
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A general lesson learnt is that the sustainability of initiatives beyond the lifetime of the project rests heavily on the level of reinforcement provided by the Ministry of Education (MOE), in the form of circulars, training, and regular follow up by provincial and zonal staff. For example, initiatives such as school-based assessment and Program for School Improvement, which were supported and reinforced by the MOE (e.g.

Project Number: 35192-013
Project Name: Secondary Education Modernization Project II
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Stronger monitoring and support from zonal facilitators is essential for ensuring effective use of interventions made in quality of learning. Although the project developed several good training modules on Program for School Improvement, school-based assessment, teaching learning methodologies and teaching learning resource development and use, the effective use of these modules cannot be sustained unless supported in schools and classrooms by a committed zonal facilitator.

Project Number: 35192-013
Project Name: Secondary Education Modernization Project II
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Investment in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure requires additional resources and training to ensure that the facilities are adequately and appropriately utilized and maintained.

Project Number: 35192-013
Project Name: Secondary Education Modernization Project II
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